Ending Recycling In OC Raises Many QuestionsEditor:Who is Covanta? I became curious as to this wonderful company that would burn our recyclables and turn them into energy just as good as our current system of recycling them.Well, it seems the company has quite an interesting past: Recently, this company was found guilty of violating federal… Read more »
For the first time in six decades, Ocean Downs will not host a live racing meet this summer. However, if it wants to host slots in the future, the ocean oval will have to hold some sort of horse racing this summer, according to county zoning law. This is an interesting twist. It’s sad to… Read more »
Ocean City has touched a nerve with its move to turn away from its traditional recycling program in favor of a trendy waste-to-energy process.It’s been a long time since we can remember the level of outrage from the public over an issue in Ocean City. Citizen input is always important, and the backlash over last… Read more »
Support For DriversIn Spat With CouncilEditor:As a longtime resident of Ocean City and a frequent user of a taxi to get around on our little slice of heaven on the Atlantic, I watched the contretemps between the Silly Council (also known as the “greedy bastards”) and a couple of the local cab companies (also known… Read more »
At first glance, word Ocean City is giving up on recycling is discouraging. However, that’s not exactly the case, and it would be wrong to infer the effort is being abandoned for the sake of saving money.The town is looking to outsource its recycling effort to the same Pennsylvania company currently in charge of hauling… Read more »
The third time was not the charm for Worcester’s fraternal slots bill, but luck had nothing to do with it. Political shenanigans doomed the bill, and it’s unclear exactly why it had to happen the way it did.House Bill 56 would have permitted Worcester-based service clubs the opportunity to offer slot machines to members and… Read more »
Support For CountyTourism Funding ShiftEditor:As president of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce, I’d like to express my thanks to Lisa Challenger and the Worcester County Department of Tourism.We are a small organization that works to help our business community succeed and the Tourism Department has been a wonderful tool to help with this goal.Lisa and… Read more »
You can’t make this stuff up. As part of an ordinance this week drafted as a result of the controversial dollar taxi medallion sale, the Ocean City Mayor and Council added an amendment requiring a taxi operator issue a public apology regarding the comment he made last week in this newspaper. Classic Taxi’s Ray Godman… Read more »
Legislators wisely decided this week leave intact state funding of the University of Maryland School of Law’s environmental clinic. Public funds to the tune of $500,000 or more were in jeopardy after some leading lawmakers criticized law students being used to file a Clean Water Act lawsuit against a local poultry farm and Perdue Farms,… Read more »
New Practice OpenedSELBYVILLE, Del. – Atlantic General Hospital and Health System announced the opening of a new internal medicine practice in Selbyville, Del., conveniently located within the Strawberry Center on Route 113. AGHS Internal Medicine/Selbyville will be the new office of Dr. Nhu Tran, a board-certified internal medicine physician with twenty years of experience in… Read more »