SALISBURY — The Wicomico County Board of Education this week reluctantly passed consolidated fiscal year 2012 budget, which includes cuts of nearly $5 million less than the current year’s spending plan, but not before issuing some stern comments about the future of the county’s schools if the trend continues.At a special meeting on Tuesday, the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The last of the multi-million civil suits filed against a dozen individual Boardwalk businesses for selling counterfeit Coach merchandize was settled out of court this week after each of the other 11 defendants defaulted last month and were ordered to pay $10,000 each in damages to the company.Coach Inc. and Coach Services,… Read more »

SALISBURY — A lower shore hospital got a much needed fiscal shot in the arm this week with the award of a $6.1 million state grant for a new kidney dialysis unit.On Tuesday, Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown presented Deer’s Head Hospital officials with a $6.1 million state grant for the construction of a new… Read more »

BERLIN — In an effort to manage both localized flooding and increasing state restrictions, the Berlin Mayor and Council agreed to a University of Maryland led stormwater feasibility study Monday.“We have to have a plan customized for the needs of Berlin,” said Mayor Gee Williams.Hoping to achieve that, University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center Director… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has partnered with the Atlantic Coast Chapter of the Maryland Saltwater Sportsmen’s Association (MSSA) to conduct a survey to assess the recreational flounder catch rate.Beginning in July, MSSA members will take to the water to distribute the survey to anglers in Maryland’s coastal bays as part… Read more »

BERLIN — The $20 million plus civil suit filed by Worcester County, the town of Berlin, the city of Salisbury and seven other jurisdictions in Maryland against the nation’s major oil companies will heard by a U.S. District Court judge who has years of experience in adjudicating similar cases.The suit, filed in the Circuit Court… Read more »

FENWICK ISLAND — While it is becoming popular in other parts of the nation, there’s a noticeable lack of self-serve frozen yogurt shops on the Eastern Shore. One Fenwick couple has decided to change that.“When we started, no one was doing it,” said Mike Robel, who along with his wife Karen, owns HaHa’s frozen yogurt… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Twining’s Lobster Shanty, located bayside on Route 54, is celebrating its first anniversary this weekend and it hasn’t skipped a beat since the day it opened.Owners David and Janet Twining opened the Lobster Shanty around the same time they were celebrating the 20th anniversary of their first restaurant, Nantuckets, which is located… Read more »