BERLIN – The Berlin Utility Commission (BUC) met with the Mayor and Council Wednesday to discuss the future of Berlin’s energy supply.Dwight Davis, Vice President of Financial and Strategic Services at Booth and Associates Inc, addressed the BUC and the council on the possibility of joining PJM Interconnection, a regional transmission organization that handles electricity… Read more »
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Suspect Connected To Pines, Willards Armed Robberies
OCEAN PINES – A Berlin man along with three other suspects were arrested on armed robbery, assault and other serious charges this week after area police were able to connect them to a pair of hold-ups at convenience stores in Ocean Pines and Willards.Last Thursday, Worcester County Bureau of Investigation (WCBI) detectives and deputies from… Read more »
Five Years For Shooting Incident
SNOW HILL – A Berlin man arrested in June on attempted murder charges after being identified as the suspect in a shooting incident outside the American Legion in March pleaded guilty last week in Circuit Court to reckless endangerment and was sentenced to five years in jail.On March 26, two shots were fired from a… Read more »
Crack Dealer Sentenced To 10 Years
SNOW HILL – A local man, one of dozens rounded up this summer during area law enforcement’s renewed battle to rid Berlin’s neighborhoods of open-air drug dealing, pleaded guilty last week in Worcester County Circuit Court to distribution of crack cocaine and was sentenced to 10 years in jail.Terrance Lee Purnell, Sr., 42, of Berlin,… Read more »
Christmas Gift Thief Arrested
BERLIN – A local man was arrested on burglary and theft charges this week after breaking into a residence in the southern end of Worcester County and stealing thousands of dollars worth of wrapped Christmas presents.On Tuesday, Worcester County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a reported residential burglary on Critcher Rd. in Pocomoke. The investigation… Read more »
Md. Probe Finds LCB Broke Law Multiple Times
OCEAN CITY — The list of charges were as unprecedented as perhaps the evidence was damning, but the findings of the Comptroller of Maryland’s eight-month investigation of the Liquor Control Board for Worcester County revealed that it had, in fact, broken the law on a number of occasions.On Wednesday, Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot ended months… Read more »
Between The Lines
by Steven Green
Ocean City is about to increase its bus fare, and the general public seems okay with it, if attendance at this week’s public hearing is any indication.Surely, there are people who will take umbrage at the increase in the all-day bus pass from $2 to $3 once its enacted, but the fact is ridership is… Read more »
State’s LCB Report Confirms Suspicions
by Steven Green
What has long been speculated was proven true this week – the Liquor Control Board for Worcester County (LCB), the monopoly that handles all of the county’s wholesale spirit sales and most of the retail aspect, has broken the law at least four times over the last three years.With the release of the Summary of… Read more »
A Practical Approach
A Practical Approach Editor:The Ocean City Council is using the sensible approach in their efforts to reduce expenses during these difficult economic times. Freezing wages and benefits and instituting a “no new hire” is a good start. When the economy improves and new employees are needed, it seems reasonable for them to have a different entry… Read more »
Cops & Courts
Knife Pulled In BarBERLIN – A Berlin man was arrested on disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed deadly weapon charges this week after allegedly leaving a local bar after a dispute and returning with a large knife.Shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Berlin Police responded to Goober’s Bar for a report of a man wielding… Read more »