SNOW HILL — The Lower Shore Family YMCA would like to use the Pocomoke landfill for nature paths, rope courses and bike trails. The Worcester County Commission is supportive of the concept, but nervous about any extended activity on top of the actual landfill itself, which could be dangerous given the persistent venting of methane… Read more »
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Ashley Irked Horseback Riding Issue Dropped By Staff
OCEAN CITY – Growing increasingly alarmed over his belief that city staff has allowed multiple action items to fall through the proverbial crack, one councilman this week publically questioned the city manager again. Last month at the conclusion of a Mayor and City Council meeting, Councilman Brent Ashley brought up the extension of the town’s… Read more »
County Inmates Able To Pick Locks; Emergency Work Ordered To Replace
SNOW HILL — Failing cell gates in the maximum security wing of the Snow Hill jail will be receiving an emergency replacement. Warden Gary Mumford met with the Worcester County Commissioners Tuesday to discuss the malfunctioning locks, which have already allowed prisoners more movement than they are permitted to have. “Over the past two months,… Read more »
Accused Murderer Extradition Delayed
SNOW HILL — The first-degree murder case against Matthew Burton was moved from Maryland to Delaware in August but the accused killer remains behind bars in Worcester County this week after another extradition hearing in Snow Hill last Friday. Burton was indicted by a Worcester County grand jury on first-degree murder and first-degree rape charges… Read more »
State Seeking 16-Year Sentence In OC Stabbing
SNOW HILL — An Ocean City woman, arrested in May on attempted murder and assault charges after a stabbing incident in a resort residence, pleaded guilty this week in Worcester County Circuit Court to one count of attempted second-degree murder and the state is seeking a 16-year prison sentence. Around 3:50 a.m. on May 9,… Read more »
OC Arts Auditorium Work Underway; Construction Project Begins Amid Petition Threat
OCEAN CITY — The construction of the new performing arts center in the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City began in earnest Monday with an aggressive completion timetable and perhaps an even more determined booking approach. The state-of-the-art, 1,200-seat, two-tiered performing arts center inside the Roland E. Powell Convention Center has an aggressive… Read more »
Clean Sweep Planned In Resort
OCEAN CITY — Spearheaded by the Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC), the Ocean City Clean Sweep project aims to tidy up the resort and remove any lingering clutter held over from the last summer season. “This is an initiative that the mayor wanted just to increase awareness, to try something where we bring awareness to… Read more »
Hunting Fatality In Bishopville
BISHOPVILLE — A Selbyville man reportedly fell to his death from a deer-stand in a rural area near Bishopville in northern Worcester County on Tuesday morning, becoming the first deer hunting fatality reported in Maryland this year. According to Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP), Richard F. Jenkins, 76, of Selbyville, left his home around 6… Read more »
Wills Back In Ocean City For Five-Day Run
OCEAN CITY — Sixty-eight historical figures will leap from the history books onto the stage at the OC Jamboree Theater from Oct. 29-Nov. 2 with one purpose in mind – to help raise funds for the nationally recognized Wounded Warrior Project. William and Sue Wills, founders and authors of “Presidents and Their First Ladies, dramatically… Read more »
Making Strides 5K Set for Saturday
OCEAN CITY- The Making Strides 5K, part of the month-long series of pink ribbon breast cancer awareness events in and around the resort, is set for tomorrow, Saturday, October 19 on the Boardwalk. Produced by OC Tri-Running and Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, the annual event is set for tomorrow at the Inlet beginning at… Read more »