SNOW HILL – Disagreements over spending sprang up this week among the County Commissioners during their meeting Tuesday, as the full scope of the county’s fiscal problems began to be outlined in hard numbers.The first potential expenditure to sustain some heat, a grant match for Rural Legacy conservation funding, drew fire despite the strong local… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A government project by three Pocomoke High School (PHS) students could turn into a county and regional effort to improve recycling efforts in the schools.Pocomoke High freshman Trey Lynch, junior Taylor Morrison and senior Jennifer Weaver presented the results of a public policy project on waste reduction to the County Commissioners Tuesday,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Half-Marathon and 5K races went off without a hitch last weekend as April’s dreary weather broke just long enough to provide picture-perfect weather for the two annual events.The event began as a full marathon five years ago, but was shortened to a half-marathon for the first time last year… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury University, will once again host the 39th Annual Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition and Art Festival at the Roland E Powell Convention Center from April 24-26.For visitors, the event offers an experience like no other. In addition to exhibitors selling their paintings, photography, ceramics,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Convicted killer Benjamin Sifrit, who along with his wife Erika, brutally murdered and dismembered a Virginia couple vacationing in Ocean City on Memorial Day weekend in 2002, this week renewed his bid for a new trial, alleging prosecutors used inconsistent theories of the crimes in the separate trials of he and his… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Elected officials pushed for another delay in considering the draft comprehensive rezoning and revamped subdivision regulations on Tuesday, citing the need to notify out-of-county property owners of potential changes.  If the hearings and approval had been put off, the three-year delay in the new rezoning and subdivision regulations would have stretched to… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A Worcester County jury took a little under two hours last Friday to return a verdict in favor of a former Ocean City Chamber of Commerce executive director against his previous employer, but chamber officials this week said the door is still open for an appeal in the case.At the close of… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The resort will kick off the season early by painting the sky with very color under the sun at the Maryland International Kite Exposition (M.I.K.E.), set for April 24-26.The festival will be showcasing a spectacular cast of kite flyers from all over the country. Thousands of spectators will watch giant kites, as… Read more »

SNOW HILL – The third of three men charged in the murder of a local woman in Pocomoke in January 2007 was sentenced this month to 10 years in jail with five years suspended after entering an Alford plea to voluntary manslaughter in December for his part in the beating death.David K. Justice, 21, of… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Small energy turbines can officially start blowing in the wind after council passed their conditional usage through second reading and into town law on Monday.After months of talking, tweaking, and testimony, which even saw Mayor Rick Meehan veto the first draft of the ordinance, the City Council voted unanimously to allow small… Read more »