The Long and Short View of Chesapeake’s IslandsSMITH ISLAND- A few autumns ago, I took the students in my Chesapeake Bay class at Salisbury University to Smith Island to discuss how rising seas, accelerated by a warming climate, will threaten such low-lying communities before the end of this century. I didn’t have to teach much… Read more »
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Committee Member’s Absence May Have Killed Post-Labor Day Bill
ANNAPOLIS- In this week’s legislative digest, Maryland Democrats pushed one of their gun control measures through the House, Governor Larry Hogan continued his public partisan sparring with legislators and was called out to define his feelings on his party’s presidential frontrunner, and we’ll explore how an excused absence for a legislator could have inadvertently derailed… Read more »
Worcester County Government Employees Present $20,788 Check To United Way Of The Lower Eastern Shore
Worcester County government employees recently presented a check to the United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore for $20,788 to benefit Eastern Shore residents in need. A long-time partner with the local United Way, county government employees have raised over $280,000 for the local non-profit organization over the last 16 years.
Ocean City Man Charged In Knife Threat
OCEAN CITY- An Ocean City man faces first-degree assault and other serious charges this week after allegedly threatening his visiting nephew with a knife on a downtown Ocean City street after a day of apparent St. Patrick’s Day revelry last Saturday.Around 11:15 p.m. last Saturday, an OCPD officer on patrol in the area of Washington… Read more »
Who’s Playing When And Where
28th Street Pit and Pub410-289-202028th St. & Coastal Hwy.Every Thursday:Locals’ Night With DJ BKAdolfo’s410-289-400113th St. & The Boardwalk,In The Beach Plaza HotelCall For EntertainmentAtlantic Hotel410-641-35892 North Main St., BerlinFriday, March 18: Frankie MoranEvery Monday: Earl BeardsleyEvery Tuesday:Bob Miller On The PianoThursday, March 24:Adam BilinkiBuxy’s Salty Dog410-289-097328th St. & Coastal Hwy.Call for entertainmentCaptain’s table410-289-7192Courtyard by Marriott… Read more »
Amid Groundswell Of Opposition, Mid-Atlantic Drilling Plan Nixed
OCEAN CITY- Facing a groundswell of opposition from communities up and down the east coast including Ocean City, the Obama administration this week announced it was abandoning plans to open a vast swath of ocean off the mid-Atlantic coast as close as 20 miles from the resort to offshore drilling for oil and natural gas.Communities… Read more »
Delaware Beaches Awarded Fed Disaster Funds
Shawn J. SoperManaging EditorFENWICK- With Delaware beaches and coastal communities still reeling from the late January storm that walloped the mid-Atlantic with record snow falls and massive flooding and beach erosion, President Barack Obama on Wednesday declared a disaster still exists in the First State and released federal funding to mitigate the damages.In late January,… Read more »
Wild Wrong Way Chase Ends In Crash
OCEAN CITY – A Pennsylvania man was arrested on multiple charges last week after a wild wrong-way ride through downtown Ocean City in an allegedly stolen car that ended with a crash into a utility pole.Around 1:50 a.m. last Thursday, an OCPD officer on patrol in the downtown area observed a Mazda 6 pull into… Read more »
The Resorter … Revisited
Summer of 1964Volume XEdition 7Issue Highlights• Hosts Buzz and Marie King invited guests to the Embassy Dining Room at the Diplomat Motor Hotel on the beach at 26th Street.• The Lifeguard of the Week was Bill Carey, courtesy of Herbert Berger Ltd. Swimwear.• The charter yacht “Challenge” was offering its 52-foot vessel for $18.34 each… Read more »
School Board Ratifies Teacher Raises
Chris ShearerContributing WriterNEWARK- The Worcester County Board of Education ratified an agreement which will provide a slight pay raise for Worcester County teachers in the 2016-2017 school year.The agreement between the county, the Worcester County Teachers’ Association, and the County Educational Support Personnel Association was approved and signed on Tuesday. The agreement provides for a… Read more »