SALISBURY — Costs for developing a Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) in Salisbury seem intimidating right now, admitted Wicomico County Transportation and Long Range Planner Keith Hall, but he told the City Council that the current estimated $225 million cost will likely be reduced substantially in the years before the WIP is required to meet final… Read more »

SALISBURY — Salisbury University’s president sent a Valentine last week to Delmarva Public Radio (DPR) and its listeners — a proposal which, if approved by the Salisbury University Foundation Board, will provide a new home and continued operations of its two stations, WSCL (89.5) and WSDL (90.7) FM.The university proposes to relocate DPR to space… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — After the first Ocean City Mayor and Council meeting with the new public comment and consent agenda policies in place, the “jury is still out” on the new format.The Ocean City Mayor and Council met on Tuesday night in the first meeting since the new public comment period and consent agenda format… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Ocean City officials this week passed an ordinance limiting the areas of operation for vehicle vendors, such as ice cream trucks, in the interest of protecting established downtown businesses.On Tuesday, the Mayor and Council approved an amendment to an ordinance limiting the operation of vehicle vendors like ice cream trucks, for example,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Ocean City officials this week agreed to provide support for a coalition of private sector groups in the interest of better controlling a growing stray or feral cat crisis in the resort.On Tuesday, the Ocean City Mayor and Council agreed to support the Community Cats Coalition and its partners, Delmarva Cat Connection… Read more »

SALISBURY — The Salisbury City Council sent the city’s Critical Areas Ordinance back down to the Wicomico County Planning and Zoning Commission this week. While the commission had attached a favorable recommendation to the ordinance, members of the council pointed out that the commissioners never saw a final product on the document and had made… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The Restaurant Association of Maryland (RAM) last week announced the nominees for its annual awards, and the resort area is again well represented with a local establishment nominated in nearly every major category.RAM will hold its 59th Annual “Stars of the Industry” gala in April, showcasing some of the top restaurants in… Read more »

SNOW HILL — Applicants seeking expanded licenses from the Board of License Commissioners (BLC) Wednesday met with mixed results, with one application approved, one denied and a third compromised.The first applicant seeking a major change to a local business was Scott Heise, owner of Pizza Tugos in West Ocean City. His application asked the board… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Responding to a call to revisit the issue, Senator Jim Mathias (D-38) last week introduced legislation in the General Assembly that would create a task force to study the possibility of pushing the start date for public schools across Maryland back until after Labor Day.For decades, the public school year in Maryland… Read more »

SNOW HILL — The Worcester County Board of Education is proposing a FY2014 operating budget that would include salary increases for all employees, funding to replace grant money that supports After School Programs and additional funding for technology.The proposed budget includes a step increase for all eligible employees as well as a 1-percent Cost of… Read more »