OCEAN CITY — Forty-eight hours after stating his intentions to stay in Ft. Pierce, Fla., David Recor resigned as city manager of the coastal town Wednesday and is currently finalizing an agreement to become Ocean City’s next city manager.As of yesterday afternoon, an accord was not official, but all sides are indicating they are close… Read more »

SALISBURY — The State Highway Administration (SHA) this week started a two-year stormwater project to improve drainage along Route 13 Business (North Salisbury Boulevard) from East Church Street to east of London Street and in the Newtown neighborhood of Salisbury.  The $5.3 million project will improve drainage and eliminate flooding along a one-half mile section… Read more »

BERLIN — May is national Skin Cancer Awareness month and with the summer season fast approaching, Worcester County health care officials and Ocean City Beach Patrol representatives are urging residents and visitors alike to protect themselves.According to the Skin Cancer Foundation (SCF), 13 million Americans have a history of non-melanoma skin cancer and close to… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Three weeks after a Virginia couple filed a $6 million suit against a historic Boardwalk hotel and its ownership group after one of them allegedly fell ill to Legionnaire’s Disease, the defendants this week denied the allegations and are seeking a dismissal of the case.In October, the Maryland Department of Health and… Read more »

BERLIN — While the Maryland General Assembly will convene early next week for a special session largely devoted to unresolved state budget issues, it appears a debate about an expansion to table games will not be on the agenda.Caught up in the swirl of failed budget negotiations as the 2012 session expired in April were… Read more »

SALISBURY — Tommy Bowden, of Sharptown was honored with a Community Volunteer Award by the Maryland Recreation & Parks Association (MRPA) during its annual conference in Ocean City last month.Bowden, nominated by Wicomico Recreation, Parks, Tourism and Civic Center was presented with the MRPA Community Volunteer Award for his work with the Department as a… Read more »

BERLIN — When state lawmakers return to Annapolis next week for a special session called by Governor Martin O’Malley, their primary objective will be to pick up the budget debate left on the table when the regular session expired last month, but despite the saber rattling and gnashing of teeth, it appears a deal has… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Adolfo’s Italian Restaurant on the Ocean has moved from the Inlet and has settled into its new home, complete with a beautiful view, in the Beach Plaza Hotel on 13th Street.Co-Owner Kimberly Griffin first started working at Adolfo’s as a server in 1991 and became the restaurant’s owner 10 years later just… Read more »