NEWARK – Students representing all 14 schools in Worcester County gathered on Tuesday to place artifacts into a 150th anniversary time capsule.Prior to this week’s school board meeting, one student from each of the public schools in Worcester County presented their items for a time capsule commemorating the school system’s 150th anniversary.“As all of you… Read more »
BERLIN – Residents continue to voice objections to plans for an apartment complex near the Purnell Crossing townhouse community.While the developer has met with concerned neighbors and is working on changes to his initial plans for an apartment complex on Route 346, residents of the surrounding area say they’re still opposed. Several attended this week’s… Read more »
BERLIN- After starting the season a perfect 5-0, Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity lacrosse team has dropped two straight to tough Bayside North opponents in the last week to fall to 5-2.The Seahawks opened the season with five straight wins including a 5-4 win over crosstown rival Worcester Prep in the opener. The Decatur boys stayed… Read more »
Using Program Open Space funds to add more sports fields to the Berlin Little League program as well as the neighboring Northern Worcester Athletic Complex is a good land acquisition for the county to explore.My only problem with it is something is not on the up and up with how this effort is being presented… Read more »
Berlin’s Failure To PlanEditor:My father often told me: failing to plan is planning to fail.Berlin’s recent budget predicament — I loathe to call it a crisis because that word implies something unexpected and dire — seems not only predictable but the predictable result of both a failure to plan and a failure to stick to… Read more »
How bad could it have been?That’s what many were wondering after last week’s press conference on the legitimate threat made by students at Snow Hill Middle School last month.While details are scant, what we do know is authorities were alerted by the school system of a potential school shooting plot. School officials learned about it… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — With the dust settling after a whirlwind two weeks of budget deliberations, the pending minimum wage increase and a “tremendous” amount of overtime continues to vex resort officials.The Mayor and Council on Tuesday completed two weeks of budget work sessions with a budget wrap-up during which some last-minute items were added and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — While they didn’t stroke a check, resort officials this week remained open to expanding the police department’s vehicle take-home policy if a pending staff report warrants it.The discussion of expanding the Ocean City Police Department’s vehicle take-home program for officers who live in the resort is not a new one, but it… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity lacrosse team dropped a couple of close games this week to drop to 3-4 on the season.After starting the season with a 2-1 work, the Decatur girls had been on a win one, lose one pattern over much of the last two weeks before dropping two close ones to tough… Read more »
BERLIN — Officials said they needed more information before they could approve a local brewery’s plans to use shipping containers to expand its beer garden.The Berlin Planning Commission did not make a formal decision regarding a request from Burley Oak Brewery owner Bryan Brushmiller to add shipping containers to the perimeter of the establishment’s beer… Read more »