OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City woman is in custody this week after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend in their downtown apartment two times in as many days.Sherri Dawn Clark, 45, of Ocean City, was arrested last Friday after admitting stabbing her boyfriend, identified as Sean Edward Clarkson, in the chest the night before. Clarkson called… Read more »

ASSATEAGUE – Three years ago this week, a joyride on Assateague Island turned tragic when a sport utilityvehicle overturned in the surf, ultimately claiming the lives of its two young occupants, but the three-year anniversary passed quietly without the filing of any new civil lawsuits against any of the parties involved.In the weeks following the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – With a good dose of unseasonably warm and pleasant weather this week, work on the Route 50 bridge, closed to traffic since Jan. 17, is moving along ahead of schedule and the span is expected re-open sometime next Friday in time for the busy President’s Day weekend in the resort area.State Highway… Read more »

BERLIN – Plans to deposit dredge spoil from the Marsh Harbor canal on a property in Friendship Village near Berlin have neighbors fearing for the local water table and their property values.“The whole community is very upset about this,” said Doreen Hudson, a resident of Friendship Rd. whose home sits across from the dredge spoil… Read more »

SNOW HILL – There will be no Greater Ocean Pines Sewer Service Area (GOPSSA) until costs come down, county elected officials decided this week.Hook-ups in the potential service area could cost as much as $37,000 per some residential equivalentdwelling units (EDUs), combining infrastructure costs and buy-in fees.  Commercial sites along Route 589 would paythe least,… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Worcester County approved a $100,000 match in funding for the new, joint Dividing Creek Rural Legacy area that spans the Worcester County and Somerset County border, and will request state funds to go with that money, although the state has not yet announced a decision on funding requested last year.“We’re requesting a… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Owners of a house on Basket Switch Rd. near Newark this week filed suit against the Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company and its president seeking nearly $1 million for damages to their home and disruption of their lives allegedly caused by a train derailment along Route 113 nearly three years ago.The co-owners… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City’s Economic Development Committee (EDC) met this week to discuss a wide variety of important local issues, from what is going on in Annapolis with the General Assembly to other pertinent issues closer to home. The following is a quick look at some of the highlights from Wednesday’s meeting:EDC Chairman Dr…. Read more »

SNOW HILL – Narcotics searches just got easier in Worcester County with the Worcester County Sheriff’s Department’s purchase of a new narcotics detecting dog.Dino, a two-year old black Labrador Retriever, joined the sheriff’s office this month after beginning his career with the La Crosse, Va. Police Department.When his handler left that agency, and no other… Read more »

BERLIN – The Waterkeeper Alliance has filed suit this week against the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA), seeking access to nutrient management plans for poultry operations in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, which includes Worcester County west of Rt. 113.MDA officials have twice denied requests from the Waterkeeper Alliance for access to the nutrient management plans,… Read more »