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. ...

NEW FOR THURSDAY: 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...

NEW FOR THURSDAY: 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 me...

NEW FOR WEDNESDAY: Resort's City Manager Search Enters Final Stretch

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...