WEST OCEAN CITY – Diakonia Director Claudia Nagle is worried that the homeless shelter will see many more people seeking shelter and services as the recession goes on, a trend she has already seen in requests for food help.She knows that more and more people are in trouble simply from the numbers of visits to… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Due to a projected decline in room tax and gross room revenue for this year, the advertising budget for the town of Ocean City may have to be reduced once again for fiscal year 2010.Ocean City Budget Manager Jennie Knapp briefed the Tourism Commission last week on the notion that she may… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City’s new website is on schedule, and the launch date has been set.The town’s new $178,000 website will be launched on May 11 to coincide with the launch of this year’s television and radio advertising, according to MGH President Andy Malis, who previewed screen shots of the new site at the… Read more »

BERLIN – Local residents concerned about just how the state intends to spend the millions of dollars in federal stimulus funding heading its way are now able to track expenditures in their communities.Gov. Martin O’Malley last week announced Maryland’s plan to monitor and track the expenditure of federal stimulus funds in the state with the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Three workers were injured in an accident at a downtown hotel this week when an interior elevator, or “dumb-waiter,” in which they were riding rapidly plunged three stories to the ground floor.Around 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Ocean City Fire Department units were dispatched to the Lankford Hotel on the Boardwalk at 8th… Read more »

BERLIN – Millions of dollars from Worcester County taxpayers sit, essentially untouchable, in the Worcester County reserve fund, a stash that some citizens say should be used to plug holes in the current and next county budget.Tapping the reserve fund is not an option, said President of the County Commissioners Louise Gulyas.The reserve monies are… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Elected officials plan to boost the local economy in a small way by focusing the bid award for a new trash transfer station on county-based contractors.Worcester County Commissioner Bobby Cowger, who represents the Pocomoke area, said Tuesday that he hoped the county could put together its own stimulus package for local industry… Read more »

WEST OCEAN CITY – Diakonia homeless shelter will not be assigned any funding from Worcester County in fiscal year 2010.The $20,000 grant offered to the shelter by Worcester County each year for the last several was 15 percent of the shelter’s operating budget.“There just isn’t any money,” said County Commission President Louise Gulyas. “We have… Read more »

(Editor’s Note: This article is the latest in an ongoing profile series of the current Ocean City Mayor and Council members.)OCEAN CITY – Jim Hall has seen the town come a long way in his 22 years on the City Council, but now he says it’s time for Ocean City to start moving in a… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Monday night’s inclement weather caused many to “play it safe” and stay home from the weekly City Council meeting at City Hall, perhaps waiting for the broadcast on local cable access television rather than venturing out into the storm that helped kick off the month of March.For those who stayed home, here’s… Read more »