In The End, School Board Made Right Choice

The Worcester County Board of Education deserves praise for evaluating the big picture correctly when it came to picking the next Superintendent of Schools. The school board had a difficult decision t...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – October 7, 2016

Berlin’s voters have spoken. Actually, 740 of the more than 3,172 registered voters made their choice. That’s a pathetic voter turnout rate of 23 percent, compared to even more dismal 17 percent i...

Wicomico, Worcester Improve Standardized Testing Scores

BERLIN – The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) released last year’s testing scores last week, showing strong improvements for both Wicomico and Worcester count...

Volunteer Firefighter Shortage ‘Becoming Critical’

SNOW HILL – “It’s almost like the volunteer fireman is becoming an endangered species.” As National Fire Prevention Week begins Sunday, Worcester County Commissioner Merrill Lockfaw took the o...

Newly Painted Hopscotch Area At OC Elementary A Hit

Kindergartener Sophia Macrides is enjoying a game of hopscotch during recess at Ocean City Elementary School. The newly painted hopscotch area is one of the new additions that the OCES PTA added to ...

A Week In Business – October 7, 2016

Chic Boutique, owned by A Perfect Face Day Spa, recently opened its doors, offering a unique variety of fashions. The boutique is connected to A Perfect Day Spa in West Ocean City off Route 50. Above,...

UPDATED: County School Board Taps Taylor As Next Leader

NEWARK – Education officials announced last Friday that Worcester County native Lou Taylor will be the new superintendent of Worcester County Public Schools. Taylor, who is currently the school syst...

Dine United Campaign Raises $44K In First Year

OCEAN CITY – Participating restaurants in Ocean City have raised $44,118 in the United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore’s first Dine United OC competition. Executive Director Kathleen Momme announce...

OC Elementary First Graders Enjoy Buddy Readers

Ocean City Elementary first grader Carson Green enjoys listening to a story read by his fourth grade Buddy Readers Angel Tejeda and Tyler Cox. Each week students from Jennifer Fohner’s first gr...

OC Man Admits To Operating Meth Lab Out Of Hotel

OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City man arrested in March after police located a methamphetamine lab in a room at a bayfront hotel at 59th Street pleaded guilty this week and was sentenced to five years,...