OCEAN CITY – A favorable recommendation will be moved forward to the Mayor and City Council to allow the first wind turbines to be installed on a Boardwalk property.Last October, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved the installation of wind turbines in a residential district for the first time. Upon approval, the commission asked for… Read more »
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Salisbury Council Shoots Down More Say For Mayor
SALISBURY — An attempt by Salisbury Mayor Jim Ireton to regain some of the control taken from his office by a charter amendment last fall was dismissed by the City Council in a traditional 3-2 vote.“I’m just trying to gauge if we could meet halfway or partway,” Ireton told the council Monday.Ireton suggested a new… Read more »
Worcester Towns Hoping For Level Grant Funding
SNOW HILL — Municipalities in Worcester County got a chance to pitch a few budget requests at the County Commissioners this week, but the almost across-the-board request was to simply preserve the same level of grant funding from last year.“We’re at a time right now where things are really starting to happen in Pocomoke,” said… Read more »
Berlin Chamber Redesign Rejected
BERLIN — Plans to honor Edward Hammond went back to the drawing board this week after the Berlin Historic District Commission (HDC) failed to approve the design.“I don’t like it,” said Commissioner Rick Stack at Wednesday night’s meeting.The proposed Edward H. Hammond Jr. Visitor Center would be located at 14 South Main St. where the… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
Extremism On Display Editor:In the Feb. 24, 2012 issue, James A. Hoage of Severna Park once again comes forth with his extreme left wing views. This time, he not only rants against capitalist excesses, he rants against capitalism itself. Mr. Hogue strongly supports the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) mob, and asks us to “Join OWS,”… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
Democratic State Sen. Jim Mathias hit the nail on the head this week when he said same sex marriage is “a very generational issue”. The gay marriage bill was just last week signed into law by Gov. Martin O’Malley and is indeed a polarizing matter for a number of reasons.On the surface, this bill appears… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
Accounting for the kids, and their antics, is a critical thing to keep in mind when buying just about anything these days.Obviously, that’s the case when grocery shopping, but it goes beyond that to just about all realms of purchasing.Pam and I have both have learned this after clearly making a few mistakes along the… Read more »
Showell Students Learn About Virtues Of Books, Libraries
BERLIN — As part of National Read Across America Day, representatives from the Ocean Pines branch of the Worcester County Library visited Showell Elementary School (SES) to talk to students about books and becoming a member.Library representative Robin Long began the presentation by revealing that, not only was last Friday Read Across America Day, it… Read more »
NEW FOR THURSDAY: OC Councilman Proposes Random Act of Kindness Day
OCEAN CITY – April 6 may become “Random Act of Kindness Day in Ocean City” to help motivate residents and visitors to pay it forward through acts of compassion.At Monday’s meeting, Councilman Brent Ashley started out by asking for an update on the initiative to have an official Ocean City song that was originally suggested… Read more »
NEW FOR THURSDAY: Commission President Wants End To Organized Budget Campaign
SNOW HILL — After hearing the Worcester County Board of Education’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2013 Tuesday, Commission President Bud Church requested that parents, teachers and students stop flooding the commissioners with petitions.“Stop all of the letters, stop all of the emails,” Church asked. “We know what the problems are.”Church went on to tell… Read more »