SNOW HILL — In what is likely one of the first reversals of its kind, the Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office last week withdrew its intent to seek the death penalty for the accused murderer of a Delaware woman just days after state lawmakers voted to repeal the death penalty in Maryland.Last August, a Worcester… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The 2013 and 26th annual Worcester County Teacher of the Year (TOY) is Karen Eure, a kindergarten teacher at Snow Hill Elementary School (SHES).“I am stunned and amazed to be here to represent the most wonderful group of teachers anywhere in the country,” said Eure after the award was announced Friday. “You… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A potential advertising campaign to gain support for pending state legislation that would have schools start after Labor Day was postponed this week to avoid any kind of conflict with the political arena.Last week Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan testified before the Maryland Senate about the benefits associated with schools going back… Read more »

BERLIN — The latest effort to significantly raise the minimum wage in Maryland died late Wednesday when the Senate Finance Committee voted 8-3 to kill the legislation.Early on in the current General Assembly session, Senator Robert Gariagiola (D-Montgomery) and Delegate Aisha Braveboy (D-Prince George’s) joined the advocacy group Raise Maryland for a rally in Annapolis… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A new ice cream truck vendor has been chosen in Ocean City, despite other potential franchisees asking for the decision to be postponed.This week the Mayor and City Council scheduled bid openings for the recent vacated vehicle vending franchise, more specifically the roaming ice cream trucks that work Ocean City. The franchise… Read more »

BERLIN — Worcester County this week filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed last August alleging the now-defunct Liquor Control Board (LCB) violated the federal Equal Pay Act by paying female employees at retail outlets less than their male counterparts in the same positions.Last August, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed the suit… Read more »

SALISBURY – Wicomico County is looking to relieve frustration among businesses by exempting manufacturing equipment under certain conditions when determining a company’s assessed value.The Wicomico County Council introduced legislation Tuesday to exempt from county property taxation manufacturing equipment under certain conditions by reducing the percentage of the assessed value subject to county property tax from… Read more »

SNOW HILL — Due to stringent Little League regulations, the loss of one lighting pole in a storm earlier this month at John Walter Smith Park means no more Little League night games can be played at the location until the entire lighting system is replaced, a cost of about $250,000.For the time being, the… Read more »