BERLIN — Flexible programs and support tailored to the individual student are the main reasons why Worcester County constantly sports some of the lowest drop-out and highest graduation rates in the state, according to County Coordinator for Drop-out and Recovery Diane Stulz.According to Stulz, Worcester public schools only had a drop-out rate of 6.68 percent… Read more »
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Track Repairs Bring Trains Back To Berlin
BERLIN — The blaring train horn so familiar to Berlin residents and visitors silenced for months after a major August storm has returned.For decades, the loud, shrill whistle of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company as its locomotives and cars rolled through town have been a way of life for Berlin residents and a quaint… Read more »
Resort Expected To Soon Name Interim Police Chief
OCEAN CITY — With the clock ticking on Ocean City Police Chief Bernadette DiPino’s tenure as head of the department, resort officials are now undertaking the process of finding her replacement, which will include a national search but could result in an internal promotion.DiPino is set to officially retire from the OCPD on Dec. 1… Read more »
Proposed Music Festival Moving To Country Genre
OCEAN CITY – Although the presentation before the Mayor and Council was unexpectedly delayed this week, documentation shows the High Tide Music Festival’s genre has been transferred from rock and roll to country music.Although Tom Russell of Founders Entertainment was not in attendance during this week’s meeting, a presentation was submitted with a couple of… Read more »
Salisbury Police Awarded Grants
SALISBURY – The City Council faced a lengthy consent agenda this week but was happy to accept the list of donations and grant funds to benefit the city’s fire and police department.The City Council started off Tuesday’s legislative session by approving a couple of resolutions to accept donations to the Salisbury Fire Department (SFD) to… Read more »
Supreme Court To Review Local DNA Case
SALISBURY — U.S. Supreme Court justices late last week announced they will take up a potential landmark Maryland DNA testing law rooted in a Salisbury rape case dating back to 2003.In July 2010, Alonzo Jay King, Jr., now 29, was found guilty of first-degree rape for an unsolved 2003 during which he allegedly broke down… Read more »
Council Delays Fire Company’s Mediation Request
BERLIN — The Berlin Fire Company (BFC) turned out in force at Tuesday’s meeting to petition the Mayor and Council to enter third-party mediation to resolve the ongoing dispute and to restore the roughly $600,000 funding stripped from the fire company earlier this year.While the council said future mediation is possible, there are a number… Read more »
One Turtle Hatchling Thriving After Being Relocated From Assateague
ASSATEAGUE — It was good news, bad news this week as just one of the loggerhead turtle hatchlings rescued from the beach on Assateague in advance of Hurricane Sandy has lived, but the tiny survivor is well on the road to rehabilitation.On Friday, Oct. 26, just about two days before Hurricane Sandy arrived in the… Read more »
New Comfort Station, Stage Will Be Ready By Summer
OCEAN CITY – Demolition of the existing Caroline Street Comfort Station on the Boardwalk will begin next month and a new and improved facility with a stage will be completed just in time for next summer.Over a year ago, the early design stages for a new Caroline Street Comfort Station and Stage began. Since then,… Read more »
Historic Pier Will Be Rebuilt Before Next Summer
OCEAN CITY — The iconic Ocean City Fishing Pier, one of the lasting symbols of the damage left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, will be repaired and replaced likely in time for the next summer season, Mayor Rick Meehan confirmed this week.The famous pier, which dates back over 100 years, is an iconic symbol… Read more »