BERLIN – Developer Berlin Properties North (BPN) and the town of Berlin must begin a new round of negotiations over the Tyson chicken plant property annexation now that the two wastewater plant scenario has been reduced to one.    BPN’s Troy Purnell went before the Berlin Mayor and Council Monday and confused the council members with… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Planners said last week that Worcester County needs a dredge spoil site, but wondered whether a proposed private spoil site would fulfill the lack.The question was raised Feb. 7 during an informal discussion by the Worcester County Planning Commission of a private dredge spoil site in Friendship Village, northeast of Berlin.The private… Read more »

BERLIN – A sidewalk needs to be added to the south side of Flower St., to join the in-progress north side sidewalk, Berlin Town Council member Elroy Brittingham said at Monday night’s council meeting.The traffic on the road makes walking unsafe, Brittingham feels.“We get over 20 school buses a day. We get all the traffic… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City man is in custody this week facing a slew of charges including indecent exposure and assaulting a police officers after an incident last Saturday that began with a domestic dispute, included exposing himself to a group of juveniles and ended with him spitting on an OCPD officer and grabbing… Read more »

BERLIN – The town of Berlin and Mayor Tom Cardinale last week filed a motion to dismiss the suit filed against them in December by former Finance Director Ron Bireley, who was fired in January 2005, citing certain fallacies in the original complaint. Bireley filed the suit in Worcester County Circuit Court on Dec. 26,… Read more »

BERLIN – While Worcester County voters bucked statewide trends in several races during Tuesday’s primary election, they certainly showed up in droves considering there were no local races to decide.Nearly 44 percent of Worcester County’s registered voters turned out for Tuesday’s primary election, marking a considerable increase over voter turnouts in the county in recent… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A Worcester County Grand Jury on Wednesday handed down indictments for first-degree murder and other charges for three men held in connection with the murder of a local woman found in a wooded area near Pocomoke last month. The September 2007 term of the Worcester County Grand Jury convened on Wednesday morning… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Despite torrential rains mid-week and the snow and ice yesterday morning, the Route 50 Bridge, which has been closed to traffic since Jan. 17, is expected to re-open by around noon today as planned.The initial estimate for the length of the project was 35 days, which would have put its completion around… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City man got on a roll playing the state lottery last weekend and parlayed his good fortune into a $50,000 payday.Raymond Bartole, 51, an employee at the Super Fresh grocery store on 94th Street, began his lucky streak last Saturday when he won $30 on Bonus Match 5 and followed… Read more »