Union, City Unable To Agree On New Labor Contract; City’s Last Offer Includes Raise, Schedule Changes

OCEAN CITY — The deadline for a new labor contract between the Town of Ocean City and its firefighters union expired at midnight on Monday with no break in the impasse over the proposed work sch...

Guilty Plea In Homicide

SNOW HILL — One of two sisters charged in the stabbing death of a local man outside a Pocomoke convenience store last October pleaded guilty last week in Worcester County Circuit Court and now a...

Student Artwork Featured At Ward Museum Exhibit

SALISBURY – A number of student artists from Worcester County are among those whose work is featured in the annual student art exhibit at the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art. A reception Feb. 19 honored...

Brown Box Theatre Plans Salisbury, OC Shows

BERLIN — The Brown Box Theatre Project returns this month for its 2nd Annual Evening of Short Plays: BOXER SHORTS II: From Water to Dust/De Agua al Polvo. This year’s series will be directed b...

Worcester Prep’s Ibrahim Khan And Pranay Sanwal Win 1st Place In Worcester County Annual Youth Chess Tournament

Worcester Preparatory School fifth grader Ibrahim Khan and sixth grader Pranay Sanwal won 1st Place in their age divisions at the Wicomico County Recreation, Parks & Tourism Annual Youth Chess Tou...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk

The saying goes, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That comes to mind with the current squabble between the Town of Ocean City and its firefighter/paramedics union. In 2015, two calls out of ...

Ladies Ancient Order Of Hibernians Presents $600 Check To Shepherd’s Crook

Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians member Joanne Kirby recently presented a check for $600 to Katie Coffman, director of the Noel Christmas dinner and Shepherd’s Crook.

Students Learn About Song, Dance During Read Across America Day

BERLIN – A storyteller used the song and dance of his native Uganda to take Buckingham Elementary School students on a virtual trip to Africa as they celebrated Read Across America Day this week. On...

Royalton Hotel Demolition ‘Bittersweet’ For Family After Years Of Legal Struggles

OCEAN CITY – It took more than 13 years of planning and litigation to demolish the Royalton Hotel on the Ocean City Boardwalk, but now its owners are hopeful that rebuilding one of the resort’s ma...

UPDATE: Contract Deadline Passes Without Accord Between Firefighters Union, City; Current Contract Runs To June 30

OCEAN CITY — The deadline for a new labor contract between the Town of Ocean City and its firefighters union expired at midnight on Monday with no break in the impasse over the proposed work sch...