Voices From The Readers – April 17, 2020

Maryland Needs To OpenEditor:(The following letter was addressed to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan.)You have a very difficult job. We understand and appreciate your effort. But now is the time to agree th...

Education Funding Bill Must Be Delayed

In trying to form budgets for the next fiscal year, governments across the country are predicting – guessing is the better term – how much of a disastrous economic impact the COVID-19 hea...

Tree Planting Begins For Wicomico Park Development 

SALISBURY – The first phase of tree planting began at Pirate’s Wharf this month as county officials transitioned to the next step in the park’s development. Last week, contractors be...

Area Airports Score Federal Relief Funding

OCEAN CITY — Airports across Maryland this week were awarded nearly $108 million in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding including healthy fiscal shots in th...

Court Rejects Appeal Of First-Degree Assault Conviction

SNOW HILL — A Silver Spring, Md. man, sentenced in 2019 to 20 years in jail after being found guilty by a jury of first-degree assault for attacking a woman with a metal flag pole, had his appea...

Wicomico Council Tables Airport Water Agreements

SALISBURY – Officials in Wicomico County voted last week to table two agreements that would have allowed a water main extension project to proceed.On April 7, the Wicomico County Council voted 4...

What’s Your Sign? – April 17, 2020

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Don’t be put off by a seemingly too-tangled situation. Sometimes a simple procedure will unsnarl all the knots and get you in the clear fast and easy, just the way...

Compromise Eyed On OC Intersection

OCEAN CITY — There will not be a new traffic signal at 3rd Street to accommodate the new Boardwalk tram configuration, but it appears a compromise hybrid solution is in the offing.At different t...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – April 17, 2020

There has been a major shift this week regarding COVID-19. Rather than robust fear and anxiety, I am seeing drastic increases in frustration and impatience as the days mount and livelihoods become inc...

Man Faces Charges For Threatening To Burn House Down

OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City man was arrested and charged last week with threatening to burn a residence down during an alleged jealous tirade at a downtown residence.On April 3, Ocean City Police...