Reason won out over tradition at this week’s Mayor and Council meeting when the decision was made to do away with the municipality’s election in October and merge it with the November vote.In a 4-3 vote, with Doug Cymek, Joe Hall, Mary Knight and Lloyd Martin in support and Brent Ashley, Jim Hall and Margaret… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A tentative General Assembly special session on gambling proposed for next month appears dead in the water this week after a panel appointed by the governor to study an expansion to table games in Maryland and a sixth casino site in Prince George’s County reached an impasse after a marathon meeting late… Read more »
SALISBURY — Some 77 Worcester County area students were named to the Dean’s List at Salisbury University for the Spring 2012 semester.Berlin area residents include Erika Anders, Michael Astarb, Victoria Bauer, Patrick Casey, John Caswell, Alexandra Clagett, Lauren D’Ambrosio, Andrew Downes, Caroline Forrester, Lauren Freeman, Erin Johnson, Shelby Jones, Dominique Kunciw, Hanna Marynenka, Stephfanie Miller,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – For the first time, Ocean City will go before the Worcester County Board of License Commissioners to receive approval to expand the convention center’s liquor license.Roland E. Powell Convention Center Director Larry Noccolino requested the town extend their area permit for the facility’s liquor license during OC Bikefest in September as well… Read more »
BERLIN — Maryland State Police homicide detectives late this week continued to investigate the murder of a Millsboro woman found on a roadside embankment in Whaleyville last Friday morning although no firm suspects have been identified.Shortly before 9 a.m. last Friday, Worcester Central received a 911 call reporting the discovery of the body of an… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Resort area residents have a history of rallying for a good cause, but perhaps one of the greatest examples of coming through for one of their own will be on display next month when a long-time resident and his partner in Hawaii will tackle one of the most treacherous stretches of open… Read more »
SNOW HILL — After a spike in interest over the last five years, Worcester County schools are only expecting to maintain attendance numbers for summer school this year.However, the gradual increase in interest could show a positive trend where parents and students are no longer viewing “summer school” as a punishment, but instead as an… Read more »
SALISBURY – Only a couple more steps to go until the process to construct a new Bennett Middle School (BMS) could be underway.The Wicomico County Council voted unanimously this week to introduce legislative bill 2012-07 to allow the county to appropriate $12,550,000 in bonds to be used in the fiscal year of 2013 to construct… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — In an early summer marred somewhat by two tragic pedestrian deaths, one bright, shining example of doing things the right way continues to be the Play It Safe program, which concluded Tuesday after three weeks of providing safe alternatives for thousands of June Bugs that swarmed into the resort.For 23 years, the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Yet another pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and seriously injured on Friday, continuing an alarming trend early on in the summer in the resort.Around 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Ocean City Police and paramedics responded to 59th Street and Coastal Highway for a reported pedestrian-vehicle collision. The preliminary investigation revealed an 18-year-old… Read more »