Council Approves ‘Game-Changer’ Truck For Beach Trash Collection

OCEAN CITY — Resort officials on Tuesday approved a complicated deal to create a hybrid, state-of-the-art trash collection truck called a “game changer” for how Ocean City collects the mount...

Second Salvaged Location Coming To Berlin Soon

BERLIN – It all started with a new home and a can of paint. Now a Berlin couple is teaming up with business owners from a successful custom furniture store in Lewes to open a second location in down...

Public Comments Sought On Possible Uses For Ilia Fehrer Nature Preserve

SNOW HILL – Worcester County is currently soliciting public input on a forest stewardship plan for the Ilia Fehrer Nature Preserve. The plan, which outlines the various sections of the 437-acre pres...

Q&A With Speaker Coming To OC To Talk About Addiction ‘Pandemic’

BERLIN – Michael DeLeon, a national public speaker from New Jersey, spends most of his year visiting schools and community organizations around the country, speaking to kids and adults about the gro...

Local Uber Driver Charged With Numerous Area Break-Ins

FENWICK ISLAND — A Delaware Uber driver has been charged with multiple burglaries after a months-long investigation determined he was the common denominator in a series of break-ins at his patro...

Ocean City Bus Cameras Not Expected This Summer

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City officials are still waiting to install camera surveillance equipment on municipal buses with grant money the town received late last year. In a Transportation Committee meeti...

UPDATE: After Considerable Debate, Summer Fireworks Start Time Remains At 10 P.M.

OCEAN CITY — The weekly fireworks shows in downtown Ocean City will continue to go off at 10 p.m. as they have in years past after a tense Mayor and Council debate over possibly moving the start...

New Restaurant Planned For Long Dormant English’s Site

SNOW HILL – The county’s board of license commissioners approved alcohol privileges for a new Ocean City restaurant but not before cautioning its connections. On Wednesday, the Worcester County Bo...

Voices From The Readers – February 17, 2017

Public Education Needs Protection Editor: As a retired teacher and current substitute, I have taught students in all grade levels, age 3 through adult. My undergraduate degree is in education, with a ...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – February 17, 2017

The Maryland General Assembly session is kicking into high gear in Annapolis with a flurry of bills, several of local significance, being introduced in recent weeks. Although I doubt it will get passe...