BERLIN – The deadline to file for elected office came and went this week with few surprises, although some offices that haven’t been challenged for several years will see races in November.When the filing deadline expired Tuesday, nearly every elected office on the local ballot had at least two candidates, save for a couple of… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Just 10 septic systems in the Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area will be upgraded to protect water quality in the next six months because of funding limitations.Despite a request for $1.4 million in money from the Bay Restoration Fund collected from septic system users, which would have covered 116 upgrades for the next two years, Worcester County was… Read more »

BERLIN – The field of candidates for the 2010 Worcester County commissioner races is not necessarily complete, despite the filing deadline passing.A rule allows a party’s central committee to nominate a candidate after the deadline if there is no candidate from that party in a race. “If there’s no one from their party represented, they… Read more »

BERLIN – The lawsuit filed last year in U.S. District Court by the Worcester County Commissioners against a bevy of Internet-based travel booking companies, seeking what could amount to millions of dollars in alleged unpaid hotel room taxes, was dismissed last week as the two parties near a formal settlement of the case.In January 2009,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – On the heels of a $4 million commitment to the long-term future of the Ocean City beach replenishment program last week, the resort got another dose of good news this week when the Army Corps of Engineers awarded an $8 million contract to repair the network of dunes along the beach ravaged… Read more »

SNOW HILL – With a slight improvement seen in the Maryland Coastal Bays on the second annual coastal bays report card, bay protectors say that there are ways to improve the bays and reach a better grade.While the coastal bays are holding on, Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) Director Dave Wilson said this week work… Read more »

BERLIN – After Tuesday’s official filing deadline, the field is set for the District 38 State Senate race with a pair of favorites and a couple of dark horses set to vie for the seat vacated by retiring long-time Senator Lowell Stoltzfus.There were few surprises in the District 38 Senate race when the filing deadline… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A four-car pile-up on the Route 90 bridge on Monday sent eight people to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and snarled mid-day traffic along one of the main access points to the resort.Around 10:15 a.m. on Monday, a Toyota 4runner heading west failed to reduce its speed enough to avoid a… Read more »

BERLIN – The field for the District 38-B House of Delegates race got much more crowded as the filing deadline came and went this week with a total of seven candidates, including three Democrats and four Republicans, vying for two seats.The seven-candidate field features several familiar faces including a long-time incumbent, two current Worcester County… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A 17-year-old girl was seriously injured after getting struck by a personal watercraft in the Sinepuxent Bay on Wednesday evening.According to a Coast Guard press release, the victim had been riding on a personal watercraft (PWC) with two other individuals in the Sinepuxent Bay behind Ocean City when she reportedly fell off…. Read more »