SNOW HILL – The first of three men charged in the murder of a local woman in Pocomoke in January 2007 was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in jail after a Worcester County jury in October found him guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree assault.Worcester County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Groton yesterday sentenced Kendall I…. Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Lloyd Martin may have had to regrettably miss a few City Council meetings, but he couldn’t miss out on a trip of a lifetime.Anyone who closely follows Mayor and City Council meetings noticed that the seat where Secretary Lloyd Martin sits has been vacant for a number of meetings. One joke heard… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Though the need for more doctors in this country is evident, fixing the healthcare system as a whole might be more complicated than just merely more hands on deck.Last week’s article touched on the challenges facing local healthcare workers and addressed some of the problems they are facing such as physician shortages,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Robert Melvin is not the only one who thinks that it should never take three hours to get back and forth to Berlin. Unfortunately, that’s a reality that hundreds of Ocean City elderly and handicapped residents know all too well.Melvin, who is handicapped, has been the loudest and clearest voice trying to… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Although Old Pro Golf got the green light from City Council to expand one of its seven themed mini-golf courses, don’t expect construction to start straight away.The Planning and Zoning Commission and the Mayor and City Council both approved plans for the expansion of the Old Pro Golf course on 136th Street… Read more »

BERLIN – Music is as much a part of the holidays as twinkling lights, boughs of holly and decorated trees and often transcends particular faiths as evidenced by a local group reaching out this season to those seeking the joy of the season through song.The Ecumenical Choir of the Eastern Shore (ECHOES) is a local… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Though it’s still unclear who will win the bid to create the new town website, it got a little clearer this week what they will be bidding on.The City Council was slated to talk about the Requests For Proposal concerning the overhaul and redesign of the technologically outdated www.ococean.com site, but President… Read more »

NEWARK – The 3-percent budget cut mandated by the Worcester County Commissioners could harm education in the local school system, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jon Andes said the week after the cuts were announced.“The reduction will impact the quality of our schools and school system,” Andes said.Board of Education member Bob Hulburd echoed Andes’ sentiment,… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A visiting Circuit Court judge this week rejected an effort by the Worcester County Board of Education to avoid paying the $1.1 million awarded in a civil suit to a private contractor replaced mid-way through the construction of the new Ocean City Elementary School two years ago, ruling the defendant must now… Read more »

SNOW HILL – An Ocean City man indicted by a Worcester County grand jury in August on first-degree arson charges for setting the fire that destroyed the Dough Roller restaurant on the south end of the Boardwalk and damaged the adjacent Marty’s Playland back in March pleaded guilty this week to a lesser reckless endangerment… Read more »