BERLIN – Planning is underway for a new Berlin library to be built on Harrison Avenue.Mark Thomas, director of the Worcester County Library, said land for the new building has been purchased and an architect has started putting together details of the building and its features.“It’s the basic planning of the building and where it… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The town will be looking to the foreign workforce to ease its need for additional bus drivers during the summer season.Last month the Transportation Commission discussed recruitment opportunities to hire much needed bus drivers for the summer season. In broadening the hiring pool, the commission voted to make bus driver requirements less… Read more »
BERLIN – Local merchants reported a booming Christmas shopping season in Berlin.In the wake of the municipality’s Budget Travel designation as America’s Coolest Small Town, shopkeepers in Berlin said sales were strong throughout December.“It was amazing,” said Heather Layton, owner of Bungalow Love. “2013 was excellent and this blew that one away.”Layton said her shop… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The Town of Ocean City’s new website went live on Monday.For those who had not already noticed, Council Secretary Mary Knight announced the news at the conclusion of Monday evening’s Mayor and City Council meeting.“Today we launched the Town of Ocean City’s new webpage in a new format,” Knight said. “The beauty… Read more »
BERLIN – Nearly a year after the $2.4 million sale of Pines Plaza to a Pikesville-based company, little has changed at the dilapidated shopping center.In spite of promises to revamp the aging strip mall and fill its many vacant storefronts, the handful of merchants still leasing space in Pines Plaza say they’ve seen no improvements… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – City officials are exploring the concept of launching a smart phone app that will provide real-time data for the town’s bus transit system.On Tuesday morning, the Transportation Commission met to investigate the NextBus system.“The NextBus presentation is really a follow up discussion of apps for the utilization of transportation, more specifically for… Read more »
BERLIN — The Town of Berlin is kicking off its first ever strategic planning process with a set of community input meetings.The first meeting will be a Jan. 15 session at town hall from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with facilitator Christine Becker.“The kickoff meeting is open to the public and designed to focus on… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A Jessup, Md. man, arrested in August after leading Ocean City Police on a high-speed chase that reached speeds nearing 100 mph before crashing into a condo building on 72nd Street, pleaded guilty this week in Circuit Court and was sentenced to a year in jail, much of which was suspended.Around 3:10… Read more »
BERLIN – A variety of changes are in store for the Berlin Visitor Center as the town’s new economic development director begins to make her presence known.In late December, Economic Development Director Ivy Wells moved her office from the building behind town hall to the visitor center on Main Street. Now that she’s there, she’s… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Just two days into the New Year, anglers caught new state records in two species, including a potential world-record tautog caught from a charter off the coast of Ocean City.On Jan. 2, two anglers rang in the New Year with a new state record tautog and a new state record chain pickerel… Read more »