Agency Names County Coordinator ‘Outstanding Advocate’

NEWARK – School system officials last week recognized a local educator for his many efforts providing special education students with work experience. The Worcester County Board of Education honore...

A Week In Business – June 29, 2018

Atlantic General Hospital officials cut the ribbon on the newly expanded Auxiliary Thrift Shop last week. The thrift shop accepts donations at the door of a large variety, including clothing, shoes, a...

Fenwick Anniversary Party Sunday

FENWICK ISLAND – A party to celebrate Fenwick Island’s 65th anniversary will take place this weekend. In a Fenwick Island Town Council meeting last week, Town Manager Terry Tieman encouraged commu...

Carolina Street ‘Still A Happy Thing’ In Fenwick Island

FENWICK ISLAND – Timeless home furnishings, unique merchandise and exceptional staff. That, according to owner Dee Dee Phillips, is what brings customers back to Carolina Street Garden & Home y...

Husband Faces First-Degree Assault Charge In Hotel Incident

OCEAN CITY — A Brooklyn Park, Md. man was arrested on first-degree assault and other charges last weekend after allegedly attacking his wife in a downtown hotel room. Around 7:25 p.m. last Satur...

Ocean Pines Fourth Celebrations Set

BERLIN — This Independence Day, celebrate what makes America great with fun-filled festival activities, dazzling fireworks and a high-energy dance party at Ocean Pines’ highly anticipated Fou...

Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – June 29, 2018

Jackson’s Casino was Ocean City’s most popular nightclub in the late 1930s and throughout the 1940s. Music, drinks and slot machines were the main attraction at the big wooden building on the Boa...

Wicomico Student Wins National Speech Contest

SALISBURY – An elementary school student was honored in Wicomico County last week for winning a national speech contest on kindness. On Tuesday, June 19, Savanna Brooks, a fifth-grade student at Nor...

Raven Roost #44 Holds 21st Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament

Raven Roost #44 held its 21st Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament June 1 at the Ocean Pines golf course to raise scholarship money for deserving graduating seniors. Scholarships are awarded annually ...

Water, Sewer Amendment OK’d

SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Commissioners voted to approve an amendment to the county’s water and sewerage plan last week. The amendment, which adjusts the EDU (equivalent dwelling unit) allo...