SNOW HILL — Hearings for seven different alcohol license violations managed to only generate a collective $2,000 in fines at this month’s Board of License Commissioners (BLC) hearing. Approval was also granted for a premises change at an Ocean City restaurant that recently came under fire for noise violations.The board judged seven of the nine… Read more »
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Mixed-Use Project Proposed For Large Site Adjacent To Schools
BERLIN — Years after an initial plan to develop Seahawk Road was abandoned, a new developer briefed the Worcester County Board of Education this week about a vision for the area.Rinnier Development Company (RDC) hopes to add both retail and residential facilities on Seahawk Road, directly adjacent to Stephen Decatur High and Middle Schools.Representing RDC,… Read more »
Salisbury Eyes Efficiency With Executive Shuffling
SALISBURY — A major restructuring of the executive branch in Salisbury would split responsibility for the city’s 11 departments across three different categories and would come with an estimated price tag of $60,400 in additional costs.Proponents of the change assert that it would mean a major increase in governmental efficiency and break the “linear” nature… Read more »
Grant Money Secured To Carry Out Harbor Restoration
SALISBURY – Funding has been aligned to have the remainder of the Nanticoke Harbor repairs completed by next spring.This week the Wicomico County Council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing County Executive Rick Pollitt to accept a grant award from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ Program Open Space in the amount of $115,000 and an… Read more »
Cross Country Run Ends In OC On Saturday
OCEAN CITY — A 3,000-plus mile journey across the country will come to an end under the Boardwalk Arch at N. Division Street for three men who have run from San Francisco to raise funds and awareness for sarcoma, a relatively rare bone cancer.If all goes as expected, the three runners from Miles 2 Give,… Read more »
Worcester Briefed On Green Efforts
SNOW HILL — Representatives from the Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) and Lower Shore Land Trust (LSLT) met with the Worcester County Commissioners Tuesday to discuss the state of some of the county’s natural resources.Waterways on the Eastern Shore continue to balance on a delicate point, according to MCBP Executive Director Dave Wilson.“We’re seeing the… Read more »
Two Restaurant Additions Approved, One Tabled
OCEAN CITY – The Planning and Zoning Commission considered multiple site plan approvals this week, including a temporary enclosure of Galaxy 66 Skye Bar & Grille, an addition to De Lazy Lizard and a rooftop bar and dining at the Marina Deck as well as a public hearing to approve non-motorized water sports at 45th… Read more »
Ocean City Reviews Plane Crash Response; Dive Team’s Stand Down Order Questioned
OCEAN CITY – Some questions were put to rest and rumors addressed this week when emergency officials met to review what took place when a plane holding two of Ocean City Police Department’s own crashed in the ocean last month.On Thursday, an After Action Review of the tragic aircraft incident a few weeks ago in… Read more »
Two Boats Capsize Off Coast In Nearly Same Location
OCEAN CITY — Potential tragedy was averted last weekend after two vessels capsized and sank at roughly the same location in the open ocean two days apart, but in both incidents, Good Samaritans on other vessels quickly arrived and rescued the boats’ occupants.On Saturday, a 23-foot catamaran capsized in the ocean about 25-30 miles southeast… Read more »
Ocean City Area Mourns Passing Of Steve Falck; His ‘Grace And Humility’ During Illness Fondly Recalled
BERLIN – The local community lost a giant this week with the passing of Steve Falck, a surfer, coach, businessman, father, husband and perhaps, most importantly, a shining example of how to handle adversity with dignity, class and grace.Falck, 64, died peacefully at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury last Sunday after a lengthy… Read more »