SALISBURY – Mayor Jim Ireton presented the City Council and public with proposed fiscal year 2012 budget on Monday, reiterating this year’s budget is strong due to the sacrifices made by the city’s departments and employees.The mayor’s proposed budget calls for spending close to $50 million, a 4.62-percent increase from 2011 which was about $47… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Golf Marketing Concept Stalls After Tie Vote
OCEAN CITY – Members of the Tourism Advisory Board (TAB) have tried on several occasions to convince the majority of the City Council to approve a golf cooperative to bring more revenue to Ocean City through a contract between the town and golf packagers.TAB member Tom Perlozzo presented the Mayor and City Council with recommendations… Read more »
Berlin Council Gives Green Light To Video Project
BERLIN — In an effort to showcase the town’s highlights and to attract tourists, a brief movie of Berlin will be filmed by CGI Communications and then given back to the town for distribution.Town officials say the best part about the situation, however, is the fact that CGI will film and produce the movie for… Read more »
Nine Arrested After Boardwalk Attack
OCEAN CITY — Nine Delaware men were arrested on first-degree assault and other charges last weekend after an alleged unprovoked and “vicious” attack on three men in the Boardwalk early Sunday morning.Around 1:15 a.m. last Sunday, the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) was dispatched to a reported fight in progress on the Boardwalk at Somerset… Read more »
Quiet Courage Of Kay Windsor
By Elle Jaye(Editor’s Note: The following is the latest installment of a new monthly feature, focusing on local women who have overcome some daunting obstacles in their lives. This feature will spotlight them and demonstrate their strength and ability to persevere when life is at its most challenging. If you know of someone we should… Read more »
County Tax Increase Calculator Available
SALISBURY — When Wicomico County Executive Rick Pollitt, Jr. last week presented a budget balanced with a 5-cent increase on the property tax rate, he promised a “tax calculator” would soon be available on the county’s website to allow residents to figure out just what the nickel increase would mean for them and the application… Read more »
Ocean Pines Abandons YMCA Court Fight
OCEAN PINES — The Ocean Pines Association (OPA) last week announced it was abandoning any further appeals in an ongoing dispute over a piece of property donated in 2002 for the development of a YMCA in Worcester County after the state’s Court of Special Appeals ruled against the association late last month.“We got to the… Read more »
Burglary Suspect Convicted
SNOW HILL — One of two Berlin residents arrested last September for involvement in a two-state burglary spree pleaded guilty last week in Circuit Court to first-degree burglary and now awaits her fate pending the outcome of a pre-sentence investigation.Around 10 a.m. last Sept. 28, Selbyville Police stopped a Dodge Caravan on Polly Branch Rd…. Read more »
Things To Do
April 29: Holy Savior/KC BingoDoors open 5 p.m.; games begin, 6:30 p.m.; 9901 Coastal Hwy., O.C. Refreshments will be on sale. For more information, 410-524-7994.April 30: Board Walkin’ For Pets9 a.m.-noon, Ocean City Boardwalk, Inlet. To benefit the Worcester County Humane Society, a no kill shelter. For more information boardwalk-inforpets.com.April 30: VFW Pancake Saturdays9 a.m.-noon,… Read more »
Who’s Playing Where And When
Buxy’s Salty Dog 410-289-0973 28th St. & Coastal Hwy. Friday, April 29: Aaron Howell, 5-9 p.m. Saturday, April 30: Pompous Pie, 9 p.m.Charlie’s Bayside Restaurant 302-539-3526 Rte. 1 & Maryland Ave., Fenwick Island Friday, April 29: Chris Button & Joe Mama, 9 p.m. Saturday, April 30: Randy Lee AshcraftClarion Hotel 410-524-3535 10100 Coastal Hwy…. Read more »