OCEAN CITY – As of late yesterday, Ocean City Police were still looking for a 17-year-old runaway from Pennsylvania, who has been missing since April 27 and is believed to have come to the resort area. Candace Faircloth, 17, of Littlestown, Pa., near Gettysburg, is described as a white female, 5-feet, 3-inches tall and about… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A recent problem that has constantly been brought up before the Mayor and City Council in recent months and openly advocated by Councilman Jay Hancock was finally discussed openly at a work session on Tuesday.The problem has to do with the use of banana bikes, or a type of recumbent bicycle where… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The trip to Ocean City could become more difficult for visitors trying to reach the beach over the next two years as Maryland Transportation Authority (MdTA) officials this week told resort business leaders the state is getting ready to embark on a major re-decking project on the westbound Chesapeake Bay Bridge.MdTA officials… Read more »
BISHOPVILLE – Work on the Bishopville Pond and Lizard Hill borrow pit environmental restoration project should begin in September.Sandy Coyman, director of Comprehensive Planning for Worcester County, said if all goes well, work could be completed by early spring 2008.“We’ve been working on this for the four and a half years I’ve been a commissioner,”… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – One of Ocean City’s recent large capital projects continues to plug along and the approval of purchasing additional lighting fixtures by the town’s elected officials during a work session of the Mayor and City Council on Tuesday only helps to push the Bayshore Drive reconstruction project closer to the finish line.Public Works… Read more »
SNOW HILL – Although the majority of the speakers stood up for the Board of Education budget, the annual Worcester County budget hearing on Tuesday night attracted a handful of comments in other areas.A specific invitation did not elicit any comments on the constant yield tax rate, which is the rate necessary to generate the… Read more »
BERLIN – Over 800 students participated in Worcester County Public Schools’ annual Fine Arts Festival, held on April 25 at Pocomoke High School. The festival showcased over 500 art exhibits from students at each of the school system’s 14 schools. The evening also featured performances from elementary and middle school choruses, as well as performances… Read more »
BERLIN – April marks the one-year anniversary of Wor-Wic Community College breaking ground on its newest building project – the Workforce Development Center (WDC).Since the $15 million project began, steady progress has been made on exterior and interior construction of the 48,000-square-foot building. With about 75 percent of the building complete and warmer weather in… Read more »
SNOW HILL – The Mystic Harbor wastewater plant must be replaced, concluded the four-year sewer report created by ‘sewer czar’ Dennis Escher, but regionalization is not part of his recommendations.The report was commissioned originally as a sewer regionalization study on how to handle growth in the northern end of Worcester County, but the focus of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City landmark and a lasting tribute to a different era in the resort was formally recognized yesterday with an unveiling of a sign celebrating its importance to area history.The old Henry Hotel, a late 19th century building on the corner of Baltimore Ave. and South Division Street, for nearly a… Read more »