OCEAN CITY – As bomb threats at local schools continue into a second week, some parents are not only becoming frustrated by the public nuisance created by these threats, but others are pulling their kids from school altogether.“I will not be sending my kids to school today and I’m unsure about the rest of the… Read more »
Shawn J. Soper and Charlene SharpeBERLIN — While school is not in session today due to the Martin Luther King holiday, the investigation into last week’s rash of bomb threats at Worcester County schools continues.The Worcester County Bureau of Investigation (WCBI) is the lead agency on the investigation locally and is working with state and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Mayor and Council this week approved the final design for a dune-style fence down the center of the median for the first phase of a project that will eventually stretch from one end of the resort to the other.The Ocean City Transportation Committee met on Tuesday morning with State… Read more »
BERLIN – The purchase of property in Ocean Pines could bring Coastal Hospice at the Ocean to reality two years sooner than anticipated.Coastal Hospice currently has a contract in place to purchase the property in Ocean Pines that is home to The Point Clubhouse. Though there are a number of contingencies, including regulatory approval, officials… Read more »
BERLIN – Roughly a year after first announcing plans to purchase the former Tyson property, Berlin leaders have officially entered the bond market.On Monday, the council voted 4-0 to issue and sell bonds in the amount of $3 million to buy the more than 60-acre industrial property on Old Ocean City Boulevard. Settlement is expected… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City officials this week approved a play structure for the beach at Somerset Street with “Wally the Whale” emerging, literally and figuratively, from the narrowed-down list of options.The Mayor and Council on Tuesday approved “Wally the Whale” as the newest addition to the downtown beach at Somerset Street adjacent to the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A north-end Ocean City condominium was significantly damaged in a massive fire on Wednesday morning when a generator in a work truck in the parking garage exploded and the blaze spread quickly through the five-story building.Around mid-morning on Wednesday, Ocean City firefighters, along with personnel from the OCPD and Public Works department… Read more »
NEWARK – Steve Price, safety director for Worcester County’s public schools, ended the work day Monday with a sigh of relief. Though various schools throughout the region had received bomb threats, no facilities in Worcester County had been targeted.That all changed Tuesday morning, as a caller contacted Ocean City Elementary School and indicated there was… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — While most of the Ocean City fishing fleet is settling in for the siege with the arrival of frigid temperatures and rough seas, at least one popular resort-based charter fishing boat is quietly preparing for the opportunity of a lifetime.Captain Dale Lisi of the “Foolish Pleasures” based at the Ocean City Fishing… Read more »
SALISBURY — Salisbury City Councilman Jim Ireton may not be mayor anymore, but if his recent public hints and actions prove to be true, he might be taking on Republican Congressman Andy Harris for the right to represent Maryland’s First District in the US House of Representatives.Ireton, a progressive Democrat, who became Salisbury’s first openly… Read more »