BERLIN – A Texas man was arrested on a weapons charge last week after getting pulled over for speeding on a south Worcester County highway.Around 9:30 a.m. last Thursday, a Maryland State Police trooper on routine patrol pulled over a Hyundai Sonata on Route 13 near Pocomoke for speeding. When the trooper approached the vehicle,… Read more »
SNOW HILL – Worcester County will have a new sheriff next year, and Carroll Overholt would like to fill that post.Overholt, who describes himself as a fiscally conservative Democrat, officially filed to run for Worcester County Sheriff last week.Long-time incumbent Worcester County Sheriff Chuck Martin will not run for re-election due to health issues.Overholt and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — In the brief this week, the City Council elected to change the verbiage in its ordinance dedicated to undomesticated animals, the Police Commission will move forward with its random drug testing for cab drivers and the figurehead of the town’s mounted unit is hoping to be ready for action this summerTown To… Read more »
SNOW HILL – A Snow Hill man convicted in March on rape and child sex abuse charges after interviews with victims, his daughter and niece, last August revealed a long pattern of sexual abuse against them, was sentenced this week in Worcester County Circuit Court to a combined 55 years in prison for his offenses.Andrew… Read more »
BERLIN – A discussion this week during the Berlin Mayor and Council meeting about the growing number of complaints about high grass at vacant or foreclosed houses in the town eventually came around to a debate about the town’s policy regarding residences boarded up for an extended period of time. The continued sagging economy and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – On a gloomy, damp mid-May morning yesterday, a harbor seal found injured on the beach in Ocean City in January somewhat reluctantly returned to the sea near the Inlet after a cushy four-month stint at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.Hastings, a juvenile male harbor seal half-heartedly scooted out of a wooden crate… Read more »
BERLIN – With a growing and diverse population in Worcester County has come an increase in the number of children needing a support system, and a huge part of the local safety net is holding one of its bigger fundraising events of the year this weekend to help meet the demand for services.The Lower Shore… Read more »
BERLIN – Town officials this week approved an application for state Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding totaling $800,000 for the next phase of the town’s effort to expand its estimated $9.4 million spray irrigation system expansion project.Each year, the state makes available millions of dollars in federal CDBG grants to towns and counties across… Read more »
BERLIN – Town officials this week approved funding to fix up the dilapidated basketball courts at Henry Park just in time for a two-day tournament slated for the facility over Memorial Day weekend.Two weeks ago, the Berlin Mayor and Council approved a request from a local youth support group Reaching Our Children for a two-day… Read more »
BERLIN – Despite an overall decline in revenue, driven largely by a continued drop in the town’s assessable real estate base, Berlin officials this week introduced a budget for fiscal year 2011 that includes no tax rate increase for local residents.The Berlin Mayor and Council on Monday formally introduced the proposed fiscal year 2011 budget,… Read more »