SNOW HILL – It was good news, bad news last week for the Worcester County Board of Education when the state’s Court of Special Appeals ruled it would not have to begin paying the $1.1 million settlement lost to a private contractor in a civil suit over a dispute about work done at the new… Read more »

SNOW HILL – The third of three man charged in the murder of a local woman in Pocomoke in January 2007 last week pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and now awaits his sentencingDavid K. Justice, 20, of Pocomoke appeared in Worcester County Circuit Court last week to face charges of first- and second-degree murder, first-… Read more »

 BERLIN – In February 2007, Berlin-based Atlantic General Hospital launched an initiative brand-new to the area’s healthcare market: a time promise for services in their ER. Through grand-scale efforts to streamline procedures that involved all departments from housekeeping to intensive care, the healthcare facility’s 30 Minute ER Promise was born.Atlantic General has not stopped with… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – It’s almost time for the 15th Annual Penguin Swim, which will be held on New Years Day to benefit the Atlantic General Hospital Foundation.In 2008, the Penguin Swim raised over $67,000 in support of the hospital’s mission: “To provide quality care, personalized service and education to improve individual and community health.” The… Read more »

 OCEAN CITY — Now that consumers can speak of astronomical fuel prices in the past tense, can they say the same for those pesky fuel surcharges?When fuel surcharges started popping up on invoices of restaurant food orders all over the country, sometimes adding 4 percent to 7 percent to the bill itself, many businesses could… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Although Ocean City is known as the White Marlin Capital of the World, you’ll probably never see it on a menu in a local restaurant.What could be considered sacrilege by some in the local fishing community to see the area’s number one sport fish and part of the town’s claim to fame… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Locals and visitors alike are being offered to weigh in on a proposal to dredge the channel and boat basin in front of the Coast Guard Station in Ocean City with a public comment period that opened last week and concludes on January 20.The Coast Guard has requested the Army Corps of… Read more »

 SNOW HILL – For the second time in three months, a Worcester County Circuit Court judge last week granted a motion for summary judgment in a civil suit filed by the family of an Easton man struck and killed while crossing Coastal Highway in June 2007, effectively dismissing the portion of the case seeking $1… Read more »

NEWARK – After-school programs in Worcester County schools are essential to school success, but funding for the after-school academies could be endangered by budget cuts and closing grants, county Board of Education staff say.According to Board of Education spokesperson Barb Witherow, 12 of 14 county schools have after-school programs, with just specialty schools Worcester Technical… Read more »

BERLIN – While he won’t be officially sworn in until next month, Maryland’s newest congressman Frank Kratovil is already endearing himself to his First District constituents with a bid to secure a seat on the House Agriculture Committee.Kratovil edged Republican Andy Harris in the First Congressional District race in November in a narrow election that… Read more »