Coast Guard Monitoring Whales

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 »

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 »

Berlin Is State’s 1st Sustainable Municipality

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 »

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 »