OC Ice Cream Truck Rules Tweaked

OCEAN CITY -- Ocean City officials this week passed an ordinance limiting the areas of operation for vehicle vendors, such as ice cream trucks, in the interest of protecting established downtown busin...

NEW FOR THURSDAY: School Safety Plan Includes 13 Resource Officers; Positions Will Need Special County Funding

SNOW HILL -- A new Safety Action Plan for Worcester County’s public schools, including armed security officers in schools, was recommended by the Board of Education’s Safety Committee and ...

Critical Areas Ordinance Sent Back To Planners

SALISBURY -- The Salisbury City Council sent the city’s Critical Areas Ordinance back down to the Wicomico County Planning and Zoning Commission this week. While the commission had attached a fa...

OC Businesses Earn Nominations For Statewide Awards

OCEAN CITY -- The Restaurant Association of Maryland (RAM) last week announced the nominees for its annual awards, and the resort area is again well represented with a local establishment nominated in...

Mixed Outcomes For Local Operators Looking To Expand Liquor Businesses

SNOW HILL -- Applicants seeking expanded licenses from the Board of License Commissioners (BLC) Wednesday met with mixed results, with one application approved, one denied and a third compromised. The...

Mathias Seeks Task Force To Study Later School Start

OCEAN CITY -- Responding to a call to revisit the issue, Senator Jim Mathias (D-38) last week introduced legislation in the General Assembly that would create a task force to study the possibility of ...

School Board Proposes Pay Raises For All Employees

SNOW HILL -- The Worcester County Board of Education is proposing a FY2014 operating budget that would include salary increases for all employees, funding to replace grant money that supports After Sc...

Snow Hill’s Opera House Renovation Eyed

SNOW HILL -- The town of Snow Hill is “coming back alive” in terms of economic and community development, according to Mayor Charlie Dorman. Meeting with the Worcester County Commission Tu...

Suggestions For Beating Those Winter Blues

BERLIN -- For those feeling the “Winter Blues” this season, riding out the gloom until spring isn’t the only option, according to Dr. Jennifer Leggour, Clinical Director at Worcester...

Indian Sculpture’s Future In Ocean City Unclear

OCEAN CITY -- With restoration funding uncertain, the future of the landmark Indian sculpture at the Inlet in Ocean City is in doubt this week as the weather has taken its toll on it over the last thr...