New Website Spotlights Eco-Tourism Opportunities

SNOW HILL – Tourists planning a visit to Worcester County can use a new website to get a preview of eco-tourism activities through short, locally produced, videos.“It’s this really neat series of webisodes, two-minute webisodes, that tout the wilds of Worcester County,” said Lisa Challenger, director of tourism for Worcester County, at Tuesday’s County Commissioner… Read more »

Leg Cramps, Cough Cause Downtown Crash

OCEAN CITY – Apparent leg cramps and an untimely coughing spell are being blamed for a vehicle leaving Philadelphia Ave. early Monday morning, first striking a telephone pole and crashing into the front porch of a residence.Around 9 a.m. on Monday, Ocean City resident Paul Michael Toulottei, 51, was driving south on Philadelphia Ave. when… Read more »

BZA Approves Project’s Conditional Use

BERLIN – The Berlin Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) approved the Davis-Taylor Farm senior living conditional use this week, amid a controversy over state wastewater funding which some warn could be reduced or eliminated if the project goes through.Planning consultant Tim Bourcier warned, despite Davis-Taylor project attorney Hugh Cropper’s objections, that developing residential uses on… Read more »

Berlin Working To Create New Sewer Capacity Policies

BERLIN – Berlin staff and elected officials reviewed new policies on wastewater distribution and infrastructure dedication during a rare work session held Monday evening.“We’re at the beginning of the beginning of planning Berlin’s growth for the next couple of decades,” said interim Mayor Gee Williams at the outset of the session.Intensive work on the wastewater… Read more »

Two Killed Racing On Highway

BERLIN – Two young men were killed in an accident on Route 50 in Berlin late last Friday night when the vehicle they were traveling in left the roadway after what appears to have been a race with another vehicle.Religious symbols, photographs, stuffed animals and other personal items along with broken bits of the car… Read more »