BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity lacrosse team continued its early season domination this week, routing Bennett, 19-5, on Monday to improve to 5-0.The Seahawks scored early and often against the Clippers and the outcome was never in doubt. Already ahead, 1-0, just a minute into the first quarter, Jake Lathroum made it 2-0 on a… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- Thousands of runners from all over the region descended on the resort last weekend for the 2nd Annual Susan Komen Maryland Race for the Cure in Ocean City, turning the downtown area into a sea of pink on the near perfect Sunday morning.The third annual event featured a change this year that kept… Read more »
SNOW HILL — In response to a growing trend in healthcare, county officials this week approved a text amendment allowing multiple physicians to more easily share a common building and space that would not be allowed under the current county zoning code.Attorney Mark Cropper presented the proposed text amendment to the County Commissioners on Tuesday… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The Mayor and City Council will sit down to take another look at the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year prior to first reading to determine if there are any other suggested cuts to minimize the proposed tax rate of being a penny over constant yield.At the conclusion of Tuesday’s Mayor… Read more »
BERLIN — A Snow Hill man was arrested on first-degree assault and other charges this week after allegedly dragging a woman across a road in Berlin before picking her up and carrying her into a residence.Around 11:45 a.m. on Monday, Worcester County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the area of Libertytown Rd. in Berlin for a… Read more »
Wasteful ActionsEditor:I read the article by Tom Horton regarding Ted Wycall’s effort to run a really “green” farm. He has free running chickens instead of caged, natural fertilizer for his vegetables etc. Now come the inspectors, politicians and other assorted agencies with their lists of all the problems with his operation.As usual a good thing… Read more »
SALISBURY – The City Council agreed this week to help fund fireworks for the Red, White and Boom 4th of July celebration this year while encouraging local benefiting businesses to start making contributions.An ordinance in its final reading approached the City Council on Monday evening to amend Fiscal Year 2014 General Fund to appropriate $10,000… Read more »
Buckingham Elementary School students Der’rhy Doughty, Juan Cervantes Rodriguez and Kaolin Riser in Stacey Bredenberg’s first grade class are working as an animal rescue team. Together they had to research what a cheetah would need and how they would build an enclosure for it at their animal sanctuary.
OCEAN CITY- Thousands of runners are expected to compete next week in the annual Island 2 Island Half Marathon and 5K race, which returns to the resort area for the 10th year with a significant change in the format.The Island 2 Island Half Marathon and 5K, produced by OC Tri Running, returns next Saturday, April… Read more »
According to a survey conducted by Movoto.com, a national real estate website, Ocean City is the most dangerous place in Maryland.The survey is clearly flawed and never should have received the attention it did, but multiple media outlets nonetheless took the bait and ran stories on this ridiculous conclusion without even studying its merits.The biggest… Read more »