06/03/2021 | Announcements | News Ocean City MD – The Dispatch – The Dispatch

Worcesters Budget Holds Steady Tax Rate, Grows Spending By 6%

SNOW HILL Worcester County officials adopted a $216 million budget for the coming fiscal year.The Worcester County Commissioners on Tuesday voted 5-2 to adopt a $216,509,211 operating budget for fiscal year 2022. The budget, a 6% increase over the current years spending plan, maintains the current property tax rate of 84.5 cents per $100 Read more

SNOW HILL Discussion of a library program and its possible link to a political movement dominated a meeting of the Worcester County Commissioners this week.The commissioners on Tuesday met with Worcester County Library Director Jennifer Ranck to discuss Read Woke, a teen reading program the library is offering. Despite concerns from some commissioners, Ranck Read more

OCEAN PINES Officials attributed juvenile fire play as the cause of a house fire that left nine Ocean Pines residents homeless this week.At around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1, Worcester County Emergency Services received reports of a house fire in the 300 block of Ocean Parkway in Ocean Pines. When crews arrived at Read more

BERLIN Mayor Zack Tyndall vetoed the towns $6.8 million budget in response to amendments made to the spending plan by the town council.Tyndall on Friday vetoed Berlins fiscal year 2022 budget, citing the changes made by the Berlin Town Council last month. Hes hopeful that before any vote to override his veto, council members Read more

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