SALISBURY – During this week’s Mayor and City Council meeting, several agenda points including bids, ordinances and resolutions were approved.Bids Awarded To Purchase Police Department EquipmentThe council approved the police department’s request for property room evidence lockers at the expense of $14,306 and equipment to support two automated license plate recognition systems at the expense… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Last week’s tragic accident involving a local man falling through a sixth-floor hotel window to his death below highlighted the need for a close examination of the resort’s testing and inspection process for the countless similar hotel and condominium windows throughout Ocean City, and it appears there are safeguards in place.Last Wednesday,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — A local man’s fatal fall from a sixth-floor room at a north-end hotel in Ocean City early last Wednesday morning was officially ruled an accident this week by the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office.Shortly after 4 a.m. last Wednesday, a local man, later identified as Gregory Sean Pierce, 46, of Berlin, fell to… Read more »

SALISBURY — The Mayor and City Council discussed at this week’s meeting proposed ordinances to clean up the streets and properties of rubbish and nuisance trees and plants throughout the city.The first ordinance discussed defined rubbish as “trash from normal household living conditions…tree branches, yard trimmings, tin cans, metals, mineral matters, glass, abandoned or inoperable… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The SEED School of Maryland is reaching out to the Eastern Shore to provide students with a supportive structural academic environment.The school is located in Baltimore and is a five-day-a-week boarding school. It was opened through the SEED Foundation, which opens and supports college-preparatory, public boarding schools that provide a 24-hour-a-day nurturing environment… Read more »

SALISBURY — Regardless of the outcome, Salisbury’s City Council will get a dramatic makeover next Tuesday when as many as three new faces could join the town’s five-member elected body.Six candidates will vie for three open seats during Salisbury’s City Council Election on Tuesday. Salisbury’s city government includes a mayor and five council members. The… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fisheries Service this week announced the 2011 recreational summer flounder regulations including a minimum keeper size one inch smaller than last year.The DNR Fisheries Service on Tuesday announced the 2011 summer flounder regulations, which include a three fish per angler creel limit, an 18-inch minimum… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The world’s oldest skate park will soon undergo some repairs, thanks largely to last week’s announcement that the Dew Tour is coming to town.Recreation and Parks Director Tom Shuster said that the Ocean Bowl Skate Park is the oldest continuously operated skate park in the United States.“It is also one of the… Read more »

BERLIN — Berlin officials are hoping a new power contract will reduce resident energy bills by about 12 percent this summer.That decrease will be shown in the Price Cost Adjustment (PCA) section of resident electric bills and will be phased in over a three month period beginning in August.“PCA charges represent just over one-third of… Read more »