BERLIN — After nearly three years of legal posturing and public campaigning by both camps, the potential landmark trial in the civil suit filed against a Berlin farm and Perdue by environmentalists opened this week in a federal courthouse in Baltimore.In March 2010, the New York-based Waterkeeper Alliance, along with the Assateague Coastal Trust and… Read more »
Monthly Archives: October 2012
5-Year Sentence In Boardwalk Chase
OCEAN CITY — A Pennsylvania man, arrested in July on numerous charges after a wild stolen car chase that included two stints on the Boardwalk and a crash through a fence before he jumped into the bay to elude police, pleaded guilty last week to motor vehicle theft and possession of marijuana and was sentenced… Read more »
Stevenson Church Plans Centennial Celebration
BERLIN — On the cusp of its centennial celebration, Stevenson United Methodist Church is asking members of the community to bring in photos of the building and its congregation throughout the last century as well as requesting attendance at a special 100th anniversary worship service on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 2 p.m.The worship service will… Read more »
Pink Ribbon Classic Continues To Evolve With Same Goal
OCEAN CITY – The Pink Ribbon Classic is off to a good start toward meeting its goal — setting a new donation record while helping to educate and raise awareness on breast cancer.In 1996, Ocean City residents Nancy Dofflemyer and Judy Johnson Schoellkopf, along with members of the Executive Women’s Gold Association, created the Pink… Read more »
Murder Case Accomplices Sentenced After Guilty Pleas
SNOW HILL — Just over a year after a Texas man was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Christine Sheddy, a Delaware woman reported missing in 2007 whose remains were later found buried under a Snow Hill bed-and-breakfast, the other shoe dropped on Thursday for a pair of Lower Shore residents who… Read more »
Boardwalk Business Owner Aims To Improve Representation
OCEAN CITY – The race to become a City Council member received a last-minute entry with the filing of Phillip Sayan, who is running to give the council a fresh perspective as well as represent and be the voice for Boardwalk business owners.Sayan was the last candidate to file for City Council for this year’s… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
What’s ‘Right Direction’? Editor:I couldn’t help but notice that Mr. Dare is running for City Council. His signs are all over town with his slogan “The Right Direction”. Slogans are good only if you know what the person means in his statement. A case in point: “Hope and Change”! We all remember that slogan four… Read more »
Berlin Community Unfairly Stuck In Middle
Oftentimes, rational people disagree. Sometimes, rational people disagree so much they become irrational.There seems to be a bit of this surfacing in an ongoing political squabble in Worcester County.In Berlin, the town and its recent fracture with the Berlin Fire Company (BFC) reached new heights this week when a last-minute election coup arose with the… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
The Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce released the results of its “Chamber Unionization Feedback Poll” last week.Of the respondents, 74.4% requested the chamber adopt a position in opposition to the general employees’ union referendum on Nov. 6. Armed with those results, the chamber’s board has initiated a public education campaign that will include a… Read more »
NEW FOR THURSDAY: Fire Company Denies Role In Berlin Mayor Write-In Effort
BERLIN — While a surprise write-in candidate for mayor shook up what was expected to be a quiet election in Berlin this week, the last-minute effort was not successful enough to change the composition of the council. After voters hit the polls Tuesday, Mayor Gee Williams, District II Councilmember Lisa Hall and District III Councilmember… Read more »