OCEAN CITY – The Mayor and City Council had its first work session together on Tuesday and members worked their way through a list of business, including numerous items presented by Public Works Director Hal Adkins and approved.Radar Device Purchase OK’dAccording to Adkins, the purchase of a Ground Penetrating Radar would advance the department’s capabilities… Read more »
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Berlin Testing Remote Metering Program Potential
BERLIN — The Mayor and Council of Berlin invested $18,832 this week into the beginnings of a remote metering program that officials hope will help modernize the town.“The initial investment surely is extremely reasonable for the potential,” said Mayor Gee Williams.There are currently five of the Nexgrid electric remote monitors running, according to Town Utilities… Read more »
Downtown Ocean City Hoping To Light Up For Holidays, Again
OCEAN CITY – The Downtown Association is looking to return the holiday spirit to downtown Ocean City by adding a celebration to Sunset Park this year, while keeping a goal to collect contributions in returning the light displays to the Inlet by next year.According to Downtown Association Light Up Downtown Celebration Committee Chair Brian McCarthy,… Read more »
Driver Gets Five Years In OC Pedestrian Fatality
SNOW HILL — A Virginia man who struck and killed a pedestrian on Coastal Highway last Memorial Day weekend while driving drunk and then fled the scene was sentenced last week to five years in jail.Around 1:20 a.m. on May 28, Ocean City Police responded to the area of 54th Street and Coastal Highway for… Read more »
Charges In Alleged Knife Threat
OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City man was arrested on a first-degree assault charge this week after allegedly threatening his girlfriend with a knife during an argument over phone calls and text messages from the father of one of her children.Shortly before 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Ocean City Police responded to a residence on 13th… Read more »
Clean Water Act Suit Enters Final Stretch
BERLIN — The latest milestone in the ongoing landmark civil suit filed against a Berlin farm family and Perdue over alleged pollution violations passed this week with parties on both sides filing their proposed findings of fact and conclusions.Testimony ended in mid-October in the civil trial pitting a New York-based environmental watchdog group against Berlin’s… Read more »
County Shelter Thankful For Renovation Help
WEST OCEAN CITY — A team of contractors and their crews, led by the local Home Depot, helped give a facelift to the Worcester County Humane Society (WCHS) last week.“We had so many different people from so many different companies,” said WCHS Director Kenille Davies.Davies guessed that more than two dozen people volunteered time or… Read more »
Two Sentenced In Raceway Citgo Store Armed Robbery
SNOW HILL — Two of the four suspects indicted by a Worcester County grand jury for their roles in the armed hold-up of a Route 50 convenience store and subsequent high speed chase in Ocean City in August each pleaded guilty to armed robbery last week in Circuit Court and each was sentenced to a… Read more »
Worcester’s Drop-Out Rate Far Below ‘Acceptable’ Standard
BERLIN — Flexible programs and support tailored to the individual student are the main reasons why Worcester County constantly sports some of the lowest drop-out and highest graduation rates in the state, according to County Coordinator for Drop-out and Recovery Diane Stulz.According to Stulz, Worcester public schools only had a drop-out rate of 6.68 percent… Read more »
Track Repairs Bring Trains Back To Berlin
BERLIN — The blaring train horn so familiar to Berlin residents and visitors silenced for months after a major August storm has returned.For decades, the loud, shrill whistle of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company as its locomotives and cars rolled through town have been a way of life for Berlin residents and a quaint… Read more »