Class Sizes, Technology, Teacher Salaries Lead Budget Hearing

NEWARK – As in years past, requests for funding to allow for fair teacher salaries, technology and small class sizes dominated a budget hearing hosted by the Worcester County Board of Education ...

Assassins Win 6th Straight Flag Football Title

OCEAN CITY- The Pit-and-Pub Assassins once again captured the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s Adult Flag Football League championship this week for the sixth straight year.The top-...

Only One Bid Received For Scoper Franchise

OCEAN CITY — Providing further evidence the beach photography business continues to be challenging, just one vendor came forward this week when the bids were opened for Ocean City’s franch...

Canadian Jet Team Booked For Next Year’s OC Air Show

OCEAN CITY — After performing a rare early matinee last spring, the Canadian Air Force Snowbirds Jet Demonstration Team will be a featured element of the O.C. Air Show in June, air show officia...

Area Farmers Ready To Leave Difficult 2018 Behind

BERLIN – Wet weather, followed by small yields and low prices, made the year a challenging one for local farmers.Members of the local agriculture community said a variety of issues, the most ob...

Resident ‘Felt Called’ To Volunteer At President’s Funeral

BERLIN – As the nation said goodbye to former President George H.W. Bush in Washington D.C. this week, a local man was among those who paid tribute to the iconic leader.Berlin resident Tyler Be...

Ex-Police Chief Granted New Trial

POCOMOKE — An embattled former Pocomoke police chief convicted of misconduct in office after allegedly interfering with and glossing over an investigation into a hit-and-run incident will get a ...

Worcester Rejects Cell Tower Lease After Ocean Pines Residents Raise Objections

SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Commissioners voted not to approve an agreement that would have allowed for construction of a cell tower at the Ocean Pines Wastewater Treatment Plant.Citing con...

Commissioners Sworn In For Next 4 Years; Purnell Will Continue Serving As President

SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Commissioners expressed appreciation to their supporters as they were sworn in this week.The commissioners took the oath of office on Tuesday before unanimously...

Officials To Revisit Land Donation

SALISBURY – Officials in Wicomico County will vote again on a land donation that they rejected late last year.Last December, the Wicomico County Council voted to reject a 235-acre land donation ...