https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6L16GWSOBAThe weather window that we had open for the past few days was absolutely slammed shut today with stiff winds and rain associated with a strong front that should pass by pretty quickly. There is a little wind leftover tomorrow, but the weekend looks decent with warmer temperatures and winds in the 10 – 20… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Rate Increases Help Improve Berlin Enterprise Fund Outlook
BERLIN – Town officials reviewed Berlin’s enterprise fund budgets at a work session this week.The Berlin Town Council on Monday met to review proposed utility fund budgets for the coming fiscal year. Town Administrator Jeff Fleetwood said the 5% and 20% increases for water and sewer rates approved last year were serving their purpose.“Both funds,… Read more »
Hardwire Earns $50M Fed Contract To Produce Millions Of Face Shields
POCOMOKE – Hardwire LLC has agreed to manufacture five million face shields for those battling COVID-19 through a contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.Rep. Andy Harris announced the award of up to $50 million in federal contracts to Pocomoke’s Hardwire LLC last week. The contract comes just a month after Hardwire, known for its… Read more »
County To Hold Virtual Hearing On Proposed Budget; Speakers Required To Register Online In Advance Before May 5
SNOW HILL – Citizens will have a chance to provide input on Worcester County’s proposed budget during an online public hearing next week.On Tuesday, May 5, the Worcester County Commissioners will host a public hearing on the requested fiscal year 2021 operating budget. The hearing will be live-streamed at 7 p.m.“I hope people partake Tuesday,”… Read more »
County To Preserve Waterfront Land
SALISBURY – Officials in Wicomico County approved the acquisition of a conservation easement last week in an effort to preserve more than 100 acres of land within the Quantico Creek watershed.Last week, the Wicomico County Council voted 5-0 to approve a resolution authorizing the county to acquire a 114.37-acre easement within the Quantico Creek Rural… Read more »
Salisbury Now Offering Emergency Homeless Camp
SALISBURY – An emergency encampment for homeless individuals is now open in Salisbury.Late last month, the City of Salisbury – in partnership with several agencies – opened Camp Hope, an emergency encampment for homeless individuals in the community.As residents shelter at home during the COVID-19 outbreak, officials said Camp Hope will offer temporary accommodations for… Read more »
City Manager’s Memo Outlines Season Preparations
OCEAN CITY — A reopening and resumption of services memorandum prepared by the city manager early this week raised eyebrows with some of its predicted phased dates.Prior to Tuesday’s Mayor and Council work session, a memorandum outlining some key reopening dates based loosely on the state’s roadmap to recovery released last week was included in… Read more »
A Week In Business – May 1, 2020
Grant Funds Art ClassesOCEAN CITY – The Art League of Ocean City is providing a series of free online art classes specially designed for youth who are learning from home. The free classes are funded in part by an emergency grant from the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore.“It is vitally important that we keep… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – May 1, 2020
The Town of Ocean City was incorporated by the Maryland General Assembly on April 12, 1880. It included the land between N. Division Street and S. Division Street plus property on the south side including the vicinity of today’s Inlet. The Inlet did not exist at this time; it would be created during a storm… Read more »
The Adventures Of Fatherhood – May 1, 2020
With lots of time to think these days, I am wondering if pre-virus life with my children will ever return. It’s going to be tough to embrace after all this isolation and simplicity.Of course, there may be no choice here, as it’s going to be sometime before life begins to take on whatever this new… Read more »