BERLIN – In spite of concerns about stormwater, town officials approved plans for an expansion of Burley Oak Brewing Company.On Wednesday, the Berlin Planning Commission approved a site plan for an expansion of Burley Oak that would include the addition of a stage and more seating. Following the approval, however, commission members expressed frustration over… Read more »
BERLIN – A truck ban proposed for Baker Street has been delayed as officials work to adjust existing language in the town code.When staff presented town officials with a resolution that would prohibit truck traffic on Baker Street Monday, Councilman Thom Gulyas expressed concerns with the code’s current definition of truck. As it is written,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — For a variety of reasons including “quality of life issues,” there is a not-so-subtle employee drain in the Ocean City Police Department, resulting in the department requesting one additional officer in its fiscal year 2018 budget, raising concerns over whether one is enough.During a budget work session on Monday, Ocean City Police… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Continuing a recent recurring theme about perceived visual pollution along the beachfront, the Ocean City Mayor and Council this week rejected a proposal to install as many 12 new cell phone towers on the Boardwalk.As far back as 2015, private sector company Crown Castle announced a proposal to install as many as… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Officials recognized Worcester Technical High School’s Julia Hill as the county’s top teacher at the 2017 Worcester County Teacher of the Year celebration.The announcement that Hill, a Stephen Decatur High School graduate, was the 2017 Teacher of the Year was met with waves of applause Friday evening. Hundreds of teachers, school system… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The vestry of St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church awarded a contract to Gillis Gilkerson Inc. last month to begin construction on a two-story addition, which will replace the rectory that was destroyed in a fire nearly four years ago.Tom Shuster, a member of the church’s reconstruction team, said the project will begin… Read more »
BERLIN – A veteran actor and playwright is making his return to the Lower Shore for an actor’s workshop scheduled later this month.Actor Michael O’Leary, best known for his role of Dr. Rick Bauer on the long-running soap opera “Guiding Light,” is visiting Berlin April 29 for a four-hour workshop that will prepare local actors… Read more »
OCEAN PINES — A local woman along with two small dogs are recovering after getting attacked by a dog last weekend, but the attacking dog, a pit bull terrier, has been turned over to Worcester County Animal Control to be euthanized.Around 11:30 a.m. last Wednesday, an Ocean Pines Police officer was dispatched to the area… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Despite an offer to move the proposed wind farm five miles further off the coast, Ocean City officials this week sent a formal letter of opposition expressing concern about the proximity of the turbines to the resort’s coast and the potential visual impact from the shoreline.Just one week after Ocean City officials… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Nearly three years after it sailed off and disappeared over the horizon, the 16th century Spanish Galleon replica El Galleon Andalucia could be returning to Ocean City late this summer.During a budget work session on Thursday, Special Events Director Frank Miller told the Mayor and Council there had been cursory talks with… Read more »