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 – 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 »
OCEAN CITY — It didn’t take long for federal elected officials to join the resort’s battle over an apparent error in flood zone mapping that has left some oceanfront property owners facing huge insurance premiums, as U.S. Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin sent a strongly-worded letter to the agency’s director urging him to right… Read more »
SNOW HILL — In what could be the first of many similar cases in the ongoing battle against the growing heroin epidemic, a Berlin man was found guilty of manslaughter and other counts this week for supplying the drug to a fatal overdose victim last November.Robert Franklin Skinkle, 26, of Berlin, on Tuesday was found… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — One day after his 95th birthday, Herb Schoellkopf, founder of the Old Pro Golf courses, passed away from natural causes. The following is the full obituary from Burbage Funeral Home.Herbert John Schoellkopf, Jr., known to most as Herb, and also as “the Old Pro,” passed away peacefully of natural causes May 5,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — With the help of a major federal grant, all of the municipal buses in Ocean City’s fleet could be outfitted with surveillance cameras inside and out.At Tuesday’s Transportation Committee meeting, Public Works Director Hal Adkins told members the Maryland Transit Authority (MTA) was considering including a $500,000 investment in a state-of-the-art video… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — More details emerged this week about a potentially violent incident following Donald Trump’s visit to Stephen Decatur High School in Berlin in April including a suspect being subdued with the threat of a Taser by an OCPD officer.On April 20, Trump visited Berlin for a political rally attended by thousands including supporters,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — In one of the earliest ocean rescues in the resort in recent memory, two body-boarders in distress were pulled from the water on Sunday afternoon with the assistance of a Good Samaritan surfer and three Ocean City Fire Department rescue swimmers.Around 1:15 p.m. on Sunday, May 8, Ocean City Fire Department rescue… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Despite changes in state law regarding the licensing of Uber drivers from out of state operating in Ocean City and across Maryland, the resort’s hands are somewhat tied in terms of enforcement.At Monday’s Police Commission meeting, the issue of the growing number of out-of-state Uber drivers operating in Ocean City was broached… Read more »
BERLIN — Autumn Kramer didn’t even know where to find Berlin on the map of Maryland when she reluctantly agreed to come and help her mother look for a new beach house two years ago; now Kramer calls it home both personally and professionally.“I had always wanted to open up my own flower shop after… Read more »