BERLIN – With the deadline to introduce bills on the Senate side of the Maryland General Assembly arriving today, and a similar date on the House side arriving next week, dozens of bills of local importance hit the hopper in the last week or so including cross-filed bills calling for an expansion to table gambling… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Over the last few years, internships and summer camps offered by NASA in partnership with the Mid-Atlantic Institute for Space and Technology (MIST) have caused a drastic increase in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in Worcester County, according to a report presented to the County Commissioners Tuesday.“Our program is about creating… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Changes in revenue flow and expenditures over the next few years have caused some worry amongst the Worcester County Commissioners.In a report titled, “Managing Fiscal Realities and the Tough Times Ahead,” Assistant Finance Officer Phil Thompson outlined some of the issues that the county will have to deal with between now and… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The proposed ordinance to change newly hired town employee pension plans remains pending as the Mayor and City Council look to review more plan design options.The current pension plan for current town employees is a defined benefit plan. The proposed ordinance transitions newly hired town employees over to a defined contribution plan,… Read more »

BERLIN – The intersection of William and Main streets will be blocked for a few weeks once reconstruction work on the PNC Bank in downtown Berlin begins in the near future.“It [construction] could start within a week,” Police Chief Arnold Downing told the Mayor and Council on Monday night.Due to the extensive work needed, Downing… Read more »

SNOW HILL – After hearing a proposal from the newly formed Worcester Alliance for Free Market (WAFM) and a rebuttal from the Worcester County Liquor Control Board, County Commission President Bud Church expects the commission to make a ruling regarding the fate of the LCB within the next two weeks.“We’re working on it daily,” Church… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Almost six months to the day after completing the grueling task, a group of nine friends who successfully completed a trek into the Guinness Book of World Records in Ocean City in July for the most pubs visited by a team during a 24-hour period received word the new record was official.Team… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A proposed “OC Jam” event during Delmarva Bike Week looks doomed this week.During last week’s Mayor and City Council meeting, Cliff Sutherland, proposed “OC Jam” for the Inlet parking lot to the council as a way for the resort to have an open gathering place for the public during the annual September… Read more »

BERLIN – While the economy and budget issues have dominated the early part of the 2011 General Assembly session, several weighty social issues will soon likely come to bear including a potential resumption of the death penalty and an anticipated debate on same-sex marriages in Maryland.Gov. Martin O’Malley last Friday introduced his proposed 2012 budget… Read more »