OCEAN PINES – Association officials say members have until Aug. 10 to return ballots for this year’s board election.On Monday, the Ocean Pines Association announced that paper ballots and voting instructions for the 2022 Ocean Pines Board of Directors election have been mailed out and are due back by 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 10…. Read more »
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Wicomico Approves $23M Bond Bill
SALISBURY – County officials this week voted to approve a $23 million bond bill for future capital projects.On Wednesday, the Wicomico County Council voted unanimously to approve a legislative bill allowing the county to borrow $23,378,386 for the financing of nine capital projects.Finance Director Pam Oland told council members this week the county is in… Read more »
Turtle Excluder Program Offered In Coastal Bays
WEST OCEAN CITY – Efforts to distribute free turtle excluders will begin this month as part of a new program from the Maryland Coastal Bays Program.This month, the Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) will launch a turtle excluder program, providing turtle excluders – also known as by-catch reduction devices – to residents and visitors free… Read more »
Resort Police Activity Down In June
OCEAN CITY – A review of police statistics for the month of June revealed fewer calls for service and a decrease in drug and weapons arrests, among other things.On Monday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) Chief Ross Buzzuro presented members of the Ocean City Police Commission with an update on police activity for the month… Read more »
Company Awarded $9.8M For Wicomico Broadband
SALISBURY – A regional broadband company has been awarded $9.8 million to develop broadband internet service in Wicomico County.Last Friday, Gov. Larry Hogan announced the Office of Statewide Broadband, through the Connect Maryland initiative, had awarded more than $127.6 million in grant funding to local jurisdictions, internet service providers and community organizations in an effort… Read more »
Fenwick Shares Delays In Resiliency Plan Development
FENWICK ISLAND – With a town-wide resiliency study at a standstill, members of a Fenwick Island committee this week agreed to reach out to state officials to expedite the process.In a Fenwick Island Infrastructure Committee meeting Tuesday, Councilman Richard Benn, committee chair, presented members with an update on a town-wide resiliency study.While the town has… Read more »
Wicomico Considers Storage Tank Zoning Legislation
SALISBURY – As a moratorium on the issuance of building permits for certain agricultural storage tanks is set to expire at the end of this year, county leaders last week convened to discuss proposed zoning amendments.In a work session last week, the Wicomico County Council met with the Wicomico County Planning and Zoning staff to… Read more »
Recovery Campus Opens In Berlin
BERLIN – State and local officials gathered in Berlin last Thursday to celebrate the opening of a new recovery campus.On July 7, the connections of Hope4Recovery held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the construction of a new 2,500-square-foot facility at the site of the H4R Recovery Campus, located across from Atlantic General Hospital in… Read more »
Ocean City Police Arrest Two In Heroin Distribution Case
OCEAN CITY – Two Berlin men were arrested last week following a distribution investigation in which detectives seized more than 200 bags of heroin.During the month of June, the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) Narcotics Unit initiated a controlled dangerous substance (CDS) distribution investigation into two local individuals allegedly involved in distributing fentanyl/heroin in the… Read more »
Court Issues Restraining Order In Fenwick Low-Speed Vehicle Case
FENWICK ISLAND – A Delaware Court of Chancery official has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Town of Fenwick Island form enforcing a new ordinance banning low-speed vehicles.Following a motions hearing Wednesday, Patricia Griffin, master in chancery for the Delaware Court of Chancery, issued a temporary restraining order, effectively stopping the town from enforcing… Read more »