SNOW HILL — Budget season may be months away, but the Worcester County Commissioners started their new year by immediately looking for ways to trim costs for a study reviewing possible changes to the Ocean Pines Operations Facility. One commissioner, however, felt her colleagues were going overboard.“It’s not a zillion dollars … we’re not going… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2012
OCPD’s Three-Captain Structure Approved
OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) named this week a new captain following a change in the department’s structure, despite two councilmen’s concerns on how it will affect the department’s budget in the future.The OCPD announced that Lt. Gregory Guiton will be filling the new captain’s position.“He has been instrumental in working… Read more »
Three-Choice School Board Referendum Supported
SALISBURY — It’s likely that the voters in Wicomico County will play a big part in determining what changes, if any, will impact the Board of Education in the future.The Wicomico County Council voted Tuesday to send a letter to state delegates asking to have a three-choice, non-binding referendum placed on next year’s ballot.“We had… Read more »
No Sanctions Against Hudson Farm For Information Leak
BERLIN — The ongoing legal battle between a Berlin farm family and an environmental watchdog group over alleged pollution violations continued this week with a federal judge ruling the defendant’s leak of confidential information regarding settlement negotiations did not warrant sanctions.In March 2010, the Waterkeeper Alliance, along with the Assateague Coastkeeper and the Assateague Coastal… Read more »
Worcester Eyes Nuisance Properties
SNOW HILL — A crackdown on “nuisance” properties in Worcester County got off to an agreeable start Tuesday.Resident Michael Ward appeared before the Worcester County Commissioners for a hearing regarding a property located in Snow Hill recently served with a nuisance abatement order. The order set Ward on a tight timetable for addressing “three ramshackled… Read more »
Salisbury City Clerk To Retire After 17 Years In Position
SALISBURY — After almost two decades of service, Salisbury City Clerk Brenda Colegrove has decided to retire.The announcement, delivered Tuesday, came as a shock to the Salisbury City Council.“We were floored last night,” said Councilwoman Laura Mitchell the day after the announcement.While it may have been a surprise, Colegrove noted that the retirement has been… Read more »
Lawsuit Filed To Protect Tuna
OCEAN CITY — Nearly one year to the day after threatening to sue federal fisheries officials over a failed threatened or endangered listing for Atlantic Bluefin tuna, an environmental watchdog agency last week filed suit in U.S. District Court in an attempt to reverse a rule change expanding the fishery.In late December 2010, the National… Read more »
Accident Driver’s Bail Review Process Investigated
OCEAN CITY — There has been confusion and outrage over a local man, who plowed into the back of a passenger vehicle on Coastal Highway last month, leaving an 18-month-old girl clinging to life, has been released on bond twice, but while there was some latitude in the decisions, it appears standard protocol was followed.On… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
Conservative Claim Is Not The Reality Editor:In a recent interview, Council President Jim Hall touts his conservatism, and states he has no regrets as he reflects on 2011. A conservative is one who is cautious with taxpayers’ money, believes in limited government intervention and most importantly is fiscally responsible.President Hall and his majority were not… Read more »
Did K-9 Charlie Have The Surgery?
When there is a perceived violation or injustice committed, it’s human nature to be defensive and fire back, and that’s exactly what appears to have happened with the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD).In a memo dated Dec. 22, OCPD Chief Bernadette DiPino reported to the Mayor and Council that an internal probe conducted by her… Read more »