OCEAN CITY — All is relatively calm on the Ocean City street performer front after the Mayor and Council this week agreed to accept task force recommendations tweaking the controversial busker ordinance.Throughout a process that was chippy at certain times and downright nasty at others, the Boardwalk Task Force, appointed by the Mayor and Council… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2016
County Commissioners Balk At Increased School Funding Mandate
SNOW HILL – As the budget process nears, county leaders are again expressing concern over increased education spending.During a regular meeting Tuesday, the Worcester County Commissioners voted 5-2 to contact the Eastern Shore delegation to share their objections over rising education spending.“They may push this down our throats but we don’t have to swallow it,”… Read more »
Commissioners To Stay Course On Phasing Out Liquor Operation
SNOW HILL – The head of the Worcester County Department of Liquor Control used an audience with local leaders this week to again share his concerns about the county’s plan to get out of the liquor business by 2017.Bobby Cowger, head of the Worcester County Department of Liquor Control (DLC), told the county commissioners this… Read more »
Kaminiski, McKahan Win Regional Titles
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity wrestling team turned in a solid performance in the state 4A-3A South tournament last weekend, collecting two regional titles and advancing four wrestlers to the state championships this weekend.The Seahawks sent 10 wrestlers to the state 4A-3A region tournament last weekend and four placed, including a regional championship at 106 for… Read more »
Decatur Survives OT Thriller To Advance
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team won a thriller on Wednesday, beating visiting Hammond, 70-68, in overtime to reach the state 3A-East region championship.The Seahawks, seeded first in the 3A-East region Section II cruised past visiting Northeast, 93-54, on Monday to advance in the Section II bracket. Still smarting from a coin toss loss… Read more »
Survival Products Holds Raffle To Raise Funds For Heroes On The Water
Survival Products in Salisbury recently raffled a Wilderness Systems Tarpon 100 sit-on-top kayak to raise funds for Heroes on the Water, which helps veterans from all branches of the United States military unwind using the therapeutic qualities of fishing from kayaks. The raffle raised $870. Jim McConnell, pictured left, was awarded the prize by Joe… Read more »
We Remember Those We Have Lost
Barbara Downs LittletonLIBERTYTOWN — Barbara Downs Littleton, age 81, died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 at her home.Born in Newark, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Catherine Pusey Downs. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Howard E. Bishop, in 1999. She is survived by her husband, Vincent G. Littleton of… Read more »
A Week In Business
Apartment Project PlannedSALISBURY – Gillis Gilkerson announced last month it has been hired to renovate Bay Terrace Garden Apartments, an affordable housing community located at 517 Bay Street in Berlin.The project is a joint venture between Severn Development Company, based in Annapolis, and Berlin Community Housing Corporation, a local nonprofit based in Berlin.During the gut… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
Editor:Are you aware that the Maryland General Assembly is currently in session? Included in this year’s crop of mandaters are Democrat Delegates Angel, Cullison and Pena-Melnyk who have introduced HB1178 “Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in cooperation with the State Board of Education and the Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations, to adopt regulations requiring that… Read more »
Worcester County GOLD Launches New Logo To Identify Programs, Materials And Activities
Worcester County GOLD has launched a new logo to identify its programs, materials and activities. The logo features an umbrella that symbolizes the protection that GOLD provides to Worcester County families in crisis, vulnerable adults and children in foster care. After a school system wide contest, Rachel Thomas of Stephen Decatur High School submitted the… Read more »