OC Councilman Proposes Random Act of Kindness Day

OCEAN CITY – April 6 may become “Random Act of Kindness Day in Ocean City” to help motivate residents and visitors to pay it forward through acts of compassion. At Monday’s mee...

Council Narrows City Manager Field

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City has narrowed the field of candidates to fill Ocean City’s vacant city manager post and expects to have the seat filled no later than May. In separate phone intervie...

Bill Paves Way For North OC Wine, Beer Festival

OCEAN CITY -- If businesses in north Ocean City want to pool resources to hold a wine or beer festival, the law will most likely soon be on their side. It was said at last month’s North Ocean Ci...

Coastal Highway Lane Closures Planned

OCEAN CITY – Beginning on Monday, March 12, motorists traveling northbound on Coastal Highway at 49th Street will be rerouted to the bus lane as all three northbound lanes will be closed to enab...

Judge Urges Settlement In Clean Water Act Case

BERLIN -- In a ruling with mixed results for the parties involved, a U.S. District Court judge in Baltimore last week again urged both sides in the ongoing legal battle involving a local farm to strik...

State’s Attorney Addresses Baby Ava Case Critics

BERLIN -- In response to dozens of Facebook posts on the Worcester County State’s Attorney’s page in recent weeks, Beau Oglesby posted a statement on the social network last Friday address...

Surprises Await Inside New Pink Building Along Route 50

BERLIN -- Fashions For Less has moved into Berlin and is making its presence known with some unconventional marketing. “The pink building is an advertisement itself,” acknowledged owner Do...

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 ...