Jury Finds Baltimore Man Guilty Of Assault In Knife Threat On OC Cop

SNOW HILL — A Baltimore man, arrested in June after pulling a switchblade on an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer who nearly had to shoot him, was found guilty Tuesday on assault and ...

Effort To Boost Pay To Reduce County’s Employee Turnover Fails In 3-3 Vote

SNOW HILL – A proposal to increase salaries for county jobs with a high rate of turnover failed this week after a split vote by the Worcester County Commissioners. The commissioners voted 3-3 on a ...

Resort Hoping To Draw Visitors From National Folk Festival

OCEAN CITY — Ocean City could get the alternative post-Labor Day special event it is looking for next fall when it piggybacks on the major National Folk Festival in Salisbury. During last weekâ€...

Ocean City Continues Tracking Online Rentals For License, Tax Adherence

OCEAN CITY – Efforts to manage short-term online rentals in Ocean City could get a boost from some outside help to track down scofflaws. For at least the last two years, Ocean City officials have b...

Elected Officials, Groups Renew Offshore Drilling Battle

OCEAN CITY — The battle against opening the ocean to drilling for oil began anew this week after the Trump administration announced a plan to consider vast areas of coastline for the controversi...

No Charges Expected In Berlin Pedestrian Accident; Fundraising Efforts Planned To Help Family

BERLIN – Charges are not expected to be filed following the Christmas Eve accident that injured a local pedestrian. Berlin Police Chief Arnold Downing said this week there weren’t plans to file ch...

Canal Dredging Expansion Slowed By Deposit Site Issues

OCEAN CITY — Despite the most recent bids coming in much lower than expected, an expansion of the resort’s canal dredging operation could be stalled by the lack of an appropriate material plac...

Special Event Zone Idea Advances With Legislation Planned In Annapolis

OCEAN CITY — Legislation creating special enforcement zones to help stem some of the issues associated with the mobilized special events in Ocean City will be introduced in this General Assembl...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – January 12, 2018

For the second time in less than three years, Worcester County has lost its economic development director. Back in September 2015, Bill Badger resigned after four years on the job, saying county gove...

Losing Not A Part Of Any Battle With Cancer

It’s often said when people die after a cancer diagnosis that they lost their fight or battle. I remember many years ago writing something to that effect while memorializing on these pages an influ...