OCEAN CITY – While there has been considerable debate about the impact of closing the Route 50 Bridge for five weeks in January and February from a traffic standpoint, little has been said or written about the closure of the span to marine traffic, but the U.S. Coast Guard announced this week a public comment… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Dog Playground, now in the final stages of completion, will be seeing some changes before it is open to the public, including modifications to the price and access. At a Recreation and Parks meeting Tuesday, Tom Shuster, Director of Recreation and Parks, reported the city is currently installing the… Read more »

BERLIN – The Davis Farm took another step this week in its journey from the never materialized industrial park to senior housing, with the Berlin Planning Commission’s recommendation that the town approve a change in the zoning code to allow the senior project in an industrial zone.Joe Moore, representing the property owners, went before the… Read more »

BERLIN – The Berlin Planning Commission and the town must make the completion of the comprehensive plan a priority, the commission concluded this week.“We have totally and utterly failed to get the comprehensive plan done. It’s turning into a joke for me,” said Planning Commission Chair Pete Cosby Wednesday night.Planning consultant Tim Bourcier, engaged by… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A Maryland State Police trooper seriously injured in an accident on Route 50 in August this week filed a lawsuit against the local woman driving the car that collided with him and her employer seeking $5 million in compensatory damages.On Wednesday, MSP Trooper Louis Craig Suttka of the Berlin Barrack, through his… Read more »

BERLIN – The emotional roller coaster ride that the Maryland slots issue has become this week took a long drop from a high peak yesterday when a House subcommittee reversed a decision to remove Ocean Downs from the equation and moved forward instead with a plan to keep the Berlin racetrack in the proposal.A clearly… Read more »

BERLIN – Local fraternal organizations still want slots in their lodges and the County Commissioners support them.The commissioners voted last week to oppose slot machines at Ocean Downs racetrack, but that is a separate issue from slot machines at service clubs and fraternal organizations, Commissioner Bobby Cowger said.“This has nothing to do with the slots… Read more »

SNOW HILL – One County Commissioner who voted to oppose slot machines in Worcester County regrets his vote to approve that stance, he revealed less than a week after the vote was taken.Although he was convinced last week that the county leaders opposed slot machines, Commissioner Bobby Cowger, who represents Pocomoke, would now like to… Read more »