OCEAN CITY – On a gloomy, damp mid-May morning yesterday, a harbor seal found injured on the beach in Ocean City in January somewhat reluctantly returned to the sea near the Inlet after a cushy four-month stint at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.Hastings, a juvenile male harbor seal half-heartedly scooted out of a wooden crate… Read more »

BERLIN – A discussion this week during the Berlin Mayor and Council meeting about the growing number of complaints about high grass at vacant or foreclosed houses in the town eventually came around to a debate about the town’s policy regarding residences boarded up for an extended period of time. The continued sagging economy and… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A Snow Hill man convicted in March on rape and child sex abuse charges after interviews with victims, his daughter and niece, last August revealed a long pattern of sexual abuse against them, was sentenced this week in Worcester County Circuit Court to a combined 55 years in prison for his offenses.Andrew… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — In the brief this week, the City Council elected to change the verbiage in its ordinance dedicated to undomesticated animals, the Police Commission will move forward with its random drug testing for cab drivers and the figurehead of the town’s mounted unit is hoping to be ready for action this summerTown To… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Worcester County will have a new sheriff next year, and Carroll Overholt would like to fill that post.Overholt, who describes himself as a fiscally conservative Democrat, officially filed to run for Worcester County Sheriff last week.Long-time incumbent Worcester County Sheriff Chuck Martin will not run for re-election due to health issues.Overholt and… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Consensus between Worcester County and Ocean City governments on the future Route 50 Bridge replacement has been reached, state officials said this week, allowing a June workshop on the bridge question to he eliminated.  Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) staff went before the Worcester County Commissioners Tuesday morning to confirm that both… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A pair of Pennsylvania men convicted earlier this year of conspiracy to commit armed robbery after Ocean City Police were able to identify them as two of three men who entered a downtown motel lobby brandishing guns last June were both sentenced in separate hearings in the last two weeks to 10… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — In the brief this week, former Ocean City Mayor and current Delegate Jim Mathias stepped back into the council chambers to see his wife, Kathy, officially appointed to the city clerk’s position and the infamous Sea Rocket has found a new dock to call its home.Delegate Back At City HallThe always animated… Read more »

SNOW HILL – With a maintenance of effort budget in the offing, speakers at the annual Worcester County public budget hearing made sure the County Commissioners were put on notice that a legal minimum schools budget would not be acceptable once the economy improves.“The continual cuts cannot be made … it will eventually result in… Read more »

NEWARK – Scholarship money will be on the line this weekend when Andy Acosta-Ruiz and Jesse Bowden, two high school seniors from Worcester County, compete in the Maryland Ford/AAA Auto Skills Competition in Catonsville.“It’s a lot of pressure on these guys but it’s going to be alright,” said Worcester Technical High School (WTS) automotive teacher… Read more »