Worcester County is moving ahead with a proposal to raise the hotel room tax rate from 5 percent to 6 percent, a change county staff say would align with new state authority and could be in place ahead of an upcoming tourism season if approved. An emergency bill to lift the county’s maximum allowable rate was introduced at the Oct. 21 commissioners meeting, with public hearings planned for Nov. 18.
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A new dredging vessel could soon be on its way to the East Coast, with Worcester County leaders calling it a critical step toward keeping the Ocean City Inlet open and safe.
Classes are back in session at Salisbury University. At least a dozen students are taking part in a brand new major: Coastal Engineering.
Delmarva’s coastal communities are bracing for the stormy effects of Hurricane Erin passes along the Atlantic Coast to our east.
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission approved Addendum III for public comment, introducing a new plan aimed at rebuilding the Chesapeake Bay's striped bass population by 2029.
The Town of Ocean City is currently in talks with tech giant Amazon to bring a fiber optic cable ashore all the way across the Atlantic from County Cork, Ireland.
A celebration of skateboarding’s legacy on the East Coast is rolling into Ocean City.
NASA’s P-3 Orion aircraft may be a common sight over Delmarva this week as the plane flies out of Wallops Flight Facility to conduct research flights near east coast cities.
As Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, Delaware beaches are filling up—not just with people, but with horseshoe crabs and shorebirds, too.
Local watermen along with numerous other charter boat associations from other East Coast states have filed a federal lawsuit against the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) over tightened restrictions on fishing for striped bass, or rockfish.