SALISBURY- A first look at Salisbury’s annual Draft Audit Report shows the city’s position improving over last year, though there are concerns over the complications that new audit standards could create in the future. It’s unusual for the audit process to be resolved this early in the year, which the Salisbury City Council took as… Read more »
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Citizen Continues To Question Performing Arts Center; Mayor Says Facts Contradict Claims
OCEAN CITY – Allegations from a critic of the new Performing Arts Center in Ocean City were repeatedly shot down again this week by city officials. Tony Christ, spokesperson for Ocean City Taxpayers for Social Justice (OCTSJ), approached the Mayor and City Council on Monday evening with two documents related to ongoing concerns of his… Read more »
Omission Corrected With Native Added To Monument
SNOW HILL — A mistake was corrected this week when the name of Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Clyde Jackson Rawson was added to the World War II monument in Snow Hill just a few days before the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, the battle in which Rawson lost his life. Rawson was the first Worcester County… Read more »
Busick Throws Hat in Ring
SNOW HILL-The race for the 2014 Worcester County Commission took an interesting turn this week when a former commissioner decided to throw her hat back into the ring to campaign for a new term. Linda Busick, who served as the District 6 commissioner from 2006 until 2010, has filed this week for her old seat…. Read more »
Berlin Surges In Small Town Poll
BERLIN — With preliminary voting officially over, Berlin has surged forward to crack the top three in Budget Travel’s “Americas Coolest Small Town 2014” contest. Town officials hope to keep that momentum alive as final voting approaches next month and Berlin has a chance to take the crown. Sitting at 2,282 votes after the deadline… Read more »
Pastor’s Death Ruled Homicide; Man Bought Gas At Nearby Station
OCEAN CITY — One week after the fatal fire at a historic downtown church, more details have emerged, including the death of the beloved pastor being ruled a homicide and the death of the perpetrator a suicide. Around 9:25 a.m. last Tuesday, Ocean City Communications received a call in reference to a fire at the… Read more »
Resort Sees Bond Rating Improve Again
OCEAN CITY- On the eve of its latest bond sale, a $12.7 million sale of general obligation bonds to finance among other things the Performing Arts Center and the new Beach Patrol headquarters, the town of Ocean City got another dose of fiscal good news with the announcement of an upgrade in the resort’s bond… Read more »
UMES Program Producing Golf Management Professionals
OCEAN CITY- With golf becoming one of the fastest growing industries in the area and across the country, the demand for train professionals to run courses has grown in kind, but one of a handful of PGA-accredited golf course management programs in nation is right here on the Lower Shore. University of Maryland Eastern Shore… Read more »
Church, Spirit Kitchen Host Community Resource Day
BERLIN — A local church and its Spirit Kitchen hosted the Worcester County Homeless Committee’s Community Resource Day this week along with a number of local partner organizations. Stevenson United Methodist Church in Berlin and its Spirit Kitchen was running at full steam on Wednesday as it is each week, but this week it coincided… Read more »
Decatur Artists Submit Berlin Mural Designs
BERLIN — Submissions are in and an artist has been selected for the new mural to be painted at Stephen Decatur Park. Judges for the contest have also been lined up and paint is tentatively expected to start flying early this spring. The deadline for design submissions for the park mural ended this week. The… Read more »