Voices From The Readers – February 5, 2021

OC Should Consider 2-Cent Tax DecreaseEditor:Just recently, we learned that seven months into Fiscal Year (FY) 21, the Mayor & City Council (M&CC) of the Town of Ocean City are sitting w...

Worcester To Rent Public Landing Boat Slips

SNOW HILL – County officials approved plans to rent out boat slips at Public Landing.On Tuesday, the Worcester County Commissioners voted 6-0 to move forward with renting out 30 slips at Public ...

Lifting Closing Restriction Brings ‘Much-Needed Relief’

OCEAN CITY — The resort’s hospitality industry got some assistance last week when Gov. Larry Hogan eased the 10 p.m. closing time restriction on restaurants and bars.With Maryland still in...

Proposed Tip Credit Elimination Worries Restaurants

OCEAN CITY — For an industry already struggling because of the ongoing pandemic, a proposed increase in the federal minimum wage and the elimination of the tip credit could signal the end for ma...

Fenwick Island Council Officials Irked Over Integrity Questions

FENWICK ISLAND – Disagreements among council members regarding meeting minutes, council gatherings and allegations of misconduct reached a boiling point in Fenwick Island late last month.What st...

The Adventures Of Fatherhood – February 5, 2021

“They always come back.”This was a simple sentence from a friend, a father of four adults, in a conversation about my 12-year-old son.It was not that long ago I would have done anything fo...

Obituaries –February 5, 2021

Roger Leonard Flather, Jr.OCEAN CITY — Roger Leonard Flather, Jr., age 85, died on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin.Born in Washington DC, he was the son of the lat...

Thrift Shop Donates To Hope4Recovery

The Church Mouse Thrift Shop Coordinator Helen Wiley recently made a donation to Brandon O’Brien, executive director of the Hope4Recovery house in Berlin. The Church Mouse is an outreach m...

Things I Like – February 5, 2021

Games with the kids on a snow dayShoveling snow once or twice a yearHow excited my kids still get for hotel staysA wave from someone who thinks I’m someone elsePivotingThe first drink after week...

Salsibury Rotary Club Award First Place Raffle Winner $10,000

The Rotary Club of Salisbury congratulated Kevin Hayes for his first place $10,000 winnings from the 2020 Rotary Club of Salisbury raffle. Pictured, from left, are Joe Stefursky, Raffle Chairman; Bil...