SNOW HILL — A Bishopville woman, arrested on attempted murder charges in May after shooting her newlywed husband in the abdomen with a small caliber pistol during a domestic argument will not face jail time after being found guilty this week on a first-degree assault charge.Alice Carmita Johnson, 72, of Bishopville, on Tuesday appeared in… Read more »
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Homicide Ruled In Teacher’s Death
SALISBURY — The community’s worst fears were realized this week when the remains of a popular Parkside High teacher were found in a rural area of Somerset County last Sunday, the victim of a homicide caused by blunt force trauma to the head.Just before 5 p.m. last Sunday, Maryland State Police troopers responded to a… Read more »
Resort Citizens Group Demands Answers From Council
OCEAN CITY — In the wake of City Manager Dennis Dare’s forced resignation, a local citizens group is mobilizing to fight the council majority that orchestrated it.At Monday night’s Mayor and Council meeting, Joe Groves, president of the Delmarva Condo Managers Association (DCMA) who is currently serving as general manager of The Plaza building, will… Read more »
Air Show Working On 2012 Bookings
OCEAN CITY – It’s not too early to look forward to the OC Air Show of 2012 as discussion has begun on headliners and dates.Ocean City Air Show LLC President Bryan Lilley presented the Mayor and City Council with a summary and report of this past summer’s event, but questions couldn’t help but be asked… Read more »
Teacher, Berlin Chef Honored Nationally For Program
BERLIN — A Worcester County teacher and a well-known local chef will be honored next month by a national organization for their collective work on an innovative public-private program that helps developmentally challenged students transition from the lessons of the classroom to the rigors of the real world, but the biggest winners are surely the… Read more »
Dare Submits Resignation After Council Vote
OCEAN CITY — Before a crowd of agitated citizens at City Hall last Friday, “a change in our management direction” was the reason cited by Council President Jim Hall for the removal of City Manager Dennis Dare.During a closed session last Thursday afternoon that Dare and City Solicitor Guy Ayres were not asked to attend,… Read more »
Worcester, Wicomico Score Fed Funding
BERLIN — The U.S. Senate last week approved Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski’s request for $53 million in the fiscal year 2012 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill for waterway projects in the state, including $1 million for Assateague Island and $1.5 million for the Wicomico River.Mikulski secured the $53 million appropriation for U.S. Army Corps… Read more »
Judge Hands Down Life Sentence In Worcester Murder
SNOW HILL — A Texas man, convicted in June of first-degree murder in the November 2007 death of a Delaware woman, was sentenced last Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.In June, a Worcester County jury found Justin Hadel, now 20, guilty of first-degree murder for the beating death of Christine Sheddy,… Read more »
Planners Support State’s Route 589 Vision
SNOW HILL — A state corridor vision plan for Route 589 and a county-drafted set of design guidelines both received unanimous approval from the Worcester County Planning Commission last Thursday.The commission got a chance to discuss the state’s Route 589 vision plan during the meeting. The vision is only in its earliest stages, but was… Read more »
Ocean City Visitor Survey Results Released
OCEAN CITY – All in all, a visitor survey released this week ranks Ocean City near the top of competing beach destinations, with only a few improvements to work on as the town moves into the future.Tourism Director Deb Turk said a visitor survey research project is something that has been planned for some time… Read more »