Showell Elementary Honors Volunteers With Breakfast

Showell Elementary Assistant Principal Wynnette Handy hosted a breakfast to honor the volunteers who selflessly serve the students at the school. Pictured, from left, are background mural artist ...

County Remains Uncertain How To Initiate School Safety Officers

SNOW HILL -- County officials this week agreed to keep funding in the proposed fiscal year 2014 budget for school safety, but it remains uncertain just what the finished product will look like. In the...

Casino Now Open 24 Hours

BERLIN -- Starting Friday morning at 8, the Casino at Ocean Downs will remain open 24 hours a day until Monday, Sept. 30 at 4 a.m. The Casino at Ocean Downs last week gained approval from the Maryland...

County Might Take Over Ocean City Election

OCEAN CITY – City officials are getting rid of Ocean City’s outdated voting booths so voters can have one-stop voting on Election Day. According to City Clerk Kelly Allmond, during the 201...

OC Eyes Tourism Dashboard To Track Key Figures

OCEAN CITY – The Town of Ocean City is on its way to creating a new tourism dashboard that will collect a variety of data to use as a metric in determining tourism productivity. Ocean City touri...

Half Of Public Safety Building Lot To Become Paid Parking

OCEAN CITY – Half of the Public Safety Building parking lot on 65th Street will become paid parking for Ocean City visitors and residents starting this summer. Along with the Mayor and City Coun...

Special Holiday Weekend Event Set For Berlin

BERLIN -- The newly remodeled basketball courts at Henry Park will get a baptism by fire of sorts with the first annual Berlin Day in the Park, a three-day event over Memorial Day weekend that will in...

Local Raids Lead To $1.4M, Corruption Charges; Terrorist Connection Probed

BERLIN -- Two local business owners have been indicted for enterprise corruption and money laundering, among other charges, for their roles in smuggling millions of dollars’ worth of illegal unt...

Thoughts From The Publisher's Desk

The Worcester County Commissioners could not have done more to alienate the county’s bus drivers than what happened at this week’s meeting. The one good thing was the business was conducte...

Cautionary Reactions To Terrorist Allegations

In light of word spreading that a local business owning family has been potentially linked to a terrorism network, it’s natural for the community to be in shock. As news broke yesterday, there w...