Published February 05, 2010
SNOW HILL - Under recently introduced state legislation, the controversial hallucinogen salvia could reappear on store shelves in Worcester County, with sales of the substance restricted to adults 21 and over.
The proposed state legislation, House Bill 13, would treat salvia divinorum like alcohol, said county attorney Sonny Bloxom.
'They're in essence trying to treat it as underage possession of alcohol,' Bloxom told the Worcester County Commissioners Tuesday morning.
The bill, pre-filed by...
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Published February 05, 2010
SNOW HILL - A plan to mine and reclaim part of Worcester County's landfill to hold more garbage, delaying the construction of costly new landfill cells, is on track to begin early this year.
The county's Public Works Department will screen through the contents of cell 1, the oldest part of the landfill, to reclaim recyclables, add to its store of cover material and provide enough space for future trash to put off the construction of another cell at the landfill for years.
According to county...
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Published February 05, 2010
SNOW HILL - Just about three weeks after a visiting Worcester County Circuit Court judge dismissed a civil suit over disputed property just south of Ocean Pines once slated for the development of a YMCA, the Ocean Pines Association last week filed a notice to appeal the lower court's decision, furthering what has essentially boiled down to a battle over semantics.
In what was a complicated situation from the beginning, developer Marvin Steen in 2002 donated 26 acres of a larger parcel just south...
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Published February 05, 2010
NEWARK - With two more days off this week because of the major snowstorm last weekend, Worcester County Public Schools have now exhausted their allotted inclement weather closure days, likely tacking any unscheduled closures on the back end of the school year.
Worcester County schools were closed on Monday and Tuesday, the third and fourth unscheduled closures of the year, which now exceeds the school system's allocation of three days. As a result, the last day of school has been moved back by...
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