Regrouping and focusing on education while dropping plans near a school is the right direction for the organization looking to bring a recovery home to Berlin.Hope4Recovery deserves credit for understanding its proposal for a recovery home on William Street near the Berlin Intermediate School was worrying parents and neighbors.“We decided as a group that what’s… Read more »
Worcester County Public Schools handled the inclement weather perfectly this week. Schools were closed two hours early on Wednesday as a precaution and opened two hours late on Thursday. Like many, I was surprised there was school on Thursday following the snowfall the night before, but it turned out to be the right call. The… Read more »
School safety has become a political hot potato in many arenas, including the Worcester County Sheriff’s race.From the tone of his Facebook post, Sheriff Reggie Mason, who is in the last year of his law enforcement career, is irritated by any sort of reference that the county is not doing enough to protect local students…. Read more »
While revisiting matters from time to time is wise, the Ocean City Mayor and Council have beaten up the fireworks start time enough. A compromise time of 10:30 p.m. was decided upon last year after weeks of discussions weighing business owners’ concerns with that of families.Currently, fireworks displays are fired off on Mondays and Tuesdays… Read more »
From the beginning, the promoters of the fall and spring Cruisin events have been looking to be a part of the solution with the problems caused by these wheeled events in Ocean City. That included having Team Productions’ Bob Rothermel testifying before a Maryland Senate committee this week.“It seems counterintuitive for someone from the private… Read more »
Ocean City scored a significant special event this month when the Canadian jet demonstration team – the Snowbirds – was announced for late May.While this is great news, my only concern with it is the timing on the calendar of Wednesday, May 23. It’s a great thing that it’s mid-week, but the jet team would… Read more »
The Worcester County Commissioners made the right call this week when they approved a salary restructuring plan aimed at reducing the turnover within its departments.Over the last year, the county has been experiencing significant vacancies in its entry-level positions because the wages for similar jobs in the private sector have exceeded the county’s rate. This… Read more »
With the excursion train operation proposed from Berlin to Snow Hill seemingly dead now, Worcester County needs to focus on sports tourism when it comes to economic development.Sussex County is leaps and bounds ahead of its southern neighbor on this front. Wicomico, too, is well ahead of Worcester on the sports tourism front.On Tuesday, the… Read more »
With the candidate filing deadline looming Feb. 27, the political winds are blowing and at the center of much talk on the local front is Worcester County Commissioner Bud Church and whether he will vie for the House of Delegates District 38C.Whether he will decide to run for a fifth term as a commissioner or… Read more »
For the second time in less than three years, Worcester County has lost its economic development director.Back in September 2015, Bill Badger resigned after four years on the job, saying county government was not supportive and he “realized that wasn’t going to change.” He said the commissioners did back his office and his efforts but… Read more »
