SNOW HILL – A Bishopville site meant to become a trash transfer and recycling station will be reduced to recycling only.The new recycling facility will be ready for use next week, beginning on Tuesday, July 14. The site will accept paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and aluminum cans.The Worcester County solid waste operation anticipates large revenue… Read more »

Wheelchair-Bound Busker Gets Council ExceptionRobert Peaslee, a handicapped street performer who recently asked to have an exception from the town ordinance, which bans any amplification by buskers, was unanimously granted that exception Monday night by City Council.“I went to the Boardwalk and listened to Mr. Peaslee recently,” said Councilman Doug Cymek, “and he was really… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A new general management plan for Assateague Island National Seashore (AINS) codifying an overall direction for the future of the park is in the beginning stages.Trish Kicklighter, the new Superintendent of AINS, explained to the County Commissioners Tuesday that the management plan would consider how best to protect the park’s natural resources,… Read more »

WEST OCEAN CITY – One local man is dead and another faces serious charges including negligent homicide by motor vehicle after a hit-and-run accident on the Route 50 Bridge early last Friday morning. Around 2:26 a.m. last Friday, Maryland State Police troopers were dispatched to the span known locally as the Harry Kelley Memorial Bridge… Read more »

BERLIN – Maryland First Lady Katie O’Malley dished out pepperoni pizza, made with whole grain wheat, carrots and advice on eating healthy to Summer Academy students at Buckingham Elementary School (BES) in Berlin on Tuesday morning.“Just try a few of them. You don’t have to eat them all,” O’Malley urged the BES students lined up… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Shenanigans owner Greg Shockley says he used to look at tourism through “local eyes”, but after his induction as the new chairperson of the state’s tourism development board on Wednesday, he’ll not only be looking at a bigger picture, but he’ll also be fighting for a much larger entity.Shockley took the reigns… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Three months after the family of two Pennsylvania tourists who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a Boardwalk hotel room in June 2006 successfully settled a $30 million lawsuit against the facility’s owner and other defendants, the same plaintiffs last week filed a second suit, targeting the Ocean City paramedics who allegedly… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Last Friday’s fatal accident on the Route 50 Bridge raised some questions this week about how and where bikes are supposed to get across the span, but the answer is there is no right answer.One bicyclist was killed and another was injured early last Friday morning when they were struck from behind… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – What some might have viewed as a simple public relations type photo opportunity might just turn into something beneficial for the town of Ocean City.On Monday, Maryland State Comptroller Peter Franchot and Mayor Rick Meehan took a stroll of sorts on the Boardwalk, speaking to visitors and merchants about the state of… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A failed shot in the air from a handgun in the downtown area two weeks ago led to the arrest of a Pennsylvania man and ultimately helped law enforcement officials in that state to close a residential burglary investigation during which several guns were stolen.Around 2 a.m. on June 16, Ocean City… Read more »