OCEAN CITY — With several whale species returning to the mid-Atlantic area as part of the normal migration pattern, the U.S. Coast Guard this week is reminding commercial and recreational vessels of the rules governing their health and safety.According to Coast Guard officials, every year from November to April, several whale species return to coastal… Read more »
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Berlin Council Moves To Raise Home Height Limits
BERLIN — After considerable debate about loosening the town’s height restriction on residential buildings, Berlin officials this week made a blanket decision to increase the limitation to 35 feet across the board.Currently, the town code allows for a maximum height of 30 feet on residential construction in Berlin. Developers of new residential projects currently have… Read more »
Grand Jury Indicts Pair For Covering Up Sheddy Murder
SNOW HILL — The other shoe dropped this week for a pair of Lower Shore residents implicated in the murder of Christine Sheddy, a Delaware woman reported missing in November 2007 whose remains were later found buried under a bed-and-breakfast in Snow Hill, after a Worcester County grand jury this week indicted one on first-degree… Read more »
Gaddis, Taylor Among Worcester Superintendent Finalists
NEWARK — The list of candidates to replace departing Worcester County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jon Andes was pared to four this week, including two familiar faces and a pair of outsiders.The superintendent search began late last year after Andes announced his retirement in October. Andes’ term will end officially in June after 16 years… Read more »
Salisbury Mayor Proposes Property Tax Rate Hike
SALISBURY – The City Council and the public received the mayor’s fiscal year 2013 proposed budget this week.Mayor Jim Ireton started off the presentation reviewing the assessable base of the city, the actual value of all of the property within the city limits. The assessable value is close to what it was in 2008, which… Read more »
Berlin Is State’s 1st Sustainable Municipality
BERLIN — Berlin’s growing environmental efforts have been honored with two significant awards including being named the first Sustainable Maryland Certified Municipality and receiving one of the first-ever Worcester Green Awards.Grow Berlin Green team members Steve Farr, Dave Wilson, Jane Kreiter, Kate Patton, Kathy Phillips and Debbi Dean-Colley came before the Mayor and Council on… Read more »
Casino Owner Says No Plans To Offer Free Booze, Food
SNOW HILL — Fears of an expanded presence at the Casino at Ocean Downs, including new developments on the site and a relaxation of the restrictions of food and drink giveaways, were allayed somewhat this week after red flags were raised earlier this winter.Worcester County’s Local Development Council (LDC), which oversees issues related to the… Read more »
Court Reverses Rape Conviction
SALISBURY — A Salisbury man convicted in 2010 of first-degree rape and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole was given a shot at a new trial this week when the Maryland Court of Appeals reversed the conviction over an alleged DNA sample collection.In July 2010, Alonzo Jay King, Jr., now 29,… Read more »
Boardwalk Phase I Completed
OCEAN CITY – The first phase of Ocean City’s Boardwalk reconstruction was officially completed last week in plenty of time for the summer season.“It went very well,” City Engineer Terry McGean said. “We finished ahead of schedule and under budget, so that’s always two good things.”The last board was nailed down last Thursday, April 19,… Read more »
Attempted Murder Plea Deal Reached
OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City man charged with attempted first-degree murder after running over a convenience store employee with his vehicle following an apparent dispute over $10 reached a plea agreement late last week and now faces as many as 25 years in jail pending the outcome of a pre-sentence investigation.Richard L. Edwards, 65,… Read more »