BERLIN – The same architect who started the design of the new Berlin library will continue the work thanks to approval from the Worcester County Commissioners this week.In spite of concerns about not soliciting bids for the work, the commissioners agreed to grant the Worcester County Library’s request to have architect Jeff Schoellkopf complete design… Read more »
BERLIN – The dates for the county’s ninth-graders to get their new laptops are officially set.With deployment dates identified as Sept. 2 at Stephen Decatur High School, Sept. 3 at Snow Hill High School and Sept. 10 at Pocomoke High School, the school system is just weeks away from launching the digital conversion that will… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – With an increase of motorized rentals on the Boardwalk, city officials have decided to place a freeze on issuing such rental licenses for the time being until town regulations are examined.The topic of hoverboard rentals on the Boardwalk was brought before the Mayor and City Council on Monday evening following the Police… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – As the summer winds down, a list of what is not working for performers on the Boardwalk was voiced before the Mayor and City Council with officials assuring their concerns will be reviewed for possible change.An ordinance on second reading to update language within the City Code regarding street performers came before… Read more »
This candy dish from the old Plimhimmon Hotel is from the pre-World War I era. The large Boardwalk hotels, such as the Atlantic, the Hamilton and the Plimhimmon, prided themselves on their dining rooms and many ordered their china from manufacturers in Germany prior to the beginning of the war.Meals in that era were quite… Read more »
BERLIN – With site plan approval from the Berlin Planning Commission last week, developers of the apartment complex proposed for Seahawk Road say construction could begin as soon as the spring.Blair Rinnier of Rinnier Development said that though the project — known as Oceans East — still needed approval from the State Highway Administration and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Fire Department had a new chief for the day on Monday in 7-year-old Mason Farr, a pint-sized hero who saved his aunt from drowning at a resort water park earlier this summer.Farr was feted at the Ocean City Fire Department headquarters on 15th Street on Monday morning for his… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The Police Commission began discussion this week on the rental of hoverboards on the Boardwalk.Last week Councilman Wayne Hartman asked the Police Commission to discuss the addition of hoverboard rentals on the Boardwalk to its agenda on Monday morning.What is being referred to as a hover board is produced by multiple manufacturers…. Read more »
The Living Well Evidence-Based Training Academy was held recently at the new MAC Living Well Education Center in Salisbury. Pictured, from left are Margaret “Peggy” Bradford, MAC executive director; Leigh Ann Eagle, executive director, Maryland Living Well Center of Excellence; Rona Kramer, secretary of the Maryland Department of Aging; and guest speaker Tim McNeill, a… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- Ocean City will become the center of the lacrosse universe this weekend when some of the top men’s and women’s lacrosse teams in the country descend on the resort for the 22nd Annual Ocean City Lacrosse Classic.The annual tournament got underway on Wednesday with the Rolling Surf Wheelchair Lacrosse division playing games at… Read more »