SALISBURY – Wicomico County is following in the footsteps of many other local governments seeking greater transparency by approving funds for a new Citizen Transparency database.A resolution making a supplemental appropriation from Contingency to the Department of Finance in the amount of $17,500 came before the County Council on Tuesday morning to fulfill the desire… Read more »
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Men Jailed For Bus Driver Assault
SNOW HILL — Two of the three Pennsylvania men indicted on armed robbery and other serious charges following the June 14 attack on an Ocean City municipal bus driver were each sentenced this week in Worcester County Circuit Court to three years in prison.In October, Josiah Mincer, 18, of York, Pa., entered in Alford Plea… Read more »
Fire On Casino Property Remains Under Investigation
OCEAN PINES — The cause of a major fire that ripped through a maintenance building on the grounds of the Casino at Ocean Downs on Monday evening remained under investigation as of Thursday.Around 7:30 p.m. on Monday, a fire was reported at a maintenance building at Ocean Downs. Heavy fire and smoke could be seen… Read more »
OC Performing Arts Center’s Opening Night Lauded; Officials Excited For Future
OCEAN CITY – City officials were blown away by the first-ever performance at the new Performing Arts Center last weekend.The Roland E. Powell Convention Center’s new Performing Arts Center (PAC) held its first performance on Saturday night. The facility will host concerts, musicals and theatrical productions as well as seminars with its state-of-the-art equipment and… Read more »
Upgrades Will Stream Council Meetings Live, Offer High-Def
OCEAN CITY – The town is targeting a higher level of transparency with the approval of new software that will enable council meetings to be streamed live as well as recording and making related information easier to access.During Monday evening’s Mayor and City Council legislative meeting, City Manager David Recor presented a contract to install… Read more »
Wheelchair Case Dismissal Sought By State
OCEAN CITY — Citing government immunity and a lack of sufficient evidence, the State of Maryland this week filed a motion to dismiss a civil suit brought in August against the state and the town of Ocean City seeking $750,000 by an elderly Philadelphia woman following her fall from a wheelchair in 2012 allegedly due… Read more »
Va. Man Faces 50 Years After First-Degree Rape Conviction
SNOW HILL — A Virginia man, arrested in June on first-degree rape and other charges following an incident in Ocean City in May, was found guilty last week in Worcester County Circuit Court after a two-day jury trial and now faces up to 50 years in jail for the combined convictions.On May 25, Ocean City… Read more »
Ocean City’s New Performing Arts Center Opens
OCEAN CITY – On Monday afternoon, Mayor Rick Meehan and Convention Center Director Larry Noccolino gave a tour of Roland E. Powell Convention Center’s new Performing Arts Center (PAC) prior to Wednesday’s kick-off event.The mayor recalled at the end of January 2013 the Town of Ocean City celebrated the completion of Phase I revealing the… Read more »
44th Annual Berlin Christmas Parade Marches On Main Street
Results By DivisionMarching Bands1st place: Snow Hill High Marching Band2nd place: Pocomoke High Marching Band 3rd place: Stephen Decatur High Marching BandSchool Sponsored Floats1st place: Ocean City Elementary2nd place: Showell Elementary3rd place: Buckingham ElementaryFire Companies1st place: Berlin Fire Company2nd place: Three-way tie with Ocean City Fire Company, Ocean Pines Fire Company and Showell Fire CompanyYouth… Read more »
Assateague Considers Fee Hike
BERLIN – Visitors to Assateague Island National Seashore could face a variety of fee increases in 2015.The National Park Service has proposed increasing the cost of an annual entrance pass from $30 to $40 at the national seashore. The per-vehicle fee is proposed to jump from $15 to $20.“This is not just an Assateague-only proposal,”… Read more »