Property Value Decline Results In $10.3M Loss

SNOW HILL — Falling property values mean Worcester County will be losing $10,378,202 in revenue in fiscal year 2013. Unfortunately, county officials expect several more hard years before the area sees a positive financial turnaround.Finance Officer Harold Higgins gave a presentation during the County Commissioner’s meeting Tuesday on how revenue has changed in Worcester in… Read more »

Blood Drive Next Week In Ocean City

OCEAN CITY — For each of the 50,334 people on Delmarva who took the time to donate lifesaving blood over the past year, there are about 20,000 recipients across the Peninsula who may have been thanking them as they were ringing in 2012. It is in that spirit of sharing that the Blood Bank of Delmarva,… Read more »

Worcester School Board Officers Elected

NEWARK — One of the first orders of business for the Worcester County Board of Education at its first meeting of 2012 on Tuesday was to elect new officers for the next calendar year.After dispensing with some routine business on Tuesday, the school board unanimously selected Bob Rothermel, who represents District 7, as the new… Read more »

Dew Tour Returning To Resort in August

OCEAN CITY – The Dew Tour has officially announced its return to Ocean City this summer as the Mayor and City Council approved the dates of the event this week.According to Private Events Coordinator Lisa Mitchell, city staff reviewed the application and has no concerns supporting the event. Last year’s cost to the town for… Read more »

Local Waterway Input Sought

OCEAN CITY — The U.S. Coast Guard last week put out a request to hear from mariners, maritime industries, commercial fisherman, recreational boaters and other port and waterway users that operate off the mid-Atlantic Coast.In an effort to ensure everyone affected is represented in the process, the Coast Guard announced in the Federal Register a… Read more »

AGH Growing Services Throughout Health System

AGH Growing Services Throughout Health System

OCEAN CITY – Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) President/CEO Michael Franklin has been making the rounds this month, updating the various governments in Worcester County on hospital’s present and future.Franklin came before the Ocean City Mayor and City Council the first week of January to brief officials on the current state of the hospital and to… Read more »

Drunk Urinates, Then Fights

Drunk Urinates, Then Fights

BERLIN — A Salisbury man was arrested on assault and other charges last weekend after allegedly scrapping with Maryland State Police troopers and urinating on the Berlin barrack sign following the arrest of an acquaintance on drunk-driving charges.Around 3:30 a.m. last Sunday, Maryland State Police troopers made a DWI arrest during which a passenger was… Read more »