OCEAN CITY – Two people were stabbed this week during a fight in a downtown parking lot late Monday night.Just before midnight on Monday, a private citizen informed Ocean City police there was a fight in progress in the parking lot at 7 Atlantic Ave. As officers approached the area of the reported fight, they… Read more »

BERLIN – Making good on a promise made to residents of troubled neighborhoods on the east side of Berlin, Worcester County State’s Attorney Joel Todd said last week three arrests have been made in the first battle of a declared war on open-air drug dealing in the community.In late May, Todd hosted a community meeting… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Further evidence of the dangerous mix of traffic and thousands of pedestrians on Coastal Highway during the busy season manifested itself last weekend with two serious accidents involving pedestrians, including one struck by a teen drunk driver, in the span of about nine hours on Sunday.It began around 2:25 a.m. last Sunday… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Sixty-five years ago tomorrow, on June 6, 1944, the invasion of Normandy on the northwest coast of France began. Code-named Operation Overlord, the mission included thousands of ships, aircraft and men in perhaps the largest invasion of its kind in history. Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower told the troops before… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Four inspectors, three license permit clerks, one planner, and three clerical staff lost their jobs Friday after the Worcester County Commissioners voted in closed session last week to consolidate three county departments through layoffs despite having already balanced the budget.“I was not worried because I knew we were productive employees. I didn’t… Read more »

SNOW HILL – The draft rezoning and subdivision regulations must match the award winning 2006 Worcester Comprehensive Plan, citizens emphasized at a public hearing this week.Over 340 people attended the hearing on the draft comprehensive rezoning regulations Tuesday night, packing the standing room only Worcester County Commissioner chambers in Snow Hill, with the majority of… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Resort business leaders this week expressed a cautious outlook for a tough road ahead despite what has been, by most accounts, a strong early season, warning the true measure of success for the summer could be found in economic indicators such as the room tax and food and beverage taxes.According to the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – It might be a dirty job, but the town of Ocean City found a way to keep the streets as clean as ever, while saving more than a half-million dollars in the process.Senior Project Manager Dick Malone briefed the Mayor and Council on Monday night on the award of the bid to… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A controversial closed session vote to lay off 11 employees and consolidate three county departments into one turned the official budget approval into a contentious debate Tuesday morning.The vote to consolidate the Comprehensive Planning Department and Environmental Issues Department under the umbrella of the Development Review and Permitting Department took place in… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A new laser tag venture that hopes to open in downtown Ocean City got a healthy dose of “the business” from the City Council, which expressed concerns over safety and its impact to the downtown area.Lisa Conley of Elkton was admittedly “thrown off a bit” by the number of concerns that several… Read more »