BERLIN – The same architect who started the design of the new Berlin library will continue the work thanks to approval from the Worcester County Commissioners this week.In spite of concerns about not soliciting bids for the work, the commissioners agreed to grant the Worcester County Library’s request to have architect Jeff Schoellkopf complete design… Read more »
28th Street Pit and Pub410-289-2020 • 28th St. & Coastal Hwy.Every Thursday: Locals’ Night With DJ BKAdolfo’s410-289-400113th St. & The Boardwalk,In The Beach Plaza HotelFriday, Aug. 21 & Saturday, Aug. 22:Dale Britt & Rhonda AppleEvery Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday:Jake WelshEvery Monday: Bryan RussoEvery Thursday: Billie Carlin’s Blues BandAtlantic Hotel410-641-3589 • 2 North Main St., BerlinFriday, Aug…. Read more »
BERLIN – Carmela Baum was one of the first campers to visit Assateague State Park in 1965.Fifty years later, she’s still spending part of every summer there.“You have a beautiful park,” she said. “Keep it that way.”Baum, a Pennsylvania resident, was one of many park supporters in attendance Aug. 14 for the park’s 50th anniversary… Read more »
BERLIN – A new assessment administered by teachers in Worcester County’s public schools shows that just under half of the children starting kindergarten are meeting state performance standards.The Kindergarten Readiness Assessment, administered for the first time at the start of the 2014-2015 school year, revealed that 48 percent of the children entering kindergarten in Worcester… Read more »
ARIES (March 21 to April 19): A relaxed mood early in the week could give way to high-temperature disputes. The Aries Lamb should resist being pulled into heated quarrels that could really singe your wool.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Satisfy that practical obligation first, then you can feel free to indulge in your creative… Read more »
SALISBURY — The second of two men who allegedly entered a Salisbury bank dressed in women’s clothing and wigs and robbed the bank at gunpoint was arrested without incident in Baltimore early Tuesday morning.Around 9:25 p.m. on Aug. 7, two male suspects dressed as women entered the Hebron Savings Bank in Salisbury armed with handguns… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Fire Department had a new chief for the day on Monday in 7-year-old Mason Farr, a pint-sized hero who saved his aunt from drowning at a resort water park earlier this summer.Farr was feted at the Ocean City Fire Department headquarters on 15th Street on Monday morning for his… Read more »
BERLIN – With site plan approval from the Berlin Planning Commission last week, developers of the apartment complex proposed for Seahawk Road say construction could begin as soon as the spring.Blair Rinnier of Rinnier Development said that though the project — known as Oceans East — still needed approval from the State Highway Administration and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The beach and Boardwalk became unlikely locations for a peaceful demonstration for statehood for the District of Columbia on Wednesday afternoon.A couple dozen members of DisruptDC, a new student advocacy organization calling for statehood and everything that implies for Washington, D.C. The organization set up camp on the beach at 1st Street… Read more »
BERLIN – In spite of last month’s decision not to abolish the Shoreline Commission, county leaders have decided to reconsider the issue.At the request of Commissioner Chip Bertino, the Worcester County Commissioners have agreed to consider legislation that would eliminate the Shoreline Commission at a Sept. 1 meeting. Bertino, who was among the majority when… Read more »