Helmets may be required for scooter users
(July 24, 2009) Ocean City is about to do what the state legislature would not: require people riding scooters to wear helmets. On Monday, the City Council passed an ordinance on a first reading requiring helmets for scooter drivers and passengers. The ordinance only applies to rental scooters and also requires riders to wear some type of footwear. Full Story
County selects plan for Route 50 bridge north of current structure
WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
(July 24, 2009) "I just wish you could fix the damn bridge," Louise Gulyas, president of the Worcester County Commissioners, told State Highway Administration representatives Tuesday after a discussion about the Route 50 bridge. Full Story
WE CAUGHT A WHOPPER
When Paul Fischer told us he caught a 44-inch rockfish off the inlet jetty two weeks ago, we believed him. Shame on us for buying into that fishy story. He caught it, apparently, but an anonymous tipster told us the picture we published had been hanging in the Pirate's Den on 33rd Street for more than two years (it now hangs upside down, above). We checked it out and it's true. Caught in a fish tale, Fischer apologized. "It started out to be a joke. It was not my intention [to make the newspaper look foolish]," he told Ocean City Today. "My intention was to light up my son's eyes who I haven't seen in three years." We apologize for the false information. At least this one didn't get away … Full Story
Worcester's ties to its current Internet provider end in Oct.
WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
(July 24, 2009) Providing Internet service to any Worcester County residents and businesses who wanted it seemed like a good idea, but it has not worked out. The Worcester County Commissioners voted Tuesday to cease its involvement in the Lower Shore Broadband Cooperative effective Oct. 4. Full Story
Michael James will make second bid for General Assembly
(July 24, 2009) Michael James hopes his second foray into the world of state politics is more successful than the first, when in 2006 he narrowly missed winning a seat in the House of Delegates. The difference this time is that James is not yet sure what he will be running for. Full Story
Halt on vodka sales puts board-licensee relationship on rocks
Members of county LCB suspect illicit marketing when Absolut sales jump
(July 24, 2009) A determined salesperson's efforts to sell vodka likely led to a temporary halt in sales of one brand of the spirit at county liquor dispensaries. The Worcester County Liquor Control Board assumed something must be amiss when sales of Absolut vodka jumped a couple of weeks ago. Full Story
Traffic laws apply to bikes, scooters
(July 24, 2009) After four accidents last week where drivers or riders of different kinds of vehicles received minor injuries, Ocean City police are reminding the public that all vehicles must obey the same rules of the road. Full Story
Worcester students performing above state standard, test shows
(July 24, 2009) Worcester County public school students are performing well above the standard, according to the most recent state test results. The state released the test results for the Maryland School Assessments and High School Assessments on Tuesday and the local students fared well in nearly all areas. Full Story
Survey shows county students happy with public school system
(July 24, 2009) It can sometimes be hard to know what teenagers are thinking, especially when it comes to school, so the Worcester County school system decided to take a direct approach and just ask. Every year, the graduating class is asked to fill out a survey with questions about the students' satisfaction with various aspects of their educational experience. Full Story
No user fees for community orgs.
(July 24, 2009) Most groups using the new Ocean Pines Community Center may use it free of charge. After listening to pleas from a sometimes cantankerous crowd last week, Full Story
Midtown property could be used for bus parking, boat ramp
(July 24, 2009) The former site of an Ocean City water park is about to become city property that officials said could be used for a variety of functions to benefit the community. Full Story
County buys Del. police vehicles
(July 24, 2009) The county's approval Tuesday to order five police vehicles from a Delaware company left one county commissioner seething and another quite concerned. "We have five car dealerships in the county right now that are on the verge of going out of business," said an angry Commissioner Bobby Cowger. Full Story
Salisbury names locals to dean's list
(July 24, 2009) More than 100 Worcester County-area students were named to the dean's list at Salisbury University for the spring 2009 semester. Full Story
Plane crashes onto highway near Pocomoke, pilot unhurt
Eighty-year-old lands his experimental ultralight airplane on Route 113
(July 24, 2009) A Pocomoke man walked away unscathed after he was forced to make an emergency landing with his small airplane onto Route 113 on Sunday. Pilot Preston Norman Smith was the only person in the plane. The 80-year-old Smith was flying a CGS Hawk ultralight experimental plane he has owned for around five years. Full Story
Berlin drug trafficker convicted in Texas
(July 24, 2009) A joint drug bust by the Ocean City Police Department, the Jefferson County, Texas Sheriff's Department and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency has landed a local drug trafficker behind bars and kept a supply of cocaine off the streets. Full Story
Performers may use amplification in wake of complaint
(July 24, 2009) Ocean City government has backed down on its ban on the use of amplifiers by Boardwalk performers after receiving a complaint from the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU sent a letter to the Ocean City Council last week taking issue with the decision to begin enforcing the amplification ban. Full Story
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