Route 113 Intersection Needs A Light, Residents Urge

SNOW HILL -- Weeks after the most recent fatality at a troubled intersection, Snow Hill residents turned out in force Wednesday night at a public hearing to demand a traffic light at Routes 113 and 12...

Ravens Honor Decatur Students For Community Service

BALTIMORE – One hundred National Honor Society and Presidential Service Award volunteers from Stephen Decatur High School attended the Ravens vs. Broncos game last week after being selected as H...

Performing Arts Center Plans Advance

OCEAN CITY -- The new 1,200-seat performing arts center in the Roland E. Powell Convention Center is on the fast track after city officials this week got an overview of the schematic design for the pr...

New Worcester Program Targets Minority Gap

NEWARK -- Despite consistently ranking at the top of school systems in the state, educators in Worcester County have always acknowledged that schools here suffer from the same minority achievement gap...

Judge Rules For Family In Clean Water Act Lawsuit

BERLIN -- After three years of tense legal wrangling, a U.S. District Court judge on Thursday issued a ruling in the landmark civil suit filed against a Berlin farm family and Perdue over alleged poll...

Federal Aid Decision Reversed To Help Somerset

OCEAN CITY – The decision to deny Individual Assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was overturned this week to provide help to Somerset County residents and businesses f...

Fearing State Law, County Eyes Subdivision Changes

SNOW HILL -- With the deadline for accepting the controversial Senate Bill 236, or the “Septics Bill,” looming, the Worcester County Commissioners will be looking to re-define the definiti...

Council Okays Taxi Medallion Transfer

OCEAN CITY -- The Ocean City Council this week approved the sale of a taxi medallion from one independent operator to another after sending the seller back to the drawing board two weeks ago over conc...

Council Approves Noise Law Change

OCEAN CITY -- Ocean City officials this week approved on second reading an amendment, which, if ultimately approved, will add more teeth to the resort’s noise ordinance. In November, Noise Contr...

Voices From The Readers

Clarity On Finances Editor: The sky is falling. The Ocean Pines Administration forecast a "loss" of $335,000. We are terrorized by arbitrary budgets because we do not look at spending in a b...