OCEAN CITY – One thing seems certain — Ocean City will have a restricted smoking policy on its beach next summer, but officials will take this season to develop a plan with staff and consider public comments before passing a new law in September.On Tuesday afternoon, the Mayor and City Council held a discussion considering… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Springfest Gets Underway Tomorrow In Ocean City
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City is celebrating the start of the season with the 24th Annual Springfest, a four-day festival that gets underway tomorrow, May 1, and runs through May 4, featuring over 250 vendors selling arts, crafts, food and beverages.A variety of live entertainment on two stages provides continuous music all day long with… Read more »
Berlin To Evaluate Proposed Recreation Park Concept For Tyson Property
Travis BrownStaff WriterBERLIN — The former poultry processing plant property in Berlin has become the topic of a lot of recent conversations, and the question is whether the property owner and the Town of Berlin would consider turning the 60-acre space into a park or recreational area.Without making any guarantees, the Berlin Mayor and Council… Read more »
Detectives Locate, Charge Wal-Mart Peeping Tom; Suspect A Truck Driver Arrested In Del.
BERLIN — Surveillance video and some good detective work last week led to the arrest of a Pennsylvania man wanted in connection with a Peeping Tom incident at the Wal-Mart in Berlin in early April.Around 9:30 a.m. on April 3, the Maryland State Police received a call from Wal-Mart Security advising a white male had… Read more »
Heroic Actions Save Two From Berlin House Fire
BERLIN — Two people, including a 6-year-old girl, were rescued by first responders from their burning home last Thursday in Berlin.Units of the Berlin Police Department were first to respond to a residential fire on Branch Street in Berlin around 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 17. Police immediately determined two individuals were trapped inside, and… Read more »
Three Arrested After Pipe Attack; Video Footage Leads To Charges
OCEAN CITY — An incident that began as an argument over a game of pool last Sunday morning spilled over into a violent physical attack with one victim knocked unconscious and beaten with a metal pipe and three suspects arrested on various charges, including first-degree assault.Around 1:20 a.m. last Sunday, an OCPD officer on routine… Read more »
Good News, Bad News In Wicomico River Audit
SALISBURY- In conjunction with the arrival of Earth Day, Maryland Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Doug Gansler this week released the results of his audit of the Wicomico River conducted last summer and the results for the watershed were generally mixed.Gansler on Tuesday released his 2013 Chesapeake Bay Environmental Audit, which last year focused on… Read more »
Berlin’s Own Named Trooper Of Year
BERLIN- The Maryland State Police last week announced their annual awards and one of the Berlin barrack’s own was named Trooper of the Year for 2013.During a ceremony last Thursday, MSP Superintendent Col. Marcus L. Brown announced Senior Trooper Marlin Myers of the Berlin Barrack as the statewide Trooper of the Year. Brown also announced… Read more »
Spring Clean-Up Figures Down
OCEAN CITY –The annual Spring Clean-up reflects less debris in town following another year of a successful initiative.At the conclusion of Monday evening’s Mayor and City Council regular session, City Manager David Recor announced yet another successful Spring Clean-up conducted by Ocean City’s Solid Waste Division on Saturday and Sunday, April 12-13.“The early statistics show… Read more »
With Numbers Holding Steady, Berlin Tax Hike Unlikely
BERLIN- Though not official, the Berlin Town Council indicated this week that a tax increase in their upcoming budget is highly unlikely. With only minor variations from last year’s budget, the FY15 proposed budget appears to be in a comfortable spot and is currently balanced. There is only a 10-percent variance between last year’s budget… Read more »