ARIES (March 21 to April 19): This is a good time for the usually outspoken Lamb to be a bit more discreet. You still can get your point across, but do it in a way less likely to turn off a potential supporter.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Good news: All that hard work you… Read more »
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Monday, September 17 – Sunfest To Kick Off Busy Weekend
OCEAN CITY – Ocean City celebrates the start of the fall season with four fantastic days of food, arts and crafts and live music when Sunfest 2007 shines on the resort’s Inlet lot, Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 20-23.Ocean City’s most popular festival, the 33rd Annual Sunfest, will delight all ages with 180 crafters, live entertainment,… Read more »
Vacant Lots In Snug Harbor To Wait On Sewer
SNOW HILL – Nine months after signing a petition asking for sewer service to undeveloped properties in Snug Harbor, property owners got a discouraging response from the County Commissioners, who said last week that the empty lots in Snug Harbor would have to wait for “another day.”The 53 existing houses in Snug Harbor are in… Read more »
Sunset Park Events A Success, Organizers Say
OCEAN CITY – Sunset Park capped off its first season of special events and entertainment on Labor Day, bringing a successful first season to a close and leaving the town hopeful for another year of value entertainment. Sunset Park, located downtown on South Division Street on the bayside, has joined the ranks of the town’s… Read more »
Ray McLaughlin Called ‘A Living Legacy’
OCEAN CITY – Ocean City and the entire surrounding area lost one of its greatest assets this week when long-time public servant and Air Force hero Ray Paul McLaughlin passed away at age 90 at the Harrison Senior Living facility in Snow Hill.McLaughlin was a selfless public servant in the resort area who touched thousands… Read more »
Rackliffe House Awarded Matching Grant
BERLIN – The preservation of Worcester County’s 1752 bayside plantation house has been recognized with a timely grant from the France-Merrick Foundation of Baltimore. The “challenge match” is being funded to double the amount of donations being received from the local community — up to the maximum figure of the award. Nearly a terminal case… Read more »
Planning Consultants To Guide Berlin
BERLIN – The growing town of Berlin will have some assistance from consultants on planning issues currently before the town, specifically help on wastewater plant financing and site plan reviews, the Mayor and Council decided Monday.Berlin’s elected officials voted to hire the Wye River Group to work on the financing for the town’s share of… Read more »
Planners OK Project’s Spray Irrigation
PSNOW HILL – The massive Summerfield project in Snow Hill plans to make the small town the second municipality in Worcester County to use spray irrigation to dispose of treated sewage.The Worcester County Planning Commission gave the notion its stamp of approval last week, voting to give the idea a favorable recommendation. The County Commissioners… Read more »
Local Man Reportedly Drowns While Fishing
OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City man, well known around the resort community, drowned last Saturday night while fishing at a popular beach and public park at the foot of Old Bridge Rd. and Sinepuxent Bay in West Ocean City.Robert Nickel, 55, of Ocean City, was recovered in the Sinepuxent Bay near the end of… Read more »
Emergency Fund Established To Help Nonprofit
NEWARK – The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore has established a “Worcester County Developmental Center Emergency Fund” to assist the nonprofit organization in getting back in operation as soon as possible. The Foundation will match the first $10,000 in donations to the emergency fund from citizens, businesses and organizations on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.The Worcester… Read more »