OCEAN CITY- Resort officials this week got an update on activity in the recent General Assembly session that will affect Ocean City and other municipalities around the state the most and took an early look at potential legislation to support next year.As a member of the Maryland Municipal League (MLL), an organization of the 157… Read more »
Daily Archives: 05/17/2007
County Wrestles With Adult Shop Law
SNOW HILL- Citizens will get the chance to weigh in on temporary legislation to regulate adult businesses at a June 19 public hearing.Worcester County established a moratorium on new adult businesses in early May, extending through the end of 2007, to give the county time to put permanent legislation into place.The interim legislation will back… Read more »
Downtown Height Restrictions Approved
OCEAN CITY- With the intent of preserving the old town charm of the downtown area in Ocean City, the Mayor and Council on Tuesday approved new maximum height limitations on new development in vast areas of the oldest section of the resort.During their regular work session on Tuesday, the council approved the proposed maximum height… Read more »
Ocean City Council Briefs
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Mayor and Council met in a work session this week and discussed a wide variety of issues from a bid to repaint the water tower on 15th Street to improvements to the fire company headquarters to a new health care plan for town employees to new gear for resort firefighters…. Read more »
Grants Sought for Berlin Project, Housing Rehabs
SNOW HILL- Berlin residents and some county homeowners are hoping that requests for community development block grant (CDBG) funding will come through for the replacement of a community center in Berlin and the county’s housing rehabilitation program.The Worcester County Commissioners agreed to support the grant applications for both endeavors at Tuesday’s commissioner meeting.Efforts to replace… Read more »
Berlin Town Council To Donate Old Ledgers To Museum.
BERLIN – Some old books from Berlin’s history have a new home, after the Berlin town council voted to donate 13 dusty old ledgers of town records to the Calvin B. Taylor House museum. “Some of these are from 1901,handwritten town minutes,” said Weisner. “Because they’re town records, I don’t want to throw them away.” … Read more »
Berlin Man Arrested for Resort Burglary
OCEAN CITY- A Berlin man was arrested this week on a slew of charges including first-degree burglary after Ocean City Police connected him with a breaking and entering at an unoccupied home in the resort.Douglas Lawrence Ransley, 20, of Berlin, was arrested this week after resort police were able to connect him to a robbery… Read more »
Late Fire Department Requests Derails Berlin Budget
BERLIN – A last minute request for more funding from the Berlin Volunteer Fire department has thrown off Berlin’s balanced preliminary budget.The request, revealed Monday night at a Berlin town council budget work session, is not part of the budget prepared by town administrator Linda Bambary and staff, and will prompt some cuts elsewhere, she… Read more »
Alleged Rape Case Forwarded to Circuit Court
OCEAN CITY- An Ocean City man arrested on rape charges in April after an alleged sexual assault on a 17-year-old girl passed out from alcohol had has case forwarded to Circuit Court this week after a preliminary hearing in District Court in Ocean City, but not before some questions were raised about his involvement in… Read more »
Alert Citizen Helps Nab Shoplifters
OCEAN CITY- Just days after a reported shoplifting spree at the CVS pharmacy on 120th Street in Ocean City, an alert citizen who saw the suspects pictures on television recognized them at the CVS in West Ocean City and alerted resort police, which touched off an investigation that led to their arrest.Three suspects in the… Read more »