Over capacity, too few users blamed for water troubles

(Feb. 9, 2017) Pocomoke City’s water troubles are caused by too much storage and not enough people making use of the service, resulting in stale water containing deposits of iron and other mater...

Woman Arrested After Robbing Bank With No Weapon

WEST OCEAN CITY — A local woman was arrested and charged with armed robbery this week after allegedly holding up a bank in West Ocean City early Monday morning. Shortly after 9 a.m. on Monday, t...

Council Approves Inlet Parking Lot Changes; Statistics Show Small Number Of Motorists Will Be Impacted

OCEAN CITY — Satisfied the statistics from last year illustrated a minimal impact on visitors, the Mayor and Council on Monday approved a resolution to reduce the grace period for free parking a...

Study Finds No Market For Indoor Sports Arena, But Demand For Outdoor Field Complex

SNOW HILL – A study conducted by the Maryland Stadium Authority indicates that while there is a market for an outdoor sports field complex in Worcester County, there’s little demand for an arena o...

UPDATED: Bank Robbery In West Ocean City

UPDATED … WEST OCEAN CITY — A few more details have emerged in the Monday morning robbery of the Farmers Bank of Willards in West Ocean City including further description of the suspect wh...

Therapy Dog Works His First Day Inside High School

POCOMOKE CITY – Pocomoke High School’s newest staff member greeted students with a wagging tail and a kind expression as he roamed the blue and gold halls this week. Monday marked the first offici...

White Marlin Open To Stay In Federal Suit, Judge Rules

OCEAN CITY — There was some movement on Friday in the federal suit involving the alleged rules violation in the 2016 White Marlin Open (WMO), including a ruling by the judge the tournament will ...

Aquarium Drops Canyon Effort In Response To Local Concerns; Officials Pleased With Outcome

OCEAN CITY — The National Aquarium this week officially withdrew its application to designate the Baltimore Canyon as a national marine sanctuary, ending months of trepidation about future acces...

Group Raising Funds To Bring Abuse Speaker To Resort

OCEAN CITY – Officials with Growing Hope and their partners at Live Wire Media are raising funds to bring speaker Michael DeLeon, founder of the national addiction education and prevention organizat...

Beach Ball Water Tower Now In Operation; Two Others Being Drained Before Razing

OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s downtown landscape will see another significant change in the coming weeks when two existing water towers are dismantled and the third with a beach ball paint job goe...