BERLIN- With the calendar getting ready to flip over to August tomorrow, it won’t be long until area schools re-open, and to that end, local health department and public schools officials this week traveled to Annapolis for a summit and update on the still dangerous H1N1, or swine, flu, outbreak.After reaching a crescendo in early… Read more »
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Friday, July 31–Committee Proposes Special Event Fee Spike
OCEAN CITY – Special event permits in the town of Ocean City might be getting a little pricier in 2010 if the Recreation and Parks Committee gets its way.On Tuesday, the committee voted to recommend to the Mayor and City Council to instill a bit more than an just an incremental price spike to not… Read more »
Friday, July 31–Area Fugitive Remains At Large
BERLIN – More details emerged this week in the search for a Berlin man, wanted by local authorities and U.S. Marshal’s, who remained at large this week after a massive, multi-agency manhunt throughout the area late last week.Last Wednesday, Worcester County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the area of Logtown Rd. in Berlin for a reported… Read more »
Severe Storm Wreaks Havoc On Summer Afternoon
OCEAN CITY – A band of severe thunderstorms, complete with torrential downpours that dumped an estimated four inches of rain on the resort, rolled through the area on Monday afternoon, flooding streets, stranding motorists, sending beachgoers scrambling for cover and even disabling a large head boat full of passengers two miles offshore.Storms complete with lightning,… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
Step Up Highway Safety In Wake Of TragedyEditor:Our daughter Kristen was killed on June 23 on Costal Highway and 33rd Street. Our grief, as you can imagine, is beyond belief. We are very concerned about the safety of your area and continue to wonder why the safety measures have not been stepped up in accordance… Read more »
Numbers Cloud Air Show’s Importance
Although they cannot be dismissed entirely, the financial numbers unveiled this week behind last month’s OC Air Show do not tell the entire story.At this week’s Mayor and Council meeting, all the available financial information on the second annual event was presented, and it was not exactly a pretty picture. The fact is the air… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
For whatever reason, surely it was petty politics, the state legislature did not see fit to endorse Delegate Jim Mathias’ legislation earlier this year seeking to make the sale of salvia illegal. Until the state legislature, specifically the Senate, comes to its senses and outlaws this dangerous substance, which the federal Drug Enforcement Agency has… Read more »
Thursday, July 30-Local Killed Trying To Cross Route 50
BERLIN – Tragedy struck this week when an elderly local woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident on Route 50 on Tuesday afternoon. Around 2:20 p.m., Maryland State Police responded to a serious motor vehicle collision on eastbound Route 50 just west of Jerry Mack Rd. The investigation revealed a 2006 Toyota operated by Mary… Read more »
Fatherhood Adventures
We threw out our first book, and the pieces that were left of it, this week. It wasn’t something we wanted to do, but Beckett left us no other choice.It was one of those flap books. You know, the kind with the pull down, yank or tear, flaps that reveal a photo of some sort. We have… Read more »
Mounted Officer Nabs Robber
OCEAN CITY – A Baltimore man was arrested on armed robbery and assault charges last week after getting chased down by an OCPD mounted officer following an alleged knife assault.Shortly after 2 a.m. last Friday, OCPD officers responded to the area of 2nd Street and Baltimore Ave. for a reported assault involving a knife. As… Read more »