BERLIN – Berlin. Home to a historic hotel, quaint shops and tasty restaurants.There was just one thing missing according to local merchant Jenny Sheppard — a general store.“There wasn’t a place within walking distance you could go buy aspirin,” said Sheppard, who has run a real estate office on Main Street for nearly a decade.She… Read more »
BERLIN – In 2011, Joe Letts managed a fleet of five commercial clam boats in Ocean City. He had 42 employees. It took 2.7 million gallons of locally purchased fuel to run his boats. Groceries alone cost him $60,000 that year.Today, all that money is being spent in New Jersey. The ever-decreasing depth of the… Read more »
SNOW HILL – In an effort to balance the coming year’s budget, the Worcester County Commissioners are considering as much as a 14-cent property tax increase.Commissioners are expected to decide next week during a budget session whether to advertise for a potential property tax increase of 6.7 cents or an increase of 14.4 cents. According… Read more »
SNOW HILL – The Taylor Landing community’s plea for a crabbing pier went unanswered this week as the Worcester County Commissioners opted not to proceed with the project.In spite of Commissioner Merrill Lockfaw’s attempt to generate support for the effort, just he and Bud Church voted in favor of proceeding with the design of a… Read more »
SALISBURY – The Wicomico County Health Department and Salisbury University are working together after a third student from the school tested positive for tuberculosis.The health department and the university are collaborating to offer tuberculosis testing to anyone who may have been in contact with any of the individuals who tested positive for the disease. Officials… Read more »
SNOW HILL — For the 12th year, Snow Hill will be hosting plein air artists this weekend.Seventy artists will be participating in the “paint out.” Ann Coates, organizer of the event, announced 20 registered artists featured in the recently published “100 Plein Painters of the Mid-Atlantic” will be in town. Gary Pendleton, one of the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — With the 2015 General Assembly session set to expire on Monday, it now appears the drive for a mandated statewide post-Labor Day start to the public school year in Maryland is dead in the water although its main advocate last week hinted at possibly going over the legislature’s head.In August, Maryland Comptroller… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A Silver Spring, Md. man was behind bars in the Worcester County Jail last week after allegedly sexually soliciting and sending images of child pornography to a local teenage girl.Last Tuesday, the Maryland State Police forwarded a case involving child pornography and solicitation to the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation (WCBI). Detectives… Read more »
BERLIN — No injuries were reported and all of the occupants were able to escape from a townhouse fire at a multi-family complex in Berlin last Friday night.Around 7:30 p.m. last Friday, the Berlin, Newark, Ocean Pines and Showell Volunteer Fire Companies were alerted for a reported residential fire at a Berlin townhouse complex on… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The Planning and Zoning Commission is working with the Ocean City Brewing Company (OCBC) to come up with a plan to have outdoor seating approved where it will be a win-win for everybody.On Tuesday evening, the Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing to consider a request from OCBC to reconsider… Read more »