Published February 27, 2009
BERLIN - A debate over payments for wastewater capacity and capacity allocation time limits will carry over to next month, after the Berlin Mayor and Council voted to postpone a decision on new wastewater regulations until the next meeting, on March 9, so that a decision could be made by the full council.
Council members Dean Burrell and Lisa Hall were absent Monday night.
'Everyone be prepared to vote next time,' Mayor Gee Williams said.
Under the proposed regulation, builders would pay 10...
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Published February 27, 2009
OCEAN CITY - You can't deny how far a penny has taken the town of Ocean City, and the town collectively is hoping that half of that will take it just as far.
The decision to lower the 1-percent food and beverage tax by a half percent was seemingly the clinching clause in the motion that was approved in a 5-2 vote by City Council on Tuesday, approving plans to expand the Roland E. Powell Convention Center.
'You got me on board with the lowering of the food tax by a half percent,' said Councilman...
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Published February 27, 2009
BERLIN - The perpetrator of one of the most heinous crimes in Ocean City history, Jermaine Wright, released a little over a year ago after serving just seven years of an amended 15-year sentence, could be headed back to jail for a long stretch after a conviction on theft charges in Wicomico County two weeks ago.
Wright was arrested last May on theft and theft conspiracy charges after getting caught stealing scrap metal from Reynolds Excavating in Eden. The arrest came just four months after...
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Published February 27, 2009
OCEAN CITY - The Winterfest of Lights will be dark on one end of town this year in Ocean City.
At Tuesday's Recreation and Parks Committee meeting, plans were laid out to remove the lights and decorations at the Inlet parking lot this year, saving the town upwards of $30,000.
The trimming of the Inlet lights saves the town $25,000 with the additional $5,000 saved by the decision to not decorate the lampposts on Baltimore Avenue with Christmas wreaths as they have in years past.
Council President...
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