OCEAN CITY — When it comes to public safety and patrolling the beach, Ocean City gets more bang for its buck than most neighboring resort communities with its lifeguards, but filling out the ranks late in the season continues to create some challenges.Long-time Ocean City Beach Patrol Captain Butch Arbin on Monday presented his department’s… Read more »
SALISBURY — A Wicomico County grand jury last week indicted an Eden man on vehicular homicide charges for a pedestrian crash in October that claimed the life of a Salisbury man.Brent Morgan Taylor, 44, of Eden, was indicted by a Wicomico grand jury last week on multiple counts including homicide by motor vehicle while impaired… Read more »
ANNAPOLIS — Eastern Shore legislators called the last minute death of the highly debated paid sick leave bill in the Maryland Senate a “huge sigh of relief” for seasonal business owners.As the final minutes of the 90-day legislative session wound down on Monday night, the controversial bill, which would grant one hour of paid sick… Read more »
BERLIN — Congressman Andy Harris has been one of the few Republicans to have a firm hold on his political seat in the traditionally blue state of Maryland for a number of years. Harris was re-elected to his seat representing the first congressional district in Maryland by an overwhelming majority and is confident that he… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials on Tuesday got their first look at a new high-capacity articulating bus, referred to as street sweepers or vacuum cleaners for their ability to absorb many more riders in a short amount of time then the traditional buses.At Tuesday’s Transportation Committee meeting, committee members got a firsthand look at one… Read more »
POCOMOKE — William A. Cathell, Jr., the Worcester County Public School teacher who was exonerated by a Worcester County Circuit Court last month of all charges stemming from allegations levied by former students, has resigned from teaching at Pocomoke Middle School.“Having proven my innocence in a court of law, I have formally tendered my resignation… Read more »
BERLIN — Growing up as artsy kids on the Eastern Shore of Maryland was not an easy thing for Fawn Mete and Nicole Brushmiller, who grew up in Berlin and Salisbury, respectively. There were only a handful of programs, and even fewer programs catered toward more advanced levels of a particular art-form like dance, theatre,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Even though the local taxi industry is not thrilled about it, even the most vehement detractors of the ride-hailing service Uber concede that it’s here to stay in Ocean City.“This will be the second year that they are here, and we know they aren’t going to do anything but ramp up their… Read more »
BERLIN — The extreme wacky weather this week, with snow on Monday and temperatures dipping into the low 20s midweek wreaked havoc on agriculture across the Lower Shore, including an iconic family peach orchard in Sussex County that lost its entire crop.A cold front passed through the region early this week, causing a surprising light… Read more »
ANNAPOLIS — A highly contested bill that aims to give paid sick leave to hundreds of thousands of Marylanders easily passed through the House of Delegates this week by a vote of 84-54.All 49 house Republicans and five Democrats opposed House Bill 580, which covers both full- and part-time workers for any business with 15… Read more »