BERLIN – The cost to the town of Berlin for the fizzled electric utility sale comes out to at least $330,000, according to the town.Legal expenses from Thompson Coburn for the services of utility sale attorney Gary Newell cost Berlin $247,000.Berlin Administrator Linda Bambary reported this spring that legal work by other firms on the… Read more »
Monthly Archives: June 2007
County To Charge 25 Cents Per Copy To Cover Costs
SNOW HILL – Copies of public documents will now cost requestors 25 cents a page, after the County Commissioners voted to establish a fee to cover the cost of copies and time spent.The commissioners asked staff to investigate a 50-cent per page fee in early May. Both Commissioner Louise Gulyas and Judy Boggs felt that… Read more »
Berlin Council Alters Policy On Take-Home Vehicles
BERLIN – A minor change in the town’s policy on employee take-home cars, allowing the only remaining department head without the privilege into the club, sparked concern from citizens at this week’s Berlin Town Council meeting.Until Monday night, only one of Berlin’s eight department heads, Stacey Weisner of Planning and Zoning, was not allowed a… Read more »
67 Tons Of Clothes Collected In Seven Months
BERLIN – A textile recycling program intended to add hundreds of dollars to a local drug use prevention initiative has been declared a success after its first seven months in Worcester County.Nearly 67 1/2 tons of old clothing, bedding and accessories have been collected since the bins were placed at recycling centers, transfer stations, and… Read more »
Suspect Caught After High-Speed Chase In Resort
OCEAN CITY – A bizarre sequence of events in the resort early last Sunday morning included an Ocean City police officer getting assaulted after breaking up a fight and a high-speed chase through much of a mid-town area and ended with the suspect vehicle crashing into a dune on the beach before fleeing into a… Read more »
Route 346 Corridor Plan Moves Ahead
SNOW HILL – A meeting between two local planning bodies last week showed that Worcester County planners are on board with the Berlin Planning Commission’s attempt to create a Route 346 corridor plan.Berlin Planning Commission Chair Pete Cosby, Vice Chair Dave Rovansek and town Planning and Zoning Superintendent Stacey Weisner met with the Worcester County… Read more »
Ongoing Condo Project On Bay Debated At City Hall
OCEAN CITY – The City Council faced further concerns and complaints regarding the Rivendell condominium project at Tuesday’s work session as they fielded questions and comments from residents of a nearby condominium. Bay Princess Condo Association President Shirley Eshleman attended the meeting as a representative of the Bay Princess Condominiums. “I have some unhappy owners… Read more »
Man Gets Two Years In Jail For Robbing Local Cabbie
SNOW HILL – A local man arrested in November for holding up a resort cab driver at knife point in the parking lot of a West Ocean City bar was sentenced last week to eight years in jail with all but two years suspended.Franklin Paul Adams, 48, of no fixed address, was arrested in November… Read more »
County’s ‘Most Wanted’ Sentenced For Shooting Spree
SNOW HILL – A Stockton man, who for a time last year was considered Worcester’s “Most Wanted” after a shooting spree over several months in the south end of the county in 2006, was sentenced this week to 10 years in jail.Riley Lee Collick, 29, of Stockton, was wanted on two counts of attempted first-degree… Read more »
Bishopville Project’s Early Plan Allowed To Move Ahead
SNOW HILL – Developer Jack Burbage’s plans for a small community at Salt Grass Point Farm near Bishopville are a little closer to fruition after the Worcester County Planning Commission approved his preliminary plat.After some discussion centering on open space and the wetlands along the St. Martin River, the commission voted favorably on the plat,… Read more »