OCEAN CITY — Members of the towing industry rallied against the proposed franchise for police tows last week, and it appears that this week, they might just get everything they were asking for, including a raise in their license fees.As alluded to by City Manager Dennis Dare last week, the solutions or alternatives that were… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A Berlin man, arrested last June on several serious charges after killing a bicyclist and injuring another with his vehicle on the Route 50 Bridge before fleeing the scene, pleaded guilty last week in District Court to vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident involving bodily injury and was immediately… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A nationwide network of Christian radio stations has asked Worcester County to approve a request to operate a non-profit radio station in the county.The Educational Media Foundation (EMF), which operates many K-Love and Air 1 Christian radio stations across the country, has asked the Worcester County Commissioners to hold a public hearing… Read more »

SNOW HILL – When tall grass needs to be cut, Worcester County staff will be able to step in and take care of the vegetative nuisance much more quickly under proposed new legislation.The new law would eliminate part of the nuisance abatement process for tall grass and rank vegetation problems only.The current tall grass nuisance… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Several budget and financial topics came up at the Worcester County Commissioners  meeting Tuesday morning, including the constant yield tax rate, legislative efforts to modify school funding requirements, and current county cash flow.— A 4.7-percent reduction in Worcester County’s real property assessable base will cost the county several million dollars in tax… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Owners of barking and howling dogs in Worcester County could soon be subject to a citation and fine for not controlling canine noise if a new animal control law passes in May.The Worcester County Commissioners will consider a law to control barking and howling dogs in the county only at their May… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Dredging operations will displace one fisherman from a slip at the West Ocean City Harbor, the county decided this week.The Army Corps of Engineers project to dredge the Ocean City Inlet to the West Ocean City Harbor and the harbor turning basins needs somewhere to offload the dredge spoil, said Public Works… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The 6th Annual Ocean City Half-Marathon and 5K races return to the resort area tomorrow, and based on mid-week sign-up totals, it will be a lot more crowded along the course that begins at the Inlet, crosses the Route 50 bridge into West Ocean City and ends at Assateague.According to race organizer… Read more »

SNOW HILL – While an initiative to build a YMCA adjoining Ocean Pines is defunct, the deal made to get land donated for that unsuccessful project is still in force, and the landowner is now working on moving forward with a 60-unit residential development on that site.The Worcester County Commissioners held a public hearing on… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — In the brief this week, the first wind turbine in Ocean City got postponed from the Planning and Zoning Commission’s agenda for a second time, the Ocean City airport plans its 50th anniversary and the town picked up an exorbitant amount of “trashed” items during the annual spring cleanup.Turbine Pitch Postponed AgainAt… Read more »