BERLIN — The last day of school for Worcester County students marked the final day of a 64-year career for Berlin bus driver Irma Herbert.Herbert, 84, retired last week as the longest serving school bus driver in Maryland.“She’s one of a kind,” said Steve Price, director of bus transportation and safety for Worcester County Public… Read more »
BERLIN – Though the election is still months away, two candidates have already filed to run for public office in Berlin.Council member Lisa Hall filed to run for mayor last week while resident Zackery Tyndall filed to run for the District 2 council seat — the position currently held by Hall. Although he hasn’t officially… Read more »
NEWARK – The Worcester County Education Foundation (WCEF) donated $35,000 to the local school system this week to aid in its ongoing digital conversion.The WCEF, a nonprofit created in 2014, provided the school system with $35,000 to pay for laptop cases and other technological necessities in the coming school year. The donation was part of… Read more »
SNOW HILL – In spite of reservations expressed by county leaders, the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office will continue to offer security services to a handful of area businesses.The Worcester County Commissioners voted 5-2 to approve Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreements with three resort area businesses on Tuesday. The approval came after several commissioners questioned the… Read more »
By Scott LenoxThe weather that swept through the area yesterday afternoon into last night left us with some pretty tough conditions today. It was pretty rough offshore thanks to the wind, and inshore the bay was left looking like Columbian coffee with extra cream. Neither of these conditions make it easy for charters to put… Read more »
GEORGETOWN, Del. — For the last eight years, 32-year-old coastal Delaware native Chase Fehrenbach has woken up each morning in a small, cold jail cell in Sussex Correctional Institute (SCI) in Georgetown, Del.He doesn’t look like most of the other hardened criminals who reside behind the walls and the razor wire fences of one of… Read more »
OCEAN PINES — A 96-year-old Ocean Pines resident has been bilked out of $40,000 in an Internet sweepstakes scam, but authorities at least have some leads in what are typically long-shot cases.Ocean Pines Police Chief David Massey this week said the elderly resident of the community had fallen prey to an Internet scam that has… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A major change to the downtown skyline inched closer to becoming reality this week after resort planners signed off on a heavily-conditioned zoning change for the historic Cropper concrete plant property to accommodate a vast hotel and restaurant complex.After considerable debate about the potential impact on the neighborhood, the Planning and Zoning… Read more »
By Scott LenoxWe had some wicked storms roll through the area this evening….really wicked! Very heavy rain and lots of lightning had folks running for cover…no one in their right mind was on the water after 4:30 unless they had to be. Only a couple of boats in the offshore fleet headed to the canyons… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials Monday passed an emergency ordinance enhancing penalties for individuals issued citations for municipal infractions who continue to fail to obey the law, but not before an 11th-hour attempt by a handful of Boardwalk street performers to halt the measure in federal court.Last week, the Police Commission forwarded a proposed ordinance… Read more »