SALISBURY — The line between privacy and protection was questioned Monday when the Salisbury City Council attempted to iron out details on a rental inspection program.“The goal is equality in enforcement and protection,” said Mayor Jim Ireton.The council remained divided over what exactly would constitute equal enforcement and protection, however. Under the program proposed by… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2011
County Schools, Libraries Collaborate On Campaign
NEWARK — The Maryland State Department of Education’s Divisions of Career and College Readiness and Library Development and Services along with Worcester County Public Schools and Worcester County Library this week unveiled a new public awareness campaign focusing on Career and Technology Education (CTE).The campaign kicked-off at the Snow Hill branch of the Worcester County… Read more »
Federal Funding For Waterways Approved
BERLIN — Federal officials this week announced approval of nearly $52 million in funding for waterway improvement projects across Maryland including a couple on the Lower Shore.Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) this week she was successful in securing $51.7 million for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects throughout Maryland in the fiscal year 2012 Energy and… Read more »
Firm Outlines City Manager Search Process
OCEAN CITY – If all stays on track, a new city manager should be in place by March, but it will take a lengthy search process to get there.The Mayor and City Council has chosen a firm, Springsted Inc., to conduct a national search for a new city manager. This week Springsted Senior Vice President… Read more »
H2B Visa Changes Delayed
BERLIN — The U.S. Senate this week voted to delay new Department of Labor requirements that would raise the hourly wages of temporary foreign workers with H-2B visas, a measure many fear would threaten Maryland’s seafood industry.U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski was successful in amending the 2012 Labor, Health and Human Services spending bill. The new… Read more »
Accidents Knock Out Power In West Ocean City
WEST OCEAN CITY — Bustling pre-holiday weekend traffic in West Ocean City was snarled last Saturday afternoon after a pair of accidents on Route 611 within an hour of each other knocked out power in the immediate area for several hours.Around 1:30 p.m. last Saturday, a large, extended cab pick-up truck with a cap was… Read more »
Health Department Employees Awarded
SNOW HILL — The Worcester County Health Department’s Suicide Prevention Program and public information officer Katherine Gunby this week were named recipients of three 2011 Awards of Excellence in Public Health Communication.The health department staff won a Gold Award and a Bronze Award in the media relations-op-ed category for two published columns about suicide prevention…. Read more »
Operation Shooting Star Aiming High
OCEAN CITY – “Wish, Believe, Achieve … Cure One to Cure All”.That’s the motto of Operation Shooting Star, a local organization dedicated to increasing awareness of autoimmunity and its diseases while being committed to sending 100 percent of fundraising efforts directly to research.Operation Shooting Star Director Audrey Killen was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS)… Read more »
Man Gets 20 Years For Child Porn, Animal Cruelty Sentence Pending
SNOW HILL — A Berlin man who pleaded guilty last month to five counts of possession of child pornography stemming from an investigation in January 2010 was sentenced this week to combined 20 years in prison.Kirt Greenberg, 46, of Berlin, pleaded guilty on Nov. 22 to five counts of possession of child pornography following an… Read more »
We Remember Those We Have Lost
John W. Martin BERLIN — John W. “Pop” Martin, 92, died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011 at his home in Berlin. He was born on Jan. 4, 1919, in Chincoteague, Va. to the late John P. and Mary E. Martin.He was a commercial fisherman who moved with his family to Ocean City, and with his cousin… Read more »