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Back-To-School Traffic Safety Urged
OCEAN CITY – With
schools in the area re-opening next week, area law enforcement agencies and
transportation officials are reminding motorists to take extra care during
morning and afternoon commute times.
According to an Ocean
City Police Department (OCPD) release this week, Augu...
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Berlin Council Moves Ahead With $828K Property Purchase
BERLIN – After favorable
support overwhelmed the opposition to a proposed land buy for a future
community center and new police station, the Berlin Mayor and Council voted to
go ahead with the land purchase.
Just three town council
members voted on the purchase ordinance after Cou...
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Candidates Debate Issues At Commissioner Forum
SNOW HILL – Nine
candidates for Worcester County Commissioner answered questions Tuesday night
at a candidate forum sponsored by the Assateague Coastal Trust at Snow Hill
High School.
A second forum will be
held on Sept. 7 at Berlin Intermediate School, at 5:30.
Four of five cand...
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Council Field Up To Seven With Filing Deadline Sept. 21
OCEAN CITY — With a few
weeks to go before the Sept. 21 filing deadline for the Ocean City Mayor and
Council election, some new names have entered the race and set their sights on
the three incumbents, one only of which has officially filed for re-election.
Since the 2008 election,...
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LCB Financial Report Released
OCEAN CITY — The
Worcester County Liquor Control Board (LCB) finally released its long awaited
financial report yesterday, as elected officials, local licensees and even
state wholesalers scrambled to make sense of the 28-page report.
Some of the contents of
the report seem to ind...
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LCB's Future Up To Politicians
OCEAN CITY — All parties
with a stake or even an interest in the Worcester County Liquor Control Board
scandal knows that the final decision on the quasi-governmental monopoly’s
future will come at the hands of elected officials.
This week, some of those
politicians spoke about ...
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Man's Plea Violations Could Lead To New Trial
SNOW HILL – After
allegedly failing to satisfy certain terms of his plea agreement, an Ocean City
man who pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment for his role in the beating
death of a Berlin man in 2008 had the case against him reactivated earlier this
month.
In May 2008, a Worce...
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Md. Comptroller Pledges Detailed Report On LCB
OCEAN CITY — Maryland
State Comptroller Peter Franchot has assured the people of Worcester County
that he is going to get to the bottom of Liquor Control Board controversy
that’s been raging all summer long.
Franchot called his
office’s investigation of the Worcester County Li...
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Missing Area Swimmer Located
OCEAN
CITY – An extensive multi-agency, multi-state search for a man reported missing
in the surf near the Ocean City-Fenwick Island line early last Friday morning
was eventually suspended when the alleged victim reported in safe and sound
from a resort hotel.
According
to poli...
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New West OC Fire Station Taking Shape
WEST OCEAN CITY – After
weeks of non-descript preparation and site work, the new Ocean City Fire
Department Station 5 building on Keyser Point Rd. in West Ocean City has
started springing from the ground in the last week or so and is on target for a
April occupancy.
For the last 1...
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OC Police Cruiser Collides With Biker
OCEAN CITY – A
20-year-old female on a bicycle in the area of 45th Street and
Coastal Highway was struck by an on-duty Ocean City Police Department (OCPD)
cruiser on Wednesday morning and was taken to the hospital for treatment of
injuries sustained in the collision.
Around 9 a.m....
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Pines Store Robbed At Gunpoint
OCEAN PINES – Area law
enforcement agencies this week are asking for help in identifying two masked
gunmen who held up a pair of convenience stores early Wednesday morning.
Shortly after 1 a.m. on Wednesday,
two masked men, one of whom was brandishing an unknown type of semi-automa...
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Questions Remain Over Berlin Discharge Permit
BERLIN – A public
hearing on a clean water discharge permit for the old Tyson chicken plant in
Berlin last week failed to clear up questions over why the owner was seeking a
permit despite the lack of discharge.
“We have an unusual
situation here,” said Ed Gertler, industrial ...
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State's Attorney Candidate, Printer Spar Over '06 Debt
BERLIN – A small claims
court lawsuit charging that Worcester County State’s Attorney candidate Beau
Oglesby has not paid $5,700 in bills from his last campaign could pose big
trouble for the candidate this election season as he challenges incumbent
State’s Attorney Joel Todd.
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