SNOW HILL — The Worcester County Health Department has confirmed that a second cat tested positive for rabies this week. It was determined that the cat was part of a free roaming colony living on an unoccupied property next to several homes in the area of Old Ocean City Road outside of Berlin.The cat is… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The Town of Ocean City is requesting the dismissal of a civil suit brought in August seeking $750,000 by an elderly Philadelphia woman following her fall from a wheelchair in 2012 allegedly due to a defective rubber warning mat on a resort street corner.According to the complaint, on June 16, 2012, the… Read more »

BERLIN — The State of Maryland announced $2.3 million in Bikeway Program grants this week, including a $30,000 slice to go toward Berlin’s planned Walkable, Bikeable trail network.The grant will be used to fund preliminary engineering work, and supporters of Walkable, Bikeable consider the money a solid foundation to build from.The goal is to connect… Read more »

BERLIN — In a project similar to what occurred last fall in Ocean City, a large scale transition from wooden utility poles to metal will begin in Worcester County next month.The upgrade will take place over a nine-mile, 69,000-volt transmission line that stretches from Berlin to Ocean City. It will take about eight months and… Read more »

BERLIN — To get its beer into cans, Burley Oak Brewery is thinking outside the box, launching a Kickstarter campaign this week to generate funding for a canning line.Canning beer from its Berlin brewery has been a goal for Burley Oak since it first opened in 2011. Distribution has been steadily growing over the years… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The release on Monday of the video illustrating the severity of the attack by former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice on his then-girlfriend cast serious attention on domestic violence around the country including the resort area, which sees its fair share of similar incidents each summer.On Monday, TMZ released the video… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A request to approve the construction contract for the new Ocean City Beach Patrol headquarters turned into a debate over which roof product is more cost-efficient.City Engineer Terry McGean submitted Gillis Gilkerson was previously selected to provide construction management services for the project. The design has been completed and all subcontracts have… Read more »

SALISBURY — A planned expansion of the Henry S. Parker Sports Complex is still under consideration by the Salisbury City Council with the condition that efforts be made to preserve local hiking and biking trails and to facilitate new trails on nearby city property.Adding more playing fields to the Parker complex could lead to its… Read more »

SNOW HILL — After learning that the town of Ocean City has been exempted from a state mandated apartment and condominium recycling program, the Worcester County Commissioners voted not to enforce the new law on the handful of rental and condo owners operating outside of the resort.The recycling mandate is a provision of House Bill… Read more »

BERLIN — A request from the Worcester County Library Board of Trustees to waive the competitive bidding requirements for a new Berlin library branch was tabled Tuesday by the Worcester County Commission for two weeks.While the commission was open to the idea of directly hiring architect Jeff Schoellkopf, many commissioners also admitted that they were… Read more »