OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City woman, charged last year with three counts of telephone misuse-repeated calls after a spree of threatening or harassing calls to three resort Councilmembers in October, was found guilty last week in District Court on one count and was fined and placed on probation.The Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office in… Read more »

SNOW HILL — After being delayed for two weeks, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Worcester County and Seacrets, an entertainment and restaurant complex in Ocean City, for the use of Sheriff’s deputies was approved 4-3 by the County Commission.The vote was split for a number of reasons, including the commission’s eventual decision to keep… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — A few days after being initially filed, an ethics complaint against the resort councilman who called a leading candidate for the city manager post was abruptly dropped on Monday.Details of the private Ethics Committee meeting at City Hall are unclear as all parties have been instructed to refrain from discussing the personnel… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Springfest celebrates spring and the upcoming summer season through Sunday, May 5, with delicious food, live entertainment, and unique arts and crafts in and around four big top tents located in the Inlet Lot at the south end of Ocean City’s famous Boardwalk.Ocean City’s 22nd Annual Springfest will serve up a continuous… Read more »

SNOW HILL — Worcester County could begin to see educators and school support staff jumping ship for greener pastures if salaries remain frozen for a fourth year, according to teachers who spoke at this week’s public hearing on the budget.Though the County Commissioners admitted that was possible, several commissioners pointed out that Worcester offers a… Read more »

BERLIN — The Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT) this Saturday, May 5 will host the 13th Annual Native and Heirloom Plant Festival.The festival begins at 8 a.m. and will be held in ACT’s large back yard, steps from the corner of Old Ocean City Boulevard and North Main Street in Berlin.From Amsonia to Stokesia, ACT has… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Local organizations have partnered to bring life back to the downtown area during the holiday season.At Tuesday’s Mayor and Council work session, Brian McCarthy of the Downtown Association and Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC) Executive Director Glenn Irwin presented a concept called Light-Up-Downtown Winter Celebration.According to McCarthy, the Downtown Association, OCDC, OC… Read more »

SALISBURY — All was relatively calm on the Salisbury University campus last weekend, one week after over 1,500 college-age individuals rioted and threw bottles and cans at law enforcement officers resulting in the use of pepper spray on the crowd, but Mayor Jim Ireton continued to work this week on improving the relationship between the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A scooter rental business expressed concerns this week over looming regulations scheduled to be placed on the industry and how it will put rental operations out of business.“The Ocean City Council wants to put the scooter businesses out of business, mainly because of safety concerns,” General Manager of Scooters by the Beach… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — In what has become an annual spring tradition, the Ocean City Restaurant Week promotion begins Sunday, May 6 and runs through Sunday, May 20.Last fall, to celebrate the burgeoning culinary scene, the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association added a new twist to Restaurant Week. Because the association has a wide variety of restaurant… Read more »