NEWARK – Progress is being made on the new Worcester County Technical High School (WTS) and the renovations and addition to Pocomoke High School (PHS), but the Worcester County Board of Education is worried that the next projects in line could be delayed.Snow Hill High School (SHHS) and Showell Elementary School (SES) are slated next,… Read more »

GIRDLETREE – An experiment inusing high-tunnel greenhouse technology in coastal areas could offer Worcester County farmers another economic optionand add to the local food supply.“It’s extremely important to preserve agriculture. The best way to do it is to make sure farmers make money,” said Worcester County Economic Development Director Jerry Redden.The Maryland Hawk Corp., out… Read more »

BERLIN – Former Berlin Mayor Rex Hailey filed to run for mayor earlier this year with no fanfare and plans to run a low key campaign, despite this week’s addition of interim Mayor Gee Williams to the race.“At least I know who I’m going against now,” Hailey said. “I knew someone would run. We’ve just… Read more »

OCEAN CITY –The Planning and Zoning Commission approved changes to two previously approved projects this week, allowing for an extension of time for site plan approval for a mid-town project and an amended site plan to an uptown hotel. The Clarion Hotel’s planned overlay district was approved on May 6 for the addition of a… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A well-known local woman lost her life last Friday in a mysterious accident aboard a boat in the Delaware Bay.According to The Press of Atlantic City, Elizabeth Garliss, 39, was aboard the Soggy Dollar, a 52-foot cabin cruiser, when she apparently slipped and hit her head at 2:52 p.m. The U.S. Coast… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan was among those involved in a four-car crash on Coastal Highway on Tuesday morning that also included an ambulance carrying a patient, a county Liquor Control Board (LCB) van and a tourist’s vehicle.Around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, an Ocean City Fire/EMS ambulance carrying a patient bound for… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City trolley will be taking a different route from now on, in an effort to increase ridership on the town’s most recent addition to the transportation fleet. The Maryland Transit Authority-funded trolley service began just three years ago, with the goal of increasing downtown travel. The current route runs from… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Plans for a 160-unit hotel at 26th Street were reviewed this week, with the Planning and Zoning Commission approving the site plans, but with concern over density on the half residential, half commercially-zoned property.  The Ocean Harbor Hotelwill stand on the north side of 25th Street and to the south of 26th… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – When President Bush this week lifted a decades-long moratorium on offshore drilling for oil along the nation’s coastlines including right here in Maryland, the move was quickly viewed by many as merely a symbolic gesture to address rising gas prices and the U.S. dependence of foreign oil, but the measure is being… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Beer prices will reflect a $1 increase from now on at Sprinfest and Sunfest, after a unanimous decision by the Recreation and Parks Committee and the City Council this week to increase the price of beer. “We have not increased the price of beer in five years,” reported Special Events Director John… Read more »