Voices From The Readers

Non-Profit Helping Overcome Cuts Editor: The article by Shawn Soper on sequester impacts on Assateague Island National Seashore and your editorial comments were well put but don’t tell the whole...

Open Letter To High School Graduates

Dear Graduates, Congratulations to you all. By now, you have walked across the stage, before your classmates, teachers, administrators and family, shook hands with a figure of authority and received y...

Thoughts From The Publisher's Desk

Last weekend’s frightening hit-and-run accident involving a 6-year-old struck by an 18-year-old motorist is as disturbing as they come. The child was reportedly hit with such force that she flew...

New Store Not Hurting Berlin Salesl DLC Head ‘Prefer To Leave It Open’

BERLIN -- Three weeks after opening, the Department of Liquor Control’s (DLC) new flagship store on Route 50 has caught up to the sales rate of the West Ocean City store that it replaced. The st...

Air Show Features Civilian Planes

OCEAN CITY -- The OC Air Show will feature what organizers are calling an “All-Star, All-Civilian line up”, this weekend over the beach and Boardwalk. There will be teams of parachute jump...

Salisbury Council Looks To Original Skate Park Site

SALISBURY -- Skateboarders in Salisbury should be able to trade sidewalks for half pipes soon with the City Council finally coming to a majority, if split, decision to build a skate park on South Park...

Firemen’s Convention Returning To OC June 16-21

OCEAN CITY -- The Maryland State Firemen’s Association will be hosting the 121st Annual Convention and Conference, June 16-21, in Ocean City, Maryland. President John Denver, Maryland State Fire...

County, Culver Moving Past Alleged Closed Session Leak

SALISBURY – Controversy among Wicomico County Council members over one official’s alleged breach of confidentiality has apparently subsided as the county and Councilman Bob Culver released...

Supreme Court Reverses Local DNA Case

BERLIN -- A divided U.S. Supreme Court this week narrowly voted to reverse a Maryland Court of Appeals decision on a landmark case rooted in a Lower Shore rape dating back a decade. On Monday, the U.S...

Salisbury Mulls Offering Free Downtown Wi-Fi

SALISBURY -- Following the success of other communities, such as Berlin, the city of Salisbury is considering adding free Wi-Fi to its downtown. Officials hope that the Internet accessibility will ser...