OCEAN CITY- With the budget heading to first reading in a couple of weeks, additional paid parking areas in city-owned lots, and changes in parking rates at the Inlet Lot are approved this week to help increase revenues.At the budget meeting on Thursday, April 10, the Mayor and Council voted to re-establish paid parking at… Read more »

BERLIN- After helping Berlin win Budget Travel’s Coolest Small Town in America this year, Economic and Community Development Director Michael Day will be going out on a high note as he announced his retirement sometime this calendar year.Day has been with Berlin for nearly a decade, spending the first four years of his nine-year run… Read more »

SALISBURY — Tempers flared this week during a Salisbury City Council discussion of election redistricting.Both sides have clear philosophies about whether the city should switch from a two-district to a five-district system. A public hearing on the issue will be forthcoming, though at this time switching to a five-district layout is favored by a majority… Read more »

BERLIN- An employee pay raise in Berlin is definitely on the table, but no hard numbers have been discussed this early in the budget process.During their first budget work session this week the council reviewed general fund revenues as well as departmental budget requests. In the current budget there is no mention of a salary… Read more »

BISHOPVILLE- Having opened its first-ever U.S. office in Worcester County this spring, London-based CP Cases has landed in Bishopville.Though starting small in its first year, the expectation is that CP will see a boom over the next decade.“It’s a small operation right now but it’s really the launch of their American operations and I think… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The City Council decided this week against contracting with an engineering consultant firm to represent the city when, or if, property owners appeal to the federal government over proposed changes to flood insurance rates.The decision means Ocean City will remain the middle man between property owners and the Federal Emergency Management Agency… Read more »

BERLIN- A Berlin woman died on Sunday afternoon after mixing two household cleaners that created a chlorine gas cloud while cleaning a bathroom in her residence.Around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Grays Corner Rd in Berlin to assist with an EMS call. Upon arrival, deputies learned… Read more »