Worcester Tax Increase Called ‘Inevitable’

SNOW HILL -- With a $17 million gap between revenue and expenditures in the requested Fiscal Year 2013 operating budget, the Worcester County Commissioners will be forced to choose between cutting pro...

Alliance Aims To Preserve Assateague’s Resources

ASSATEAGUE -- Still celebrating the recent birth of two new foals, the Assateague Island Alliance (AIA) outlined some future plans for the National Seashore last week including improving education, en...

Longtime Principal Leaving Decatur For Board Of Ed Post

SNOW HILL -- The Worcester County Board of Education (BoE) will be promoting from within this summer when Stephen Decatur High School (SDHS) Principal Louis Taylor fills the vacancy left by retiring A...

Oyster Shucking Contest On Tap

WEST OCEAN CITY -- The Greene Turtle in West Ocean City this Sunday will host its 10th Annual Oyster Shucking Contest with the Worcester County Humane Society set as the beneficiary of the event. The ...

Easton Mail Center Closure Decried

BERLIN -- Maryland Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin last week sent a strongly worded letter to Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe expressing their outrage over the “total disregard fo...

North OC Alliance Seeks Council Support

OCEAN CITY –The North Ocean City Business Alliance sought the Mayor and Council’s support this week for a formulated plan to bring new special events to north Ocean City. Michael James, ma...

Legion To Honor Vietnam War Vets

OCEAN CITY -- The American Legion Post 166 in Ocean City next week will honor Vietnam War veterans on the 39th anniversary of the date in 1973 when the last U.S. troops were withdrawn from the conflic...

Air Show Adds U.S. Navy Hornet Demo Team

OCEAN CITY – The newest addition to the 2012 OC Air Show was announced this week, the U.S. Navy F-18 Hornet Demo Team. Ocean City Air Show President Bryan Lilley provided an update on this summe...

Annual Native Plant Sale Now Accepting Orders

BERLIN -- For the 13th year, the Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT) will offer a selection of native flowering perennials and heirloom tomatoes at its annual festival, but this year the event has been rel...

Annual Teacher Banquet Next Week

NEWARK -- Worcester County’s 25th Teacher of the Year Banquet will be held next Friday, March 30 in Ocean City. “This year’s 25th Teacher of the Year Banquet will be as much abo...