OCEAN CITY – With very little fanfare or discussion, the Maryland Board of Public Works this week approved a nearly $200,000 expenditure for the ongoing beach replenishment project in Ocean City.The three-member Board of Public Works, which includes Governor Martin O’Malley, Comptroller Peter Franchot and Treasurer Nancy Kopp, on Wednesday approved the $190,138 state expenditure… Read more »
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Federal Judge Denies Ben Sifrit’s Latest Appeal
OCEAN CITY – Convicted killer Benjamin Sifrit, who, along with his wife Erika, brutally murdered a Virginia couple vacationing in Ocean City on Memorial Day weekend in 2002, this week had his latest attempt at an appeal shot down by a federal court judge.After U.S. District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett struck down Sifrit’s bid… Read more »
Report Findings Likely To Decide LCB’s Future
OCEAN CITY — A spokesperson from Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot’s office confirmed this week that the findings of the nine-month investigation of the Worcester County Liquor Control Board (LCB), which Franchot himself called “one of the most intensive” ever, could be announced publicly as early as next week.“I can’t say for sure when the exact… Read more »
Local Police Find Motorists Complying With Driving Laws
BERLIN – Two months after a new law prohibiting talking on a hand-held cell phone while driving took effect across Maryland, it appears most motorists across Worcester County including Ocean City are getting the message about the ban.Beginning Oct. 1, it became illegal for a motorist in Worcester County and across Maryland to use a… Read more »
Obama Rejects Ocean Drilling
OCEAN CITY – Just seven months after proposing to open a vast tract of ocean floor roughly 50 miles off the coast of Ocean City and Assateague to offshore drilling for oil and natural gas, the Obama administration this week reversed its course and issued a ban on drilling off the mid-Atlantic coast through 2017.In… Read more »
Winter Crime Prevention Initiatives Offered
Winter Crime Prevention Initiatives OfferedShawn J. Soper News EditorOCEAN CITY – In a town where the population often drops from 300,000 in the summer to just a few thousand hearty souls in the winter, there are thousands of vacant properties and scores of dark streets providing ample opportunities for would-be criminals, but there are several… Read more »
Schools Score Nutrition Grant
BERLIN – A new federal grant will allow local schools the chance to learn about nutrition.The United States Department of Agriculture awarded Maryland $2 million as a Team Chef Nutrition grant. Worcester County, one of nine counties to take part in the project, received $28,600 of that grant for use by the Culinary and Healthful… Read more »
Resort To Slash Retiree Benefits
OCEAN CITY – During this week’s Mayor and City Council’s presentation of benefits and compensation study, town employee retirement benefits became a heated topic, as the council began eliminating the benefits from all directions.The town recently offered a retirement incentive to employees in attempts to persuade some into retirement. According to the presentation, the incentive… Read more »
Berlin Historic Comm. Okays Changes To Town Properties
BERLIN – The Berlin Historic District Commission met Wednesday night and all three items brought before them were met with unanimous approval.Jill Hoshal came before the commission to represent the Baked Dessert Café. Unlike the other two cases that night, Hoshal wasn’t asking the commission to approve changes to her building for aesthetics so much… Read more »
Snow Hill Man Found Guilty Of Arson
SNOW HILL – A Snow Hill man, arrested in October in connection to a residential fire in West Ocean City last April, was found guilty this week in Circuit Court of first-degree arson and now awaits his fate pending the outcome of a pre-sentence investigation which could put him behind bars for as long as… Read more »