SNOW HILL – What started as a new hobby is now a source of major recognition for a Snow Hill teenager.Brendan Birch, a senior at Snow Hill High School, displayed a 95% accuracy rate and took home numerous awards from an international trapshooting competition in Illinois last month. His newfound success has him hoping to… Read more »
BERLIN – Dozens of people attended a Berlin Parks Commission meeting this week to show support for a skate park in Berlin.Representatives of We Heart Berlin, the nonprofit pushing for a skate park, and local skating enthusiasts met with the Berlin Parks Commission Tuesday to share their vision for a skateboarding facility in Berlin. The… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A longtime fixture in the resort community is embarking on a new venture with the release of his first book.Since retiring from Ocean City Recreation and Parks in 2019, Al “Hondo” Handy has been hard at work writing and publishing his first book, “Defying Expectations: Family, Sports & Recreation. The memoir, which… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Evidence of an ongoing trend with major resort infrastructure projects coming in with price tags well over what was budgeted, resort officials last week approved a pump station replacement in Montego Bay that came in over $1.1 million what was anticipated.In July, the Mayor and Council opened bids for the Montego Bay… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Worcester County Public Schools helped educators get excited for the new school year with a kickoff celebration this week.On Tuesday, the school system hosted its annual #WeAreWorcester opening kickoff event at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center. Teachers and school system staff filled the auditorium to hear from Superintendent Lou Taylor as… Read more »
BERLIN – A planned outage for Berlin’s electric customers is set to take place Sept. 17.Municipal officials are advising the town’s electric customers that their power will be out Saturday, Sept. 17, from roughly 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. The outage will allow crews to make a necessary repair to Berlin’s substation.“The repair requires the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – For the third time in a couple of months, the mayor this week appeared to be at odds with some on the council over the role of the town’s planning commission on certain issues and steps in the approval process.The Mayor and Council had before them on Tuesday recommendations to approve two… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – While they ultimately approved moving forward with the next steps in the planning process for the redevelopment of the Baltimore Avenue corridor, resort officials this week were taken aback to learn the project’s estimated price tag had nearly doubled from the original $20 million and will now likely take four years instead… Read more »
SNOW HILL – The named parties in a lawsuit against the association and its board of directors await a court ruling on a preliminary injunction request.In an evidentiary hearing held last Thursday, Worcester County Circuit Court Judge Beau Oglesby set a 25-day timeline, beginning Aug. 26, to rule on a preliminary injunction request that, if… Read more »
BERLIN– The public will soon have the chance to interact with a variety of local authors as the Taylor House Museum hosts Book Fest.On Sunday, Sept. 11, the museum will host its second annual Book Fest. The event, which is free, will feature four local authors who will be signing books and reading excerpts from… Read more »