OCEAN CITY – Boardwalk business owners turned out this week to praise the Mayor and City Council for the new street performer regulations taking effect next month.The Town of Ocean City has been struggling with the proliferation of street performers on the Boardwalk for several years. A Boardwalk Task Force was created to specifically look… Read more »
City Zoning Change Would Be ShamefulEditor:I am the owner of 1513 Teal Drive since 2005. I have sent the substance of this letter to the members of the Planning and Zoning Office, the City Council and the mayor. I purchased the house as a Starker Exchange, and the settlement attorney told me rentals were not allowed,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The always generous resort-area community is being called on again to rally for a local family that lost nearly everything in a fire in Ocean Pines in May with a fundraiser set for Sunday.Around 2:20 a.m. on May 15, the Ocean Pines Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a residential fire in… Read more »
Top awards at Worcester Preparatory School’s Commencement Exercises were presented to, from left, Mattie Maull, Best All-Round Student; Erik Zorn, Salutatorian; and Natalie Twilley, Valedictorian. The awards were announced by Dr. Barry W. Tull, Headmaster.
BERLIN – Track repairs and the construction of a depot in the north end of the county mean bringing the much discussed excursion railroad to Worcester County could cost a minimum of $1.5 million.The consulting firm hired to investigate the possibility of an excursion railroad in Worcester County reported to the Worcester County Commissioners Tuesday… Read more »
Worcester Prep students Maggie Coutu, Isabel Dashiell and Julie Talbot have been selected for scholarships to attend the Jump Start Program at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute of the University of Maryland. The students will study biomedical science during their time at the Institute. With the young scientists is AP Biology teacher Tom Westcott.
SALISBURY — Delmarva Power will hold community meetings to provide the public with details on an expansive high-voltage transmission line upgrade from Salisbury to Berlin.The first is set for next Tuesday, June 23, at 7 p.m. at Delmarva Power on N. Salisbury Blvd. The second is set for next Thursday, June 25, at 7 p.m…. Read more »
BERLIN- Worcester Prep varsity lacrosse standout and faceoff specialist Ross Dickerson has been nominated for the Ensign C. Markland Kelly Jr. Memorial Award given each year to the best lacrosse player in the state of Maryland.Dickerson was honored last week at the annual Kelly Awards Banquet at the Naval Academy with his parents Jim and… Read more »
The Ocean City dolphin sculpture and plaza at the southwest corner of Coastal Highway and Route 90 took another major step towards completion with a generous $10,000 donation from the Brenner family that was made in memory of Sue Brenner Haslam. This is the third and last dolphin to be selected for the Diamond Level… Read more »
SALISBURY — The Wicomico Creekwatchers, a partnership of citizen and Salisbury University student volunteers, this week released the annual report, “Wicomico River Creekwatchers: 2014 Water Monitoring Results,” with mixed results on the health of the river.The Wicomico River Creekwatchers monitor water quality at 22 sites from the headwater ponds to the mouth of the river… Read more »