Post-Labor Day School Start Pushed

OCEAN CITY -- State Comptroller Peter Franchot met with resort business leaders yesterday morning to announce his initiative to push the start date for public schools across Maryland back until after ...

Area Businesses Score RAM Awards

OCEAN CITY -- The Restaurant Association of Maryland held its 58th Annual McCormick and Company Stars of the Industry Awards gala on Monday, recognizing the top restaurants and bars across the state i...

Voices From The Readers

Stop The Subsidizing Editor: The proposed increase in the OC tax rate from $.395 to $.4685 represents a tax rate increase of 18.6 percent. My assessed value didn't decrease by that percentage. The Cit...

Employee Bonus Concept Popular

As part of budget deliberations, government officials in Ocean City and Berlin were weighing the allocation of one-time employee bonuses this week as a way, they say, to show appreciation for their em...

Thoughts From The Publisher's Desk

State Comptroller Peter Franchot continued his unofficial bid for governor during a few stops on the lower shore yesterday, including an announcement of his desire for a new state policy forbidding sc...

City Council Moves Forward With New Scooter Regs

OCEAN CITY – Regulations placed on the resort’s scooter rental industry in town to improve public safety moved one step closer to final approval this week with just a couple of tweaks made...

WOC Cat Situation May Spark Changes

SNOW HILL -- In the wake of public outcry over the euthanasia of three West Ocean City cats, the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office and Animal Control tried to clear the air Tuesday, presenting a...

Wicomico, Worcester Announce Burning Bans

BERLIN -- Unseasonably warm and dry weather have resulted in persistent drought conditions across the Lower Shore, forcing officials in Worcester and Wicomico counties this week to issue a ban on most...

Easton Mail Center Closure Fought

BERLIN -- Md. Sen. Barbara Mikulski again this week made her feelings known about the proposed closure of the U.S. Postal Service Mail Processing Center in Easton, which serves the entire Eastern Shor...

OCPD Plans Tech Advancements

OCEAN CITY – Police Chief Bernadette DiPino provided an update to the Mayor and City Council last week as the department prepares for the upcoming summer season. “When I became chief nine ...