OCEAN CITY — With a nod to its storied past and the promise of a bright future, the Ocean City Beach Patrol and city officials cut the ribbon on the department’s brand new headquarters on the corner of Baltimore Avenue and Talbot Street on Tuesday morning.The new 10,000-square-foot, three-story building replaces the patrol’s former cramped… Read more »
BERLIN — While other teenagers spent the month of July on the beach, 25 dedicated Stephen Decatur High School students spent 17 days learning about engineering and science and acquiring a host of other skills in media and technology, language arts and mathematics at a Summer Academy.With a cross-curricular approach to learning, students studied the… Read more »
BERLIN — Brown Box Theatre Project will bring its 5th Annual Free Shakespeare Tour to over 20 locations throughout Massachusetts and Maryland.In a continued commitment to providing high-quality free and affordable theatre to communities that crave the performing arts, Brown Box Theatre Project will perform “The Taming of the Shrew” at various locations around Boston… Read more »
SNOW HILL – In an effort to regenerate interest in Snow Hill, the Worcester County Commissioners agreed to provide funding to support the town’s new economic development director.On Tuesday, the commissioners voted 7-0 to give the Town of Snow Hill $5,000 in economic development funds. The money will be paired with funding from the town… Read more »
NEWARK – Teach. Learn. Connect.That’s the new mantra in Worcester County’s public schools as educators prepare for the digital conversion they have been advocating for. TLC, also known as Teach Learn Connect, is the sign-on platform that will connect students and teachers with new resources as schools progress toward a 1:1 (one digital device for… Read more »
BERLIN – “I no longer had a name.”That’s what former Berlin paramedic Zackery Tyndall told lawyers when he was asked how often he was called gay by members of the Berlin Fire Company. And it didn’t stop there. Tyndall alleges that he was criticized for the clothes he wore, the food he ate and was… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Staff from the National Aquarium Animal Rescue program was joined by volunteers last Friday for the annual Maryland Dolphin Count. This year, 33 dolphins were sighted. Visibility was low due to large swells, which may have contributed to the low count.Around 30 volunteers of all ages and came out between 8-11 a.m. to help record dolphin… Read more »
BERLIN — To highlight the SweetWater campaign, the Assateague Coastkeeper will be hosting The Waterkeeper Float for the Coast as an on-the-water celebration of clean water on Friday, Aug. 14 in Isle of Wight Bay off the bayside coast of Ocean City.It will feature a gathering of water craft of all shapes and sizes manned… Read more »
SALIBURY — Circuit Judge S. James Sarbanes has been named administrative judge of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County effective Oct. 1, 2015.Sarbanes succeeds Judge Kathleen Leonard Beckstead, who will return to full-time service as a trial judge and presiding judge of the Wicomico County Adult Drug Court Program after having served as administrative judge… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Two New Jersey men are being held on armed robbery and false imprisonment charges this week after allegedly participating in an attack and robbery of another man in an Ocean City motel room early last Saturday morning.Around 6 a.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Police responded to the Howard Johnson Motel on 24th… Read more »