When It Comes To Casinos Funding Education, The House Always Wins

BALTIMORE- At the risk of over-simplifying Maryland’s $40 billion-plus budget, the situation the state faced back in 2008 when it decided to legalize casino gambling was not that different from ...

We Remember Those We Have Lost – January 27, 2017

Elizabeth “Beth” Gordy Arvidson OCEAN CITY – Elizabeth “Beth” Gordy Arvidson, 70, of Mill Valley, Calif., passed away peacefully on Jan. 2, 2017, after a year-long battle with acute myeloid ...

Ocean City Elementary School Holds Jump Roping Club

Each year during the months of December and January, Ocean City Elementary School holds a Jump Roping Club for its third- and fourth-grade students. Jump Club is a part of the school’s Health and We...

What’s Your Sign? January 27, 2017

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): The changes you’ve waited to see in your work situation might not be happening quite as quickly as you’d hoped. Although the pace is slow, it’s ongoing....

Worcester Preparatory School Headmaster Patron Of Second Grader Bread Sale

Worcester Preparatory School Headmaster Dr. Barry Tull purchases a slice of bread for 25 cents from second-graders Cora Conway, Ben Holloway, Dade Kappes, Jack Wells, Bella Fernley and Chloe Antonov.

Initiatives Hope To Attract, Keep Millenials On Lower Shore

SALISBURY – Jobs are where the millennials are, according to recent data, and with the partnership of commercial stakeholders officials in Wicomico County want to incentivize Salisbury University gr...

Memorial To Honor Only Ocean City Native Killed In Vietnam

OCEAN CITY- Resort officials this week signed off on a proposal to create a lasting memorial to the only Ocean City native killed in action in Vietnam with a bench of reflection near City Hall where h...

Berlin To Help With Little League Lights

BERLIN- Town leaders agreed to donate more than $13,000 in labor costs to Berlin Little League in its efforts to install lights at the local ballfield. The Berlin Town Council voted unanimously in fav...

Things To Do Around Town – January 27, 2017

Jan. 27: Knights Of Columbus Bingo Doors open 5 p.m.; games begin 6:30 p.m. Columbus Hall, 9901 Coastal Hwy. (behind St. Luke’s Church), Ocean City. Refreshments for sale. 410-524-7994. Jan. 27: Ame...

Recent Resort-Area Manslaughter Cases Follow Similar Trend

SNOW HILL- Homicide and manslaughter cases are few and far between in the resort area, but a handful in recent years have all followed a familiar theme of essentially a fight gone terribly wrong, incl...