Carmella’s Kids Learning Center helped raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and safety awareness by participating in the 30th Annual St. Jude Trike-A-Thon. A total of $385 was contributed to St. Jude’s. Pictured, from left, are Grant Stephan, Amanda Marotta, Van Walsh, Gabriel Rodriguez, Alex Wood, Bryce Baker, Jett Walsh and Aubree Collier-Bishop.
Worcester Prep Senior Maddie Pilchard, who will attend Stanford University in the fall, discusses the university with Dr. Merle Marsh, Director of Special Projects. Marsh completed her graduate studies at the California school. Pilchard plans to pursue pre-med coursework and to play women’s lacrosse.
SALISBURY – The Salisbury City Council voted this week to authorize appropriations for the police department to purchase weapons for new officers and Speed Measuring Devices.According to Major David Meienschein, members of the Salisbury Police Department are required to complete firearms training and officer recertification yearly. The ammunition utilized during the training has brass casings,… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A Texas man, sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder in the death of a Delaware woman killed in Pocomoke and found years later buried in Snow Hill, could be getting a new trial after the state’s highest court last week ruled in favor of his appeal.Justin Hadel,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A dangerous incident this month in a coastal North Carolina town that only avoided becoming a tragedy because of pre-arranged precautions emphasized the importance of safety for local Realtors often put in compromising situations when showing properties alone with complete strangers.In Salisbury, N.C. last week, a female Realtor showing homes to a… Read more »
BERLIN — With the primary election just about one month away and campaign signs suddenly sprouting up all over the region, much has changed on the local political landscape with the redrawing of traditional district lines and the creation of a new House district on the Lower Shore.The 2014 primary election is set for June… Read more »
First grade students at Ocean City Elementary recently participated in “Down on the Farm”, a program provided by the University of Maryland Extension 4-H STEM. Learning to milk a cow are Clayton McCabe, Molly Hoffman and Reid Phillips.
WEST OCEAN CITY — Three individuals were taken to the hospital and several others were arrested following a high school graduation party gone wrong at a West Ocean City residence early Thursday morning.Shortly before 1 a.m. on Thursday, Maryland State Police (MSP) troopers responded to a reported incident on Golf Course Rd. in West Ocean… Read more »
BERLIN — Though a previous application failed last year, the town of Berlin is confident there is a good chance to secure $800,000 in state funding through a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for three different stormwater projects.The reason for that confidence is the town’s dedicated stormwater utility, which has grown to the point where… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Public urination fines will be increased to $100 per incident this summer in Ocean City in an attempt to stress the severity of the infraction.Last November, Councilman Brent Ashley asked the Police Commission to investigate increasing Ocean City’s fine associated with public urination. At that time, Ashley had learned the neighboring community… Read more »