OCEAN CITY – The new auditorium and performing arts stage at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center was receiving its finishing touches this week with the kick-off event scheduled for Wednesday.“We are about 98 percent complete as of a couple hours ago. It is changing by the minute. We are in the cleaning process right… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A Berlin man, called a “one-man crime wave,” was sentenced to 20 years in prison this week for several burglaries throughout northern Worcester County in late May and early June as well as an assault on a U.S. Marshal in an Ocean Pines fast-food restaurant after a major manhunt.Orion Christopher Conway, 24,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – At last night’s Ocean City Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, it was learned one of the oldest motels in downtown Ocean City will come down to make room for another big name brand hotel.On Tuesday evening, the Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed a site plan for a proposed Hyatt Place Hotel complex… Read more »
SNOW HILL – Worcester County’s new commissioners took their seats this week and chose District 6 Commissioner Jim Bunting to serve as their leader.On Tuesday, Worcester County’s four newly elected commissioners joined three incumbents to be sworn in as Worcester County Commissioners. Afterward, in a closed session, they chose Bunting to replace Commissioner Bud Church… Read more »
BERLIN — The future of a beleaguered cornerstone commercial property along a key gateway entrance to Berlin remains in doubt this week after a foreclosure auction was cancelled due to a handful of considerably low bids.The roughly one-acre tract on the corner of Main Street and Old Ocean City Blvd. was set to be auctioned… Read more »