While Hanging Out Of Vehicle, Cop Forced To Shoot Driver

SALISBURY -- A drunk-driving suspect was shot by a Maryland State Police trooper early Tuesday morning after fleeing the scene of a traffic stop with the officer hanging out of his vehicle’s dri...

Settlement Inked In Legionnaire’s Federal Civil Suit

OCEAN CITY -- A federal civil suit filed by one of several victims affected by an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease at a Boardwalk hotel in 2011 was settled this week with undisclosed terms, but...

Attorney General Opines Gun Control Changes Are Legal

OCEAN CITY -- While Lower Shore lawmakers continued to voice their disdain for Maryland’s new gun control laws passed during the 2013 General Assembly session, the state’s top attorney thi...

OC Hosting Regional Surf Event

OCEAN CITY – The largest amateur surf organization in the U.S., Eastern Surfing Association (ESA) will be bringing over 300 competitors to the resort area over multiple weekends throughout the s...

Meehan Refuses To Veto Public Safety Pension Change

OCEAN CITY – The former City Council majority’s request for the mayor to veto an ordinance amending the Ocean City Police Department’s pension plan for new hires was swiftly turned d...

Wicomico Closed Session Talks Questioned

SALISBURY – Minutes from a closed session meeting of the Wicomico County Council in March confirm there was a debate on whether to oust Council Vice President Bob Culver after being accused of d...

New Berlin Community’s Site Plan Gets Early Nod

BERLIN -- A site plan that first came before the Berlin Planning Commission in 2009 and received preliminary approval then was back in front of the same group this week. The original approval had laps...

Argument Leads To Stabbing In OC

OCEAN CITY -- One local woman is in the hospital and another is behind bars after a stabbing incident in an Ocean City residential neighborhood early Thursday morning. Around 3:50 a.m. on Thursday, Oc...

New Resort Condo Project A Sign ‘Tide Is Turning’

OCEAN CITY – The first new condominium construction project to come before the Planning and Zoning Commission in almost seven years was approved this week. On Tuesday evening, the commission rev...

Ghost Crab Pot Recovery Effort Looks To Continue

OCEAN CITY – In an effort to stabilize the local diamond back terrapin population, Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) is working with a local waterman to remove abandoned crab pots in the wate...