SNOW HILL – An update on the use of COVID-19 grant funds highlighted a public hearing this week.Last August, Worcester County was awarded $64,265 in COVID-19 grant funding through the Maryland Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, a federally funded program designed to assist governments with activities directed toward neighborhood and housing revitalization, economic developed… Read more »
Monthly Archives: March 2021
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – March 19, 2021
This week’s listening session on the future of Heron Park was productive, provocative and enlightening. The meeting was specifically planned to solicit feedback from the community on selling two parcels of the park property to nearby landowners. The consensus among the citizens was to keep the property near the ponds on the north side of… Read more »
Council Advances Proposed Charter Changes On Elections
OCEAN CITY — The Mayor and Council this week held a series of public hearings on proposed charter amendments, some of which had to do with elections and voting.On Monday’s regular meeting agenda, there were five public hearings scheduled for proposed amendments to the town charter. Essentially, the hearings were mere formalities as no one… Read more »
Fundraising Effort Organized To Help Farmer After Home Fire
WHALEYVILLE – A local farmers market merchant is left picking up the pieces this week after losing his home in a fire.Just before 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 7, firefighters from multiple departments responded to a reported house fire on Donaway Road in Whaleyville.Resident Joe Timmons said he and his eight-year-old son were home at… Read more »
Study Results Lead Resort To Revise Current Boardwalk Noise Ordinance
OCEAN CITY – Discussions on revising the town’s Boardwalk noise ordinance highlighted a resort commission meeting this week.Last August, the town contracted with an engineering firm to take sound measurements at different locations and times on the Boardwalk to determine if the town’s noise ordinance needed to be amended. And late last month, the firm’s… Read more »
Voices From The Readers – March 19, 2021
Reasons To Sell Park ParcelsEditor:(The following letter was addressed to Berlin Mayor and Council members with a copy forwarded for publication.)I would like to tell you why I feel selling Parcels 410 and 57 is the best course for the town to pursue. Both of these parcels will require much more money to accomplish the… Read more »
Buas Proposes Downtown Parking Permits To Address ‘Sleepers’
OCEAN CITY – A proposed residential parking permit aimed at curbing some of the illegal activity associated with car sleepers in the downtown area was introduced at the resort committee level this week.In a meeting of the Ocean City Police Commission Monday, Councilman Peter Buas presented members with an idea to establish a residential parking… Read more »
OC Lions Donate To Cedar Chapel
Ocean City Lions Club President Mike Hooper presents a donation to Tracy Fairman of the Cedar Chapel Special School, which is located in Snow Hill serves students with disabilities from across Worcester County.
Wicomico Prosecutor Appointed Fed Immigration Judge
NOW HILL — Former Worcester County prosecutor and Wicomico County Deputy State’s Attorney William “Billy” McDermott has been appointed as a federal immigration judge by the U.S. Attorney General.U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has appointed McDermott, 35, a resident of Girdletree, as a federal immigration judge assigned to the New York City Court effective… Read more »
Ocean City, Seacrets Extend Street-End Lease Deal
OCEAN CITY — An extended lease renewal has been approved for a portion of 49th Street.Last month, at the request of the Police Commission, the Mayor and Council agreed to renew a one-year lease with Seacrets for a roughly 250-foot section on the west end of 49th Street. The town leases the 250-foot section of… Read more »