BERLIN — After taking a tour of the proposed sites late last week, the Berlin Mayor and Council on Monday voted to approve a partnership with a private-sector environmental group on a project aimed at restoring the Pocomoke River floodplain. Nature Conservancy officials met with the Mayor and Council two weeks ago to bring the… Read more »
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Riddle Farm Service Area Expansion Gets Planners’ Nod
SNOW HILL — The Worcester County Planning Commission gave a favorable recommendation to extending water and sewer services from the Riddle Farm Service Area to nearby commercial properties in proximity to US 50. However, several commissioners were unsatisfied with the amount of public exposure given to the extension. The water and sewer expansion has been… Read more »
Ocean City Weighing Veteran Hiring Policy
OCEAN CITY – A formal veteran preference hiring policy will return to the Mayor and City Council for a vote to be added to the town’s Policy Procedure Manual. Human Resources Director Wayne Evans explained to the Mayor and City Council the federal government administers a formal program to give preferential treatment to the selection… Read more »
Salisbury Woman Arrested For Assaulting First Grader
SALISBURY — A Salisbury woman was arrested on assault and other serious charges last week after allegedly accosting a first-grade student and threatening to blow up an elementary school in Salisbury Around 8:30 a.m. last Saturday, a Wicomico County Sheriff’s deputy arrested Shanna Myhail Spencer, 28, of Salisbury, in connection with an incident that had… Read more »
Fatality Sparks Request For 113 Intersection Changes; Chief: 63 Accidents In 13 Years
BERLIN — Just days after a serious accident on Route 113 at Bay Street that claimed the life of one Berlin teen and left his brother with serious injuries, town officials and concerned citizens rallied during Tuesday’s Mayor and Council meeting with a concerted effort to affect major changes at the dangerous intersection. Last Friday… Read more »
Resort’s New Emergency Management Plan OK’d
OCEAN CITY – Emergency Services Director Joe Theobald presented and received approval this week from the Mayor and City Council for the new Town of Ocean City Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEOP). “It has been a long road to get here,” Theobald said. Theobald submitted the Town of Ocean City (TOC) is subject to a… Read more »
Guilty Plea Nets Six Months In Federal Prison
OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City man, who pleaded guilty in September to one count of receipt of obscene material following an indictment in 2012 on child pornography charges, was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court to six months in federal prison. Laurence John Bode, 61, of Ocean City, was sentenced last Wednesday to… Read more »
Annual Santa’s Open To Benefit Big Brothers
BERLIN — The Ocean Pines Golf and Country Club will be the celebratory hosts for the 21st Annual Santa’s Open Charity Golf Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 7 to benefit future operations provided by Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Chesapeake for Eastern Shore. The club hosts 18 holes of gently sloping terrain and magnificent… Read more »
City Council Approves Funding For Three Non-Profits
OCEAN CITY – The Mayor and City Council vote to approve funding for two local feral cat organizations and a child advocacy organization, despite Worcester’s County’s denial. City Manager David Recor explained at an April 2013 budget hearing Budget Manager Jennie Knapp reviewed the annual special appropriation requests. All were approved as presented except for… Read more »
Swim Ocean City Team Presents Donation To Hopkins
OCEAN CITY — On Tuesday, Oct. 29, Swim Ocean City Race Director and Creator Corey Davis delivered the goal amount of $10,000 to benefit the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Neuro Rehabilitation Program. “It was incredible to have Corey come to Hopkins to present the check to the Outpatient Neuro Rehabilitation Program team. As a doctor and… Read more »