SNOW HILL – A Berlin man convicted on a third-degree burglary charge in November after a stolen high school ring recovered in Anne Arundel County connected him to a rash of residential break-ins in Ocean Pines was sentenced last week in Worcester County Circuit Court to eight years in jail.Between May 22 and June 9… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Perhaps a sign of growing frustration with the slow recovery of the real estate market in the resort area, two competing groups are hosting buyer incentive-laden auctions of several units in a largely vacant luxury bayfront condominium building next Saturday.Dozens of units in the upscale Bahia Vista development along the bay between… Read more »

NEWARK – Despite doubts over the costs of a federal program to improve education, the Worcester County Board of Education signed off on a grant application requesting funds from the new initiative.The federal Race To The Top (RTTT) program will likely require major changes to education.The RTTT website lists two major planks of the program:… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Supporters of a Pocomoke-based science and tech park say that the planned research campus could put billions of dollars into the regional economy and would create up to 1,100 high paying jobs.Architect Tim Crosby, who is working on the park study, said the science and tech park would create between 650 and… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City hotelier Michael James this week officially announced he would seek the District 38 State Senate seat in the upcoming 2010 election, ending months of speculation about his intentions.James, managing partner of the Carousel Hotel and Resort who serves on various boards and commissions locally and across the region, made known… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – In what will likely be a historic show of solidarity, thousands of recreational and commercial fishermen from all over the country, including a huge contingent from the Ocean City area, will convene on the steps of the U.S. Capitol next week in an organized protest against flawed federal fisheries management policies.The “United… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Public Works Director Hal Adkins says that the town will ask for the full $7.1 million outlined in the 2011 Annual Transportation Grant that he presented to the City Council on Tuesday night, but he isn’t optimistic that he will get all of it.Adkins stood before the Mayor and City Council this… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — In the brief this week, the Boardwalk bicycle hours got a unanimous nod through the first required reading for a coveted extra hour, a new city clerk was appointed at City Hall.Kathy Mathias To Replace Carol Jacobs As City ClerkLess than a month ago, City Manager Dennis Dare laid out a “one-time… Read more »

NEWARK – Without a waiver from the Maryland State Department of Education, Worcester County public school students will be in the classroom until June 21 to make up for more than a week of snow days.Students will stay in class an extra week, unless the state waives the 180 instructional day requirement. Students were originally… Read more »

NEWARK – The achievement gap between African-American students and others in Worcester County schools is getting smaller, but is not yet eliminated, test scores show.“The achievement gap remains. However, it is narrowing,” said Wynette Handy, Worcester County schools coordinator of multicultural education and staff development at the February Worcester County Board of Education meeting.In 2004,… Read more »