Boardwalk Wind Turbines Headed To Council For OK

OCEAN CITY – A favorable recommendation will be moved forward to the Mayor and City Council to allow the first wind turbines to be installed on a Boardwalk property. Last October, the Planning a...

Worcester, Wicomico Officials Unite Against Pension Shift

ANNAPOLIS -- In a rare moment of accord, all nine counties on Maryland’s Eastern Shore stepped up to oppose the shift of a traditionally state-paid fund to the county level. 
Though itR...

Route 50 Shopping Center Plans Advance

SNOW HILL -- The shopping center around Wal-Mart and Home Depot in West Ocean City is about to grow after the Worcester County Planning Commission approved a 15,755-square-foot commercial building to ...

Salisbury Department Split Proposal Dies

SALISBURY -- Internal Services will remain a single department, despite Salisbury Mayor Jim Ireton’s attempt to have it split into two separate divisions. He told the City Council Monday that a ...

$37.6M Bond Ceiling Approved

OCEAN CITY – The Mayor and City Council voted to approve an ordinance on final reading to authorize the issue and sale of General Obligation Municipal Purpose and Refunding Bonds not to exceed $...

Plan To Expand Sales Tax Worries Trade Groups

BERLIN -- Proposed legislation expanding the state’s sales tax to more than two dozen new services has garnered the attention of the resort and state business community. House Bill 1051 calls fo...

Proposed Scooter Changes Outlined

OCEAN CITY – The Planning and Zoning Commission is close to approving a final proposal regulating scooter rental operations in town. On Tuesday night, the commission continued a public hearing t...

Berlin To Soon Hear Suggestions For Flooding Woes

BERLIN -- Months after beginning a stormwater feasibility study in Berlin, representatives of the University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center (UMEFC) announced that the process is nearing comp...

Commission President Wants End To Organized Budget Campaign

SNOW HILL -- After hearing the Worcester County Board of Education’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2013 Tuesday, Commission President Bud Church requested that parents, teachers and students s...

Salisbury Council Shoots Down More Say For Mayor

SALISBURY -- An attempt by Salisbury Mayor Jim Ireton to regain some of the control taken from his office by a charter amendment last fall was dismissed by the City Council in a traditional 3-2 vote. ...