Monthly Archives: July 2010
OP Garden Club Presents Scholarship Awards
Berger and Lynch Married at Snow Hill
Town of Berlin Launches New Commercial Recycling Program
Friday, July 23–Multi-Vehicle Accident In OC Sends Five To Hospital
OCEAN CITY – Five people were taken to area hospitals last week after a bizarre multi-vehicle pile-up on Coastal Highway that resulted in a boat and trailer crossing the median into the opposite lanes.Around 1:40 p.m. last Friday, a Hyundai sedan heading south on Coastal Highway in the area of 100th Street crossed out if… Read more »
Friday, July 23–FBI, WCBI Probe Leads To Local Porn Charges
BERLIN – A Berlin man was arrested on possession and distribution of child pornography charges last week after a months-long investigation by the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation (WCBI) and an FBI investigation dating back to last September.In January, WCBI detectives began investigating Kirt Barren Greenberg, 45, of Berlin for an alleged violation of the… Read more »
Friday, July 23–Court Ruling Keeps Perdue In River Pollution Lawsuit
BERLIN – Perdue Farms will remain part of a lawsuit brought by environmental activists against a local chicken farm raising Perdue birds that has allegedly polluted the Pocomoke River.The Clean Water Act pollution lawsuit, brought against Hudson Farm and Perdue Farms by Coastkeeper Kathy Phillips, Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT), and the national Waterkeeper Alliance, has… Read more »
Friday, July 23–Bay Bridge Traffic Soars
OCEAN CITY — A new Bay Bridge study shows an approximated 40-percent increase in traffic coming to the Eastern Shore in the month of June, but some area businesses aren’t seeing a similar increase in their occupancy or sales.This week, Catherine Noone, toll manager for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, sent a report to Ocean City… Read more »
Politics Has Always Been Part Of LCB Debate
Politics often clouds issues and that is certainly the case with the ongoing questions surrounding the future of the Liquor Control Board for Worcester County (LCB).Last week it was reported Delegate Jim Mathias would be requesting an audit of the LCB by the Comptroller’s Office. That made some headlines around the area and subsequently lots… Read more »
Voices From the Readers
Partying Deserves A LookEditor:First, kudos to Joe Hall for addressing Ocean City’s drinking problem and shame on those want to throw him under the bus instead of discussing it openly as it should be.There is a problem and all you have to do is read “Cops and Courts” in The Dispatch or log onto ocpd.md.com… Read more »