OCEAN CITY — Organizers say that more than 300 people from all over the region will be on hand for this weekend’s Shore Craft Beer Fest, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 24 at Sunset Park in downtown Ocean City.Visitors from Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, among other places, have booked hotel rooms in anticipation… Read more »
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Fed Employee Indicted In Local Child Solicitation Sting
BERLIN — A federal Department of Justice employee was indicted last week on charges of traveling interstate to have sex with a minor after allegedly traveling from his beach house in Delaware to a location in Worcester County for a pre-arranged illicit encounter with an undercover Sheriff’s deputy in August.According to the indictment, on Aug…. Read more »
Council Seeks Ways To Fund New Cardiac Monitors, AEDs
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials last week agreed to replace dozens of aging heart monitors and Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) for the Ocean City Fire Department, but could not immediately figure out how to pay for the new lifesaving equipment.Ocean City Fire Department officials came before the Mayor and Council seeking funding assistance for the… Read more »
Wicomico Wrestling With How To Boost Recycling Figures
SALISBURY — Despite meeting the state’s current mandate for recycling, Wicomico officials this week questioned whether the county could be doing more to increase its percentages.The debate arose during the Wicomico Council’s approval of the county’s 10-year Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan on Tuesday. While Wicomico is currently meeting the state’s mandated 20-percent quota for… Read more »
Family’s Lives Turned Upside Down After Daughter’s Diagnosis
OCEAN CITY – A local 5-year-old girl is still recovering from acute renal failure of the kidneys at Johns Hopkins Hospital Children Center in Baltimore after what was thought to be a minor illness quickly turned into a scary life or death situation.Almost two weeks ago, on the morning of Oct. 10, 5-year-old Sarah Isett… Read more »
County’s Mayne Will ‘Miss The People’ In Retirement
SNOW HILL – County government will lose a long-time employee as Worcester County Board of License Commissioners investigator Jeff Mayne retires this month.After more than four decades of working to make sure local businesses adhere to alcoholic beverage laws, Mayne, who turns 65 in December, will spend his last day as a county employee Oct…. Read more »
Community Celebrates Bishopville Pond Restoration Effort
BISHOPVILLE — Roughly a decade since its inception, the Bishopville Pond Dam removal project was celebrated last week by environmentalists, neighbors and elected officials as it finally nears the finish line.The project, which has been on the books for nearly 10 years, includes replacing the existing Bishopville Dam on the Bunting Branch of the St…. Read more »
Showell School Questions Remain; Enrollment Change Questioned
SNOW HILL – County officials continue to have questions about plans for the construction of a new Showell Elementary School.When presented with the school system’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) this week, the Worcester County Commissioners agreed to ask education officials to return to them to explain the school’s proposed enrollment and inflation costs associated with… Read more »
Beach Playground Bids Will Be Sought
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City Recreation and Parks officials this week moved forward with a Request For Proposal (RFP) for the latest beach playground equipment at North Division Street after a considerable debate about the financial parameters for the new amenity.On Tuesday, the Recreation and Parks Committee discussed the timetable for sending out the RFP… Read more »
Q&A With Commissioner Joe Mitrecic: Former Councilman Fighting For Change In Retiree Benefits, Transparency, Exit Strategy for Liquor Department
OCEAN CITY – It’s been almost a year since Joe Mitrecic won his seat in Snow Hill as a Worcester County Commissioner, but very few people in the region would have the audacity to call him a political “newbie.”Yet, even the stoic and often outspoken Mitrecic admits that things are much different as a County… Read more »