OCEAN CITY – Three Ocean City men have been charged with burglarizing a north-end residence last May after a fourth suspect in the case recently detailed their involvement in the crime in exchange for a softer plea bargain.Ricky Allen Bylan, 20, of Ocean City, was arrested on an outstanding warrant last week for his involvement… Read more »

BERLIN – New carry-out food operations in Berlin will be assigned water and sewer service based on square footage or the number of seats in the establishment, three Berlin Mayor and Council members decided Monday. Last year, the town council established specific EDU guidelines for medical offices to replace outmoded regulations that had not kept up… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – An injured harbor seal found stranded on the beach at 145th Street in Ocean City on Jan. 2 will be released into the ocean next week after a two-month rehabilitation period at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.The now-healthy seal, affectionately known to aquarium volunteers as “Secca,” will be returned to beach at… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Heat Transfer Products, Inc., one of four defendants named in the $30 million lawsuit filed two weeks ago by the family of two Pennsylvania tourists who perished from carbon monoxide poisoning in their Boardwalk hotel room in June 2006, this week filed a formal answer to the complaint outlining the reasons the… Read more »

BERLIN – Handicapped access issues and parking problems may prompt the town of Berlin to switch the District 1 and 2 election polling station from Berlin Town Hall to a local church.“During the last election, we had a lot of complaints about not enough parking, complaints about the chair lift,” Berlin Administrative Director Linda Bambary… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The City Council voted to cap the list of organizations on the rotation for the Caroline Street Pad this week, following en suite with their decision earlier this month to cap the list of organizations available for the beer truck rotation during Sunfest and Springfest.“When the Mayor and City Council discussed the… Read more »

BERLIN – Maryland’s Critical Area laws need to be strengthened, environmental organizations say, and two bills now in front of the Maryland General Assembly are designed to improve the buffer protection law.“The laws are clearly not working as intended,” Jessi Bedell, a field organizer for Environment Maryland Research and Policy Center, said standing in front… Read more »

BERLIN – The Berlin Mayor and Council voted Monday night to explore the costs of an additional 250,000 gallons per day (gpd) of sewer service, hoping to persuade Worcester County to approve a further sewer expansion from 750,000 gpd to a full one million gpd.Only three town council members, Paula Lynch, Elroy Brittingham and Ellen… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The City Council unanimously denied a request from a first-time beach stand bidder to withdrawal his successful bid for a downtown parcel and return his 20 percent deposit, citing that the town is not responsible for bad bid decisions.City Clerk Carol Jacobs presented the request this week, citing inexperience as the reason… Read more »