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TANK TOP Workers do some powerful torch work from a precarious perch Monday as they cut off the top of the Worcester Street water tank. The tank, which was erected in 1955, came down in a day. More photos of this and the 15th Street water tank, which was demolished a day later, on page 22.
robbery suspect Schools draft $101M budget Bank rounded up hours later
First-round spending forecast sees $2 mil in raises, benefits
By Brian Gilliland Associate Editor (Feb. 10, 2017) Though salary negotiations are still underway, and formal approval is not expected until Feb. 21, Worcester County Public Schools Superintendent Lou Taylor and Finance Officer Vince Tolbert presented the school board with the draft budget for fiscal year 2018
at a work session on Tuesday. The schools are requesting about $101.4 million, a $3.11-million increase over last year. The additional money includes about $1.11 million for step increases to salaries, about $611,000 for a one-percent cost-ofliving increase, almost $711,000 for health insurance increases and nearly $567,000 for capital projects. The remaining $115,000 is made up of bus expenditures and an increase to the See COUNTY Page 3
Farmers bandit flees with cash, but police responded quickly
By Kara Hallissey Staff Writer (Feb. 10, 2017) Maryland State Police in Berlin received a call from Farmers Bank of Willard’s in the White Marlin Mall on Monday morning after
a woman dressed in black and wearing a beanie threatened tellers before leaving the scene on foot with thousands of dollars in Bonnie Taylor cash. See TAYLOR Page 4