Published May 07, 2010
SNOW HILL - Edward Lee made it official Monday - he filed to run for the District 2 Worcester County Commissioner seat.
Lee will challenge long-time incumbent Jim Purnell for the District 2 nomination in the Democratic primary on Sept. 14.
District 2 is the minority-majority district established by court order to give the county's minority population a greater chance at representation in the county's highest elected body.
Lee stepped down last week as the long-time president of the Worcester...
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Published May 07, 2010
SNOW HILL - While Worcester County has been awarded state Program Open Space funding this year, the actual funding will not be made available for two years.
The annual list of Program Open Space recommendations, presented to the Worcester County Commissioners Tuesday, includes $10.8 million in projects over the next five years.
Inclusion in the list, which the state requires and which must be approved, does not guarantee funding.
'It is not, and I emphasize this, a funding commitment. It's a...
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Published May 07, 2010
OCEAN CITY - On the eve of another summer, Ocean City officials were decidedly bullish on the prospects for the 2010 season when they addressed resort business leaders on Wednesday.
Proactive and progressive were words used often when a contingent of Ocean City officials addressed the resort's Economic Development Committee (EDC) on Wednesday.
Mayor Rick Meehan led the contingent, which also included Communications Manager Donna Abbott, Tourism Director Deb Turk and Convention Center Director...
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Published May 07, 2010
OCEAN CITY - Very little new information was made available this week on the skeletal remains found strewn along the beach in downtown Ocean City last week except for a confirmation from the state medical examiner's office the remains are definitely human, but more information came to light on the process by which they were collected.
Shortly before 2 p.m. last Wednesday, Ocean City police responded to the beach at North Division Street in reference to a citizen's report of the discovery of...
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