Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 2, 2018

The March Storm of 1962 was the most costly natural disaster in Ocean City’s history. Property damage was enormous – particularly in the unincorporated northern section where cottages built on sl...

Pines Election Changes Approved

OCEAN PINES – Changes to election procedures in Ocean Pines mean residents will learn annual election results as soon as votes are tallied. This week the Ocean Pines Association’ (OPA) board of di...

UPDATE: Body Recovered From Plane Crash; Weather Suspends Search

OCEAN CITY – One body was discovered Thursday night after a reported plane crash off the resort coast this week before the weather led to the search being postponed. According to the Maryland State...

Resolution Sought To Stalled Street Performer Challenge

OCEAN CITY — With a civil suit filed by a group of Boardwalk street performers against the Town of Ocean City over alleged First Amendment rights violations plodding through the court system, t...

Dog Alerts Family To House Fire

BISHOPVILLE — A family dog is credited with alerting a family during a residential house fire in Bishopville last week, allowing them time to escape, but two family cats did not make it out. Ar...

Wor. School Board adopts proposed $108M budget

By Kara Hallissey, Staff Writer (March 1, 2018) Worcester County Board of Education members on Tuesday approved a proposed budget of more than $108 million for fiscal year 2019. County appropriations ...

Ocean Pines Board passes budget for fiscal year 2019

Basic assessment to go up $30; final vote was 5-2, as Trendic and Herrick oppose By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 1, 2018) Ocean Pines Association assessments will increase $30, based on the fis...

Final filings set up 2018 federal and state elections

Other races in Ocean City, Ocean Pines, Snow Hill, Berlin and Pocomoke City By Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (March 1, 2018) The deadline to file for state and federal office ahead of the Nov. 6 e...

Mathias files for reelection to senate seat

By Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (March 1, 2018) Cementing his candidacy for reelection to another term in the Maryland Senate, Jim Mathias has filed paperwork ensuring his spot on the ballot in N...

Route 113 exempt from state scoring system

Route 50 bridge, Route 90 dualization and Route 589 work will require studies By Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (March 1, 2018) Only one of the county’s top priority transportation projects, Rout...