OCEAN CITY – Open for its first holiday season is Berlin’s World of Toys, which has gained success by going against the grain from the typical toy store and stocking its shelves with educational and developmental toys that kids of all ages will love.Olga Kozhevnikova opened World of Toys on May 25 after receiving the… Read more »
FENWICK ISLAND — Three weeks after Hurricane Sandy roared through the mid-Atlantic area, Fenwick Island is still picking up the pieces, but the tiny resort community just north of Ocean City is now moving beyond recovery and into a return to normalcy.While most of the last vestiges of Sandy have long since been cleared from… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The Mayor and City Council had its first work session together on Tuesday and members worked their way through a list of business, including numerous items presented by Public Works Director Hal Adkins and approved.Radar Device Purchase OK’dAccording to Adkins, the purchase of a Ground Penetrating Radar would advance the department’s capabilities… Read more »
BERLIN — The Mayor and Council of Berlin invested $18,832 this week into the beginnings of a remote metering program that officials hope will help modernize the town.“The initial investment surely is extremely reasonable for the potential,” said Mayor Gee Williams.There are currently five of the Nexgrid electric remote monitors running, according to Town Utilities… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The Downtown Association is looking to return the holiday spirit to downtown Ocean City by adding a celebration to Sunset Park this year, while keeping a goal to collect contributions in returning the light displays to the Inlet by next year.According to Downtown Association Light Up Downtown Celebration Committee Chair Brian McCarthy,… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A Virginia man who struck and killed a pedestrian on Coastal Highway last Memorial Day weekend while driving drunk and then fled the scene was sentenced last week to five years in jail.Around 1:20 a.m. on May 28, Ocean City Police responded to the area of 54th Street and Coastal Highway for… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City man was arrested on a first-degree assault charge this week after allegedly threatening his girlfriend with a knife during an argument over phone calls and text messages from the father of one of her children.Shortly before 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Ocean City Police responded to a residence on 13th… Read more »
BERLIN — The latest milestone in the ongoing landmark civil suit filed against a Berlin farm family and Perdue over alleged pollution violations passed this week with parties on both sides filing their proposed findings of fact and conclusions.Testimony ended in mid-October in the civil trial pitting a New York-based environmental watchdog group against Berlin’s… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY — A team of contractors and their crews, led by the local Home Depot, helped give a facelift to the Worcester County Humane Society (WCHS) last week.“We had so many different people from so many different companies,” said WCHS Director Kenille Davies.Davies guessed that more than two dozen people volunteered time or… Read more »
SNOW HILL — Two of the four suspects indicted by a Worcester County grand jury for their roles in the armed hold-up of a Route 50 convenience store and subsequent high speed chase in Ocean City in August each pleaded guilty to armed robbery last week in Circuit Court and each was sentenced to a… Read more »