OC Beach Replenishment Project Wraps Up Early

OCEAN CITY — The latest round of beach replenishment in Ocean City wrapped up last week ahead of schedule with a project characterized as one of the “smoothest” ever in the resort. The beach...

Detention Center Grant Eyed For Treatment Groups

SALISBURY – A $78,000 grant is expected to fund treatment group meetings at the Wicomico County Detention Center. On Tuesday, the Wicomico County Council approved a request from the detention center...

Debate Ensues After Fall Cruisin Event Review

OCEAN CITY — A review of the fall Endless Summer Cruisin this week triggered a contentious debate about whether the event should be renewed at this time and an even larger debate about council m...

Coastal Hospice Volunteers Visit 167 Hospice Patients, Delivering Fruit Baskets, Warm Blankets And Stuffed Bears

Coastal Hospice volunteers visited 167 hospice patients and their families this month across the Lower Shore, delivering fruit baskets, warm blankets and stuffed bears. Volunteers dressed as Santa, M...

Cops And Courts – December 22, 2017

10 Days For Bride Assault OCEAN CITY — A would-be bridesmaid, arrested in September for punching the bride-to-be in the nose outside a Boardwalk bar in September, has plead guilty to second-deg...

Mold found, but no air quality hazard at Pines yacht club

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 21, 2017) Ocean Pines officials are working to remove a small amount of mold found at the yacht club that was not found to be hazardous to the air quality. Costs ...

AINS proposes doubling seven-day pass fee

(Dec. 21, 2017) During the past three years, an average of 368 visitors to the Assateague Island National Seashore were assessed a charge for going to the park on a bus tour with a non-commercial grou...

Snow Hill inches closer to property purchase

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 21, 2017) Snow Hill government’s desire to purchase a property adjacent to the public works building on Cypress Lane became more formal last Tuesday, when the T...

Notice of changes that affect Rural Housing Programs

(Dec. 21, 2017) USDA Rural Development is conducting a review of all areas under its jurisdiction to identify those that no longer qualify as rural for housing programs. The last rural area reviews we...

Newark woman dead after stoplight collision in Berlin

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 21, 2017) Newark resident June Gravenor, 73, died as a result of a car accident in Berlin that occurred at about 10:20 p.m. on Sunday evening. According to police...