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...

Fenwick Holds Off Decision On Parking Permit Fee Increase; Council To Revisit Issue At Budget Time

FENWICK ISLAND – Town officials opted to delay a decision on whether to increase parking permit fees until April budget discussions. During a Feb. 26 meeting, members of the Fenwick Island Town Coun...

Army Corps To Conduct Emergency Inlet Dredging After Recent Storms

OCEAN CITY — The federal Army Corps of Engineers late this week is expected to begin an emergency dredging of the Ocean City Inlet that shoaled in even further during Winter Storm Jonas in late ...

Firefighters Union, Ocean City Differ Over Work Schedules With March 1 Contract Deadline Looming

OCEAN CITY — A stalemate during employment contract negotiations over work scheduling between Ocean City and the firefighters union has led to employees planning to file an unfair labor practice...

Lauren Laque Wins First Place At SD High School Talent Show

With singers, musicians, dancers and many other talented performers, senior Lauren Laque was able to sing and play her way to first place in the Stephen Decatur High School annual talent show on Feb. ...

Senator, County At Odds Over Package Goods Measure; Commissioners Support House Legislation

BERLIN — One week after Worcester officials threw their support behind a bill introduced in the House to pursue an exit strategy for the county’s Department of Liquor Control (DLC), Senator Ji...

Growing SonRise Church Eyes Former Merial Site On Route 50 For Future Home

BERLIN – After years of fundraising and searching for the perfect site, SonRise Church is poised to move to the former location of Merial Select in Berlin. “Our plans are to acquire the property a...

Three File To Represent School Board’s District 3; Long-Time Incumbent Faces Challengers

NEWARK – Voters will notice several candidates for the Worcester County Board of Education on the ballot as they head to the polls in this spring’s primary election. Longtime incumbent Sara Thomps...

Harley Property Sold For $3M; New Owners Seek ‘Quality Tenant For The Property’

BERLIN – An investment company from Baltimore has purchased the long vacant Harley Davidson property on Route 50. The 13-acre property, which was listed for $3.9 million, has been empty since the Ha...

Open Houses Of The Week

WEST OCEAN CITY Seaside Village Golf Course Road Mon-Sat 10-5 Sun 12-5 3BR/2FB/2HB Town Homes Mark Fritschle Group/ Condominium Realty 410-524-6400   FENWICK ISLAND Swann Cove West Daily 12-6 New...