Published March 13, 2009
BERLIN - The Worcester County Developmental Center (WCDC) and two staffers named in a discrimination lawsuit filed against the agency by a former employee last month, alleging a long pattern of intimidation and discrimination that ended with her termination in September 2008, are seeking to have the case dismissed.
Former WCDC employee Jometta Johnson, through her attorney, last month filed suit against the agency and two her supervisors alleging race discrimination, retaliation, assault and...
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Published March 13, 2009
OCEAN CITY - Despite complaints of severely flawed catch data, state officials this week moved forward with new regulations for summer flounder in 2009 including an increase in the minimum size for keepers and the first season closure of the fishery in several years in an effort to bring the state's catch totals within the prescribed target number.
According to state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officials, the recreational summer flounder fishery in Maryland, which is almost exclusively...
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Published March 13, 2009
BERLIN - With another summer season rapidly approaching, county health department officials are scrambling to ensure the hundreds of pools, hot tubs and spas throughout the resort area are in compliance with a new federal regulation on drain covers and suction entrapment protection standards.
Each year, tragic stories are reported around the country of children, and even adults in some cases, drowning in pools after getting caught in high-suction drainage systems. In December 2007, Congress...
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Published March 13, 2009
OCEAN CITY - Over 3,000 people, or roughly three times the usual number, streamed through the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce's annual job fair last Saturday, perhaps signaling an opportunity for the resort business community to strengthen its workforce this year for what may be a trying summer season.
Greater Ocean City Chamber Executive Director Melanie Pursel said this week a little more than 3,000 potential workers attended the job fair last Saturday, including over 900 who pre-registered...
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