BERLIN – A bill passed this month is expected to make land conservation more attractive, particularly to Eastern Shore property owners.As part of the America Gives More Act, Congress has made the tax incentive for conservation easement donations permanent. Kate Patton, director of the Lower Shore Land Trust, says the change is something groups like… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2016
Area Officials Explore N.C. Excursion Train Operation
BERLIN – Local officials remain excited about the prospect of an excursion train in Worcester County following a visit to the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad in North Carolina.Representatives from Berlin, Snow Hill and Worcester County spent two days in Bryson City, N.C. last week visiting the town and the excursion railroad that reportedly transformed it…. Read more »
Area Gun Sales Surge As President Seeks More Control Measures
BERLIN – The moment President Barack Obama stood in Washington and called for a “sense of urgency” in the fight against gun violence, Bob Arthur knew he was going to be getting very busy at his gun shop in Berlin.Arthur, who owns Arthur’s Shooter Supply on Old Ocean City Boulevard outside Berlin, believes the president’s… Read more »
Fundraising Goal Set After Local Family Displaced By House Fire
BERLIN– Surreal.That’s the only word Tiffanie Nichols can use to describe the devastating fire that destroyed her family’s home just minutes after they were able to escape safely. She and her husband and their three children were in the middle of a quiet Sunday afternoon at home when the fire began.“The fire started in a… Read more »
Little Traction For Now On Styrofoam Ban In Ocean City
OCEAN CITY — While not advocating for an outright ban on potentially harmful Styrofoam, the resort’s Coastal Resources Legislative Committee this week decided to pursue the issue further before making any recommendation.Several progressive communities across the country are already banning polystyrene in the form of Styrofoam cups, plates and carry-out boxes, for example. Closest to… Read more »
Local Gun Sales Surge As President Outlines Further Control Measures
BERLIN – The moment President Barack Obama stood in Washington and called for a “sense of urgency” in the fight against gun violence, Bob Arthur knew he was going to be getting very busy at his gun shop in Berlin.Arthur, who owns Arthur’s Shooter Supply on Old Ocean City Boulevard outside Berlin, believes the president’s… Read more »
New City Manager Excited To Join OC’s ‘Winning Team’; He Previously Served In Snow Hill, LaPlata, Aberdeen
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s newest city manager, the self-proclaimed “happiest person in the room,” was formally introduced on Wednesday morning, ending a roughly five-month search to replace his predecessor.After a national search yielded dozens of applicants, the Mayor and Council on Wednesday morning officially introduced Doug Miller, an experienced municipal administrator, as the resort’s… Read more »
Local Officials Travel To N.C. Town To Evaluate Railroad Operation
BERLIN – Local officials remain excited about the prospect of an excursion train in Worcester County following a visit to the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad in North Carolina.Representatives from Berlin, Snow Hill and Worcester County spent two days in Bryson City, N.C. last week visiting the town and the excursion railroad that reportedly transformed it…. Read more »
‘Model’ Winterfest Sets New Attendance Record In Ocean City
OCEAN CITY — Near-perfect weather along with summer-like crowds on many weekends during the holidays resulted in a new attendance records for Winterfest this year, Ocean City officials learned on Monday.While the weather has taken a sudden turn for the worse this week with a return of winter temperatures, many days in late November and… Read more »