NEWARK — Groups of Stephen Decatur High School students got a first-hand look at the new Worcester County Developmental Center in Newark this week, including the $11,000-plus outdoor basketball court they donated to the facility.In September 2007, a fire almost completely destroyed the old WCDC facility in Newark, a 75-year-old converted schoolhouse, leaving the important… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Homeowners have the opportunity to receive free plants to beautify their property and benefit the environment at the same time through the town’s mini-grant program.The town is offering mini-grants for the Bayscape Planting Program. The program offers native plant material to homeowners to plant bay friendly plants on their property.Applications are due… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The Harrison Group community was recently rocked when it learned one of its own is currently fighting for her life against Acute Myelogenous Luekemia (AML).According to an email seeking help that was widely distributed this week, Colleen Rutzler, whose husband, Eugene serves as the general manager of Reflections, immediately began treatment at… Read more »

SNOW HILL — With the Worcester County Liquor Control Board (LCB) facing big changes, one final effort is being made to impact the future of the organization by its current leaders.Legislation set to hand control of the LCB directly over to the county has gone beyond “if” it will come into effect and has become… Read more »

SNOW HILL — Labs designed to house Occupational and Physical Therapy training classes are completed but empty and, unless more funding is found, they will remain that way into the near future.The labs, which are part of Wor-Wic Community College’s new Allied Health Building, were recently constructed and will likely be dedicated in August.The building,… Read more »

SALISBURY — Salisbury officials last week successfully submitted a grant application for $750,000 from the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to assist with the city’s Gang Reduction Initiative.Mayor James Ireton, Jr. last week announced the submittal of a three-year, $750,000 grant from the OJJDP for gang-related initiatives. Like Salisbury Safe Streets, the… Read more »

OCEAN PINES — The Mid-Delmarva YMCA did satisfy the terms of a contract with the Ocean Pines Association (OPA) when it obtained a building permit to construct a wildlife observation platform on a site just south of the community formerly slated for the development of a YMCA for Worcester County, the Maryland Court of Special… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — A severely injured seal discovered on the beach in north Ocean City last week and eventually rescued by the Marine Animal Rescue Program is on the mend at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.On March 13, a local resident encountered the injured juvenile grey seal on the beach at 139th Street and stayed… Read more »

BERLIN — With the so-called “Dime-a-Drink” legislation apparently languishing in both the House and Senate, a compromise bill of sort introduced this week would create a special tax that would add on single percentage point to the existing sales tax on alcoholic beverages each year for the next three years.The proposed “Dime-a-Drink” bill, formally known… Read more »