OCEAN CITY – A family friendly, Las Vegas-style illusion and escape show will premiere in Ocean City this weekend.On Saturday, April 20, Extreme Illusions and Escapes, starring Josh and Lea Knotts, will make its debut performance at the Ocean City Performing Arts Center.Featuring stage illusions, death-defying escapes and an abundance of audience participation, event promoter… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The 20th Annual Easter Art, Craft and Kids Fun Fair will be held Friday and Saturday, April 19-20, at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center. The event will be open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. both days.The art and craft show offers more than 70 vendors from near and far, a wide variety… Read more »
BERLIN — While special events are one of the many areas of spending that have drawn criticism from residents during Berlin’s recent budget discussions, merchants continue to tout their importance.During recent budget discussions, residents have questioned the importance of special events, which cost the town roughly $90,000 a year. The business they bring to downtown… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — After years of debate, a successful referendum last November and a lengthy negotiation period last month, a divided council on Monday approved a new contract for the town’s firefighter-paramedic union, but it certainly wasn’t easy.Way back in February 2016, the clock expired on negotiations between the town and the Career Firefighter Paramedics… Read more »
SALISBURY – The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore (CFES) recently unveiled its Spark Campaign in honor of the foundation’s 35th anniversary. The campaign aims to provide more than $210,000 in combined funding for the three education foundations serving the Lower Eastern Shore.The Wicomico County Education Foundation, Worcester County Education Foundation and Somerset County Public… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Increased competition in terms of starting wages and the cost of seasonal housing has created recruitment challenges for the Ocean City Beach Patrol, resort officials learned this week.During a budget work session on Thursday, April 11, long-time Ocean City Beach Patrol Captain Butch Arbin presented his agency’s fiscal year 2020 spending plan… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The working plan for special events in the summer, from fireworks displays to free summer concerts, was unveiled this week with room for enhancements possible.During Monday’s Tourism Commission meeting, TEAM Productions’ Bob Rothermel outlined plans for a series of summer fireworks shows and free concerts from one end of the town to… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The biggest takeaway from the State Highway Administration (SHA) semi-annual briefing with resort officials this week was a considerable milling and paving project will begin this month.SHA District Engineer Jay Meredith and his staff briefed the council this week on a variety of projects large and small in the resort, many of… Read more »
SNOW HILL – A five-year plan proposed by Worcester County Recreation and Parks would include the purchase of land currently owned by the Berlin Lions Club.In a budget presentation Tuesday, Tom Perlozzo, the county’s director of recreation and parks, told the Worcester County Commissioners he’d learned that Wawa and Royal Farms had approached the Berlin… Read more »
BERLIN – Residents continue to plead for an incremental tax increase rather than the 29% jump proposed by Berlin’s mayor.At Monday’s meeting of the Berlin Town Council, dozens of residents urged elected officials to reconsider the 29% tax increase proposed by Mayor Gee Williams at last week’s budget work session. The suggested increase would raise… Read more »