SNOW HILL – Concerns about a potential tax increase from some and pleas for a fully-funded school system from others highlighted the annual public budget hearing hosted by the Worcester County Commissioners.Dozens of area residents, many of them teachers, shared their thoughts on the county’s proposed FY 2016 budget during the lengthy hearing at Snow… Read more »
Grace Mitchell’s pre-kindergarten class recently enjoyed Nursery Rhyme Day at Ocean City Elementary School. Parents were invited to the classroom to listen to the students rehearse nursery rhymes. Brantley McKenna is pictured as Humpty Dumpty.
28th Street Pit and Pub410-289-202028th St. & Coastal Hwy.Sunday, May 17:5th Anniversary Party withDr. Harmonica & Rockett 88, 3-7 p.m.Every Thursday:Locals’ Night With DJ BKAdolfo’s410-289-400113th St. & The Boardwalk,In The Beach Plaza HotelFriday, May 8: Apple & BrittSaturday, May 9: Jake On PianoEvery Sunday & Wednesday:Jake On PianoAtlantic Hotel410-641-35892 North Main St., BerlinEvery Monday: Earl… Read more »
BERLIN — On May 1, the “Beyond the Beach Trolley” started operating to connect the people of West Ocean City, Berlin and Ocean Pines to shopping, dining, work and recreation.This 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. trolley style vehicle, under the auspices of Shore Transit Division of the Tri-County Council, was operated last year for the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — State and local officials this week drafted a letter of intent to the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) expressing frustration over the Inlet’s depth and its impact on local fishing industries.The Inlet and the channels in and around the resort area naturally silt due to a variety of factors and need to… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A Pocomoke man was charged this week with second-degree murder and first-degree child abuse after his 3-year-old nephew died from injuries sustained while in his care.Kevin M. Sewell, 27, was formally charged on Monday with second-degree murder and first-degree child abuse stemming from an alleged incident that occurred last Sunday, May 3… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A Virginia man, convicted on second-degree assault and first-degree burglary charges after climbing in an Ocean City hotel window last May and sexually assaulting a female victim, was sentenced on Monday to 11 years in prison.Romer Ortuno, 30, of Springfield, Va. in December was found guilty of second-degree rape and first-degree burglary… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Despite failing to even get a committee hearing in either the Senate or the House, the bid for a state-mandated post-Labor Day start to the school year will continue.At the Ocean City Economic Development Committee (EDC) meeting this week, Lower Shore legislators briefed resort business leaders on a variety of issues germane… Read more »
If this week’s discussion about the budget in Ocean City is any indication, it doesn’t appear relations are improving between the city and Worcester County.Former Ocean City Councilman Vince Gisriel and fellow detractors seemed to strike a nerve among Ocean City officials when questioning the budget at Monday’s meeting. Gisriel clearly annoyed a few council… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Brown Box Theatre Project, presenters of the annual Free Shakespeare at the Beach tour, returns to Ocean City with its spring production, Boxer Shorts, this month.Boxer Shorts is an evening of enchanting and interrogative short plays that explore the space between sleeping and waking, thinking and knowing, living and dying. This production… Read more »