SNOW HILL – An initial feasibility study indicates there is potential for an excursion railroad operation in Worcester County, but that a number of physical issues would need to be addressed first.Infrastructure improvements would need to be made to the railroad track itself and boarding locations would need to be built before a tourist train… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Beginning Thursday night, the Town of Ocean City will be a bit brighter, as Winterfest of Lights celebrates its 22nd year illuminating Northside Park.Named a prestigious Top 100 Event for 2013 by American Bus Association and voted “Maryland’s Finest Holiday Tradition” by Maryland Life Magazine, Winterfest of Lights is a winter paradise… Read more »
BERLIN – Many of the children at Cedar Chapel Special School have trouble communicating.Some don’t speak. Others have trouble forming sentences.So when Principal Belinda Gulyas heard one child ask distinctly, in a complete sentence, to pet the school’s therapy dog, she was blown away.“It was kind of magical at that moment,” she said.Murphy, a six-year-old… Read more »
Worcester County Education Foundation Chair Todd Ferrante shared this week a You Tube video called “Did You Know? Shift Happens.” It provides a wealth of information, most of which is concerning how critical technology and associated enhancements will be in the lives of today’s young people and in particular their future.For example, one fact included… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Council President Lloyd Martin and Council Secretary Mary Knight were re-appointed during the Mayor and City Council Organizational Meeting held last Thursday night.Worcester County Chair of the Board of Elections Mary Adeline Bradford read into the record the results of this year’s election at the meeting. There were 2,212 citizens that cast… Read more »
BERLIN- The Mid-Atlantic Red Sox under-14 traveling baseball team will be the beneficiary of a fundraising FootGolf tournament at the Man O’ War course at Glen Riddle on Saturday.FootGolf is one of the latest crazes on the local sports front. Individual players or teams of players tee off by kicking a soccer ball from a… Read more »
BERLIN – A text amendment designed to accommodate scientific research stations — including one run by NASA — in agricultural areas moved one step closer to approval with a favorable recommendation from the Worcester County Planning Commission.Commission members gave their support to the change after hearing how the first such station in Worcester County, operated… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY — While the winner’s identity has not been made public, the Greene Turtle in West Ocean City last weekend sold a Maryland Lottery Monopoly Millionaire’s Club winning ticket to a local man who has not come forward to collect as of Thursday.The new multi-state draw game’s top prize of $21 million was… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Three more canals were added to the to-do list this week as Ocean City moves forward with the much anticipated and high-priority canal dredging project.City Engineer Terry McGean came before the Mayor and City Council on Wednesday afternoon to amend the existing dredging contract with Hi-Tide Marine to include dredging canals at… Read more »
BERLIN – Officials at Worcester County Animal Control are hoping new Saturday hours will enable them to serve the community better.Starting Nov. 15, the Worcester County Animal Control office on Timmons Road in Snow Hill will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will also be open those hours on some holidays.“It makes… Read more »