SALISBURY — Salisbury residents could soon see an increase on their water and sewer bills as the city attempts to identify a funding stream for its growing list of stormwater management projects.Salisbury Mayor James Ireton, Jr. said this week during his monthly roundtable meeting with community leaders the city is preparing to undertake several stormwater… Read more »

SALISBURY — Touting a significant decrease in most serious offenses thus far in 2011, Wicomico County State’s Attorney Matt Maciarello was talking tough on crime this week during a roundtable discussion with Salisbury community leaders.Salisbury Mayor James Ireton, Jr. this week shared the year-to-date crime statistics with leaders from the city’s various neighborhoods during the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A few council members were wary to pass the fiscal year 2012 budget through first reading during this week’s Mayor and City Council meeting, due to nunresolved issues including an allocation of a portion of the tourism budget to establish a free gas promotion this summer.Councilman Brent Ashley took the opportunity to… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The new Quiet Storm Surf Shop, located downtown on the Boardwalk had its opening ribbon cutting a couple weeks ago and is ready to show off its new wide variety of merchandise just in time for the busy summer season.Quiet Storm Surf Shop has been serving a wide range of customers since… Read more »

BERLIN — A Worcester County farmer week was selected as the winner in the America’s Farmers Grow Communities program and had $2,500 donation made to the American Cancer Society in his name.Berlin farmer Kenneth Littleton was selected last week as a winner in the America’s Farmers Grow Communities program, which gives farmers the opportunity to… Read more »

Berlin To Fund Sidewalk Engineering StudyTravis Brown Staff WriterBERLIN — Efforts to replace and extend sidewalk coverage for Broad St advanced Monday when the Berlin Mayor and Council green-lighted approximately $35,000 worth of engineering services for the area.“It’s kind of been the forgotten street,” said Councilman Troy Purnell.Purnell, who referred to getting sidewalks to cover… Read more »

BISHOPVILLE — A Bishopville woman was arrested on attempted second-degree murder and other charges this week after allegedly shooting her newlywed husband in the abdomen during a domestic argument reportedly involving a popular male enhancement drug.Around 10:30 a.m. on Monday, the Worcester County 911 Dispatch Center received a call from a man reporting his wife… Read more »

SNOW HILL — A Worcester County Circuit Court jury deliberated for over 10 hours last week before finding a Westminster man guilty of providing a female victim with a fatal dose of methadone and then watching her slowly die last July while on vacation in Ocean City.Michael Thomas Dill, 30, of Westminster, was found guilty… Read more »

SNOW HILL — A West Ocean City homeless shelter last week became the recipient of 52 pairs of counterfeit Nike basketball shoes confiscated during a drug bust in March after a rather unusual ruling by a Worcester County District Court judge.Around 5:15 p.m. on March 4, a Maryland State Police trooper stopped a 2006 Nissan… Read more »

BERLIN — Over the next four years, Berlin residents will see a small, but steady, increase to the cost of their sewage rates.Beginning July 1 of this year, sewage rates will increase by 5 percent, a trend which will continue every year until 2013. In 2014, there will be a 6-percent increase, resulting in a… Read more »