An angel atop a Christmas treeHonest criticismTaking my own bags to the grocery storeBeach walks this time of yearElaborate tailgate partiesBig wine glassesWalking with a kid on my shouldersSounds of kids at play in the distanceOverindulging at holiday dinnersIced tea and lemonShort answers to questions
OCEAN CITY – At this week’s meeting, the Ocean City Mayor and Council reviewed the 11 motions made during a meeting held a couple of weeks ago – to refine newly hired town employees benefits in attempts to cut down on expenses.During the discussion, the retiree’s pension plan was revisited and the council voted to… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Elected officials got into a heated debate during this week’s Mayor and City Council meeting over the urgency to lift the hiring freeze in the town’s public safety departments.While the council was discussing the town’s health benefits and how it needed to decide on what course of action to take in order… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The Mayor and City Council returned on Tuesday to a motion made a couple of weeks ago to change health benefit co-shares for new employees in efforts to cut costs.The current rate for the town’s HMO plan is a 90/10 co-share, and for the PPO plan it is an 85/15 co-share. The… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – For the second time in as many years, local anglers will see another significant change in the licensing requirements to fish in and around the resort and this time around they will have to pay for it.Starting Jan. 1, anglers who fish in Maryland will be required to purchase a single, comprehensive… Read more »
BERLIN – Elected officials and legislators received the opportunity on Monday to meet with the directors and members of several Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services (WYFCS) programs. The luncheon, which was sponsored by the Worcester County Local Management Board (LMB) and held in “The Ray” room in Berlin, gave officials the rare chance to… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The resort area’s golf community nearly lost a regional marketing tool when Endless Golf promoter, producer and on-air talent Bobby Vermillion almost pulled up stakes and moved his operation south, but a late partnership forged with a local marketing group will keep the prolific cable program grounded in Ocean City.For nearly two… Read more »
SNOW HILL – A new suspect charged in the shooting death of a Pocomoke man in broad daylight in May remains at large this week and is considered armed and “extremely dangerous.”The Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office yesterday morning announced a suspect, identified as Skylor Dupree Harmon, 21, of Pocomoke, has been formally charged with… Read more »
BERLIN – An extension of Berlin’s Victorian Christmas celebration to encompass an inaugural New Year’s Eve event was among one of several items brought up at Monday’s Mayor and Council meeting. Also included was a church’s request to extend park hours for a Christmas event and a warning for work-related temporary power trouble in Berlin.The… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Worcester County Humane Society (WCHS) has sheltered and cared for a dog whose fight for life deserves for her Christmas wish to be answered.According to Meggin McKnight of the Worcester County Humane Society, Jazz was left on the shelter’s doorstep a few months ago.Jazz is the mother of the puppy featured in… Read more »