OCEAN CITY – In the seven years since a federally mandated water quality testing program began on the beaches of Ocean City, the resort has had a perfect record in terms of advisories and closures and a fiscal shot in the arm presented to the town this week by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials should… Read more »

BERLIN – Briddelltown neighborhood residents may soon see their water bills go up.On the recommendation of the Berlin Utilities Commission (BUC), the Berlin Town Council voted this week to make some changes in they way the town handles the water supply to the area, which lies outside town limits. The BUC asked the council to… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – No problems were reported just three days into a new system that created a surfing-only beach at the Inlet, but with soft weekday crowds this time of year and a calm, flat ocean for much of the week, the jury is still out on the new set-up.Last fall, the Ocean City Mayor… Read more »

BERLIN – Town children will be able to track a new ice cream truck cruising through the streets in the traditional way, by the music it plays, after the Berlin Town Council granted truck owner Glenn Deskins an exception. “It’s kind of difficult to run the ice cream truck without it,” Deskins told the council…. Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The beautiful weather and the energy of the holiday weekend brought success to the city flea market in the Worcester Street parking lot last weekend. Vendors and shoppers gathered in the downtown Worcester Street parking lot Saturday and Sunday to sell, shop, and enjoy the nearly perfect weekend weather.The weekend marked the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Comcast cable subscribers will be seeing a rate increase in their cable bills starting June 1. The upcoming rate changes on basic cable were presented and discussed at the City Council work session on Tuesday.Tom Worley, area director of government relations for Comcast, came before the City Council Tuesday to discuss rate… Read more »

BERLIN – Berlin’s elected officials have formally asked Worcester County to add two wastewater plant systems to the books.Discussions between Troy Purnell’s Berlin Properties North, which owns the Tyson chicken plant site, and the town of Berlin have resulted in an unusual public-private partnership that will forestall expansion of the municipal wastewater plant.The new plan… Read more »

BERLIN – Berlin’s elected officials have formally asked Worcester County to add two wastewater plant systems to the books.Discussions between Troy Purnell’s Berlin Properties North, which owns the Tyson chicken plant site, and the town of Berlin have resulted in an unusual public-private partnership that will forestall expansion of the municipal wastewater plant.The new plan… Read more »

BERLIN – Although designs are complete for the eagerly anticipated Flower St. sidewalks, the town will need to rush to finish the project before the end of November grant funding deadline.The project has already received one extension. A second extension on the funding is unlikely without mitigating problems, like major storms, preventing the completion of… Read more »

BERLIN – Although designs are complete for the eagerly anticipated Flower St. sidewalks, the town will need to rush to finish the project before the end of November grant funding deadline.The project has already received one extension. A second extension on the funding is unlikely without mitigating problems, like major storms, preventing the completion of… Read more »