SALISBURY – The Wicomico County Council “kicked to the curb” a couple of unscheduled agenda items this week, the county wide burn ban and Plan Maryland.On Tuesday, the county council lifted the burn ban at the request of County Executive Rick Pollitt. The burn ban has been in effect since June 9.As the council was… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) last weekend arrested a Prince George’s County Sheriff’s deputy after the off-duty officer allegedly produced her badge and pointed a gun at the head of another woman during an altercation in the downtown area.Around 3:12 a.m. last Sunday, police responded to the area of 2nd Street… Read more »

BERLIN — A Salisbury woman was arrested on drunk-driving charges twice within the span of about three hours early yesterday morning, the second time with her 4-year-old child in the vehicle.Around 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, Maryland State Police (MSP) troopers from the Salisbury barrack responded to a report of a possible intoxicated driver in the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Those of you who read my first article two weeks ago could be forgiven for thinking that compared to most students who have come to work in the U.S., I’ve had it fairly easy.  Writing the article certainly brought this to my attention and prompted me to ask students I met in… Read more »

SNOW HILL — In a case of “who watches the watchmen,” one Worcester County Commissioner is pushing for the county’s Ethics Board to be included in the list of agencies affected by the new ethics law.“I just think they ought to be included … to me it just makes sense,” said Commissioner Virgil Shockley.Legislation passed… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Dozens of Ocean City businesses, most on the Boardwalk, under suspicion of trafficking counterfeit retail goods, were raided by federal, state and local officials on Wednesday, although it is uncertain if any arrests were made.On Wednesday afternoon, federal agents from the Homeland Security Investigations arm of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)… Read more »

SMNOW HILL — A pair of engineering miscalculations over the last month drew harsh criticism from the Worcester County Commissioners Tuesday.According to Public Works Director John Tustin, however, the incidents were minor and isolated and no cause for undue concern.During Tuesday’s commission meeting, Tustin informed the council that J.W. Salm Engineering, an engineering firm the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Delmarva Power and Light Utility Company (DP&L) is looking to increase its level of service by expanding the north Ocean City substation.The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing Tuesday to consider amending a code to include public utilities and public services, not otherwise regulated by the Maryland Public Service Commission,… Read more »

SNOW HILL — Future changes to Route 589 got a little closer Tuesday after the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) presented its Md. 589 Corridor Vision Plan to the Worcester County Commissioners. However, some commissioners questioned what kind of impact the plan might have on local growth.Last October, SHA presented the basics of the vision… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — A popular resort nightclub is seeking to dismiss a $1 million lawsuit filed in March by a boating accident victim, attempting to hold the establishment responsible in part for the actions of the inebriated skipper who later crashed his vessel into the Route 90 bridge.Around 1 a.m. on July 5, 2008, a… Read more »