OCEAN CITY – Councilman Jim Hall says he’s never heard citizens speak so passionately about an issue like he’s heard them talk about cutting some of the city’s take-home vehicles.The City Council weighed its options and continued its efforts of trying to determine which employee’s take home vehicles were perks or a necessity in order… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A new study that calls the town’s advertising budget “amateurish”, and the town’s advertising company “ineffective” has many town officials scratching their heads with more wonderment than concern this week.Several days before Ocean City’s new website and advertising campaign are to launch on May 11, information about the findings of a new… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Despite periodic rain over the last week or so, State Highway Administration (SHA) crews finished the ongoing Route 50 bridge project late yesterday with only the lane markings left to do a few weeks ahead of schedule and just in time for the arrival of Springfest 2009.SHA District Engineer Donnie Drewer said… Read more »

SNOW HILL – The hall was packed with education supporters Tuesday night for the Worcester County public budget hearing, but in a reversal of tradition, other areas of the county budget got the most attention, particularly grants to non-profit social services organizations. The budget hearing, held every May at Snow Hill High School, attracted a… Read more »

BERLIN – The Berlin Chamber of Commerce will welcome back the 2nd Annual Berlin Jazz & Blues Bash to be held in downtown Berlin on May 9.The live music will begin at 10 a.m. with music on the North Stage by the Stephen Decatur Middle School Jazz Band, under the direction of Peter Mundrick. At… Read more »

SNOW HILL – County elected officials will wait to choose a construction company for an eagerly anticipated trash transfer station in Bishopville until after the fiscal year 2010 (FY10) budget is struck in early June, saying that now might not be the time to build.The lowest bidder proposed a $415,000 price tag to build the… Read more »

BERLIN – While there have been no confirmed cases of swine flu in Worcester County, county health officer Debbie Goeller asked the County Commissioners this week to reconsider a previous decision to not buy into a state flu medication partnership.Goeller asked the commissioners, after she presented an extensive report on swine flu facts and county… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A Wilmington man sought by resort police for a hit-and-run accident on Coastal Highway last weekend had burglary, eluding police and other charges tacked on after running into a nearby residence and telling police he was not the driver of the vehicle involved.Around 2:30 a.m. last Saturday, an Ocean City police officer… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A flurry of legal wranglings surfaced this week in the multi-million dollar federal civil suit filed early last month by five plaintiffs inflicted with carbon monoxide poisoning in hotel rooms adjacent to a room where two Pennsylvania residents died of CO poisoning in July 2006, as several defendants filed different motions attempting… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Citizens heard a sobering report of Worcester County’s budget outlook at the public budget hearing Tuesday night, including drops in revenue that will likely last for the next few years.Budget requests for the next fiscal year now total $181.8 million, while revenue comes in far short of that at $175.6 million. The… Read more »