SNOW HILL – A major telephone outage in the Snow Hill area left numerous Verizon customers —including the board of education and Worcester County Emergency Services — without landline service for roughly seven hours Monday.The county was forced to redirect 911 calls to Ocean City while residents without cell phones were told to go to… Read more »
Author Archives: Charlene Sharpe
Victoria’s Ready For First Season In Ocean City; ‘Crabologist’ Weighs Each Crab
OCEAN CITY – The couple behind a popular West Ocean City eatery is now bringing fresh seafood to Ocean City with the new Victoria’s Seafood.Victoria’s Seafood, in the hard-to-miss hot pink building on 80th Street, is the latest venture of “Captain Ernie” Emerson and Victoria Volpe. The duo formerly operated Capt. Ernie’s Seafood in West… Read more »
County To Provide $10K Grant To Hardwire To Help With Facility Upgrades
SNOW HILL – Worcester County officials agreed to provide a $10,000 grant to the armor manufacturing company Hardwire to aid in its latest expansion.Based on a recommendation from Merry Mears, the county’s economic development director, the Worcester County Commissioners agreed to give Hardwire $10,000. The grant will be used to upgrade the electrical system at… Read more »
Event Shines Light On National Foster Care Month
BERLIN – Alison Tinker and her husband never intended to adopt. They wanted to provide a child in need with a safe foster home.“I was a stay-at-home mom with two girls,” she said. “We thought we could help with one more.”That was 30 years ago. Since then, the Tinkers have adopted five children and acted… Read more »
Ocean Pines Medical Complex To Add Cancer Care
BERLIN – With site work currently underway, construction on the second phase of the Delmarva Health Pavilion Ocean Pines is set to begin this summer.According to developer Palmer Gillis, construction of the second building in the new medical complex should take a year. When complete, the new building will allow Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC)… Read more »
County Mulls Education, Public Safety, Road Funding Cuts
SNOW HILL – Cuts in public safety, roads and education among other areas are expected to help balance Worcester County’s $189 million budget for the coming year.The Worcester County Commissioners began their line-by-line review of the FY 2017 budget this week, making it about halfway through the extensive document in a work session Tuesday. The… Read more »
New Berlin Library Branch Design Unveiled
BERLIN – Library representatives shared plans for the new Berlin branch, a state-of-the-art 11,000 square foot building to be located on Harrison Avenue, with town officials this week.Ron Cascio, a Worcester County Library board member as well as a Berlin Planning Commission member, presented plans for the new library before the commission this week. The… Read more »
Berlin Mixed-Use Project Clears Planning Commission With Reduced Setback Condition
BERLIN – A mixed use project proposed by Habitat for Humanity of Worcester County is set to move forward after receiving planning commission approval.On Wednesday, the Berlin Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve Habitat for Humanity’s plan to replace an old home with a new building featuring retail and apartments at 21 Jefferson St.“This is… Read more »
Berlin Mayor, Council Approve Own Pay Raises; Mayor To Receive $15K (From $5K), Council Members to Get $7,500 (From $2,000)
BERLIN – The town’s mayor and council members are set to receive a raise for the first time in 25 years.The Town of Berlin’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2017 includes funding to increase the mayor’s salary from $5,000 to $15,000, a 200-percent increase, and funding to raise each council member’s pay from $2,000 to… Read more »
Former Pine Shore Golf Property Eyes Rezoning To Allow For 80 Homes
BERLIN – Plans to rezone the former Pine Shore Golf facility on Beauchamp Road will move forward after the proposal earned the support of the Worcester County Planning Commission last week.The planning commission voted to pass a request to rezone the property residential on to the Worcester County Commissioners with a favorable recommendation. Stephen Nichols… Read more »