New Highway Pedestrian Safety Features In Place

OCEAN CITY – With a cautious eye on last summer’s pedestrian deaths and dozens of other accidents, items are being checked off a list to help make the Ocean City’s streets safer for ...

County Agency Awarded Grant To Lead Program

SNOW HILL -- Worcester County Health Department officials this month announced the agency has been selected by the state to implement a regional consumer assistance program to help educate, determine ...

OCBP To Hold Training Academy Before Season Starts

OCEAN CITY -- The Ocean City Beach Patrol (OCBP) starts guarding the 10 miles of beach the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, May 25, and guards through Sunfest weekend, which is usually the third week...

Scooter Driver Injured In Crash With Police Car

OCEAN CITY -- A Salisbury man was hospitalized with unknown injuries early Monday morning after the motor scooter he was operating collided with an Ocean City Police cruiser stopped at traffic signal ...

Cruisin Weekend Hits Ocean City

OCEAN CITY -- One of the most popular hot rod shows on the East Coast, the 23rd Annual Cruisin Ocean City returns to Ocean City this weekend. Officially kicking off yesterday, the nationally recognize...

Grant Sought To Fund Stormwater Project

BERLIN -- Officials this week approved the application for the latest phase of a state grant to address the ongoing problems in certain flood-prone areas of the town. The Mayor and Council on Monday a...

Volunteers Eyed For Terrapin Count

OCEAN CITY -- The Maryland Coastal Bays Program, partnering with the Terrapin Work Group, a group composed of terrapin researchers and managers, is looking for volunteers who would like to help with t...

Museums Open Doors To Mark Special Occasion

BERLIN — On Saturday, May 18, the museums of Worcester County will be joining thousands of museums around the world in celebrating International Museum Day, an opportunity to encourage awareness...

County Approves Employee Raises; Bus Contractors Get Lower Amount

SNOW HILL -- Worcester County employees and teachers will get a raise in the upcoming fiscal year, but it likely will not be what they were hoping for. During budget deliberations on Tuesday, the Coun...

County Works On Cutting $7 Million; Showell Project Funding Included

SNOW HILL -- Worcester County officials this week began an attempt to reconcile an estimated $7 million-plus budget deficit with a marathon work session during which they examined the spending plan li...