OCEAN CITY – “Wish, Believe, Achieve … Cure One to Cure All”.That’s the motto of Operation Shooting Star, a local organization dedicated to increasing awareness of autoimmunity and its diseases while being committed to sending 100 percent of fundraising efforts directly to research.Operation Shooting Star Director Audrey Killen was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS)… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A Berlin man who pleaded guilty last month to five counts of possession of child pornography stemming from an investigation in January 2010 was sentenced this week to combined 20 years in prison.Kirt Greenberg, 46, of Berlin, pleaded guilty on Nov. 22 to five counts of possession of child pornography following an… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A West Ocean City man arrested in March on numerous charges after a two-hour standoff resulted in one of the largest mobilizations of local law enforcement in recent memory was sentenced earlier this month in Circuit Court to three years in jail, all of which was suspended but the time he served… Read more »
SNOW HILL — Worcester GOLD (Giving Other Lives Dignity) is in the midst of its 15th season of “Helping Hands for the Holidays” and is looking to provide gifts to roughly 1,000 people.Concentrating mostly on providing gifts to children, Helping Hands also covers what Worcester GOLD Executive Director Darlene Onley referred to as “vulnerable adults”… Read more »
BERLIN — Four Western Maryland counties have formed a coalition in the hopes of presenting a unified voice in Annapolis and are seeking to expand the organization to the Eastern Shore, but at least one Lower Shore county appears to have little interest in joining the party.Elected officials in Carroll, Frederick, Alleghany and Washington counties… Read more »
BERLIN — Great Shoals Winery, a private company started last year by former Worcester Prep teacher Matt Cimino, is looking to expand with more retailers and events in Worcester County.“We will be doing special events in Berlin,” said Shoals’ Marketing and Sales Coordinator Deborah Everett.Cimino added that Shoals was also hoping to branch out into… Read more »
SALISBURY — Industry leaders, business owners, and elected officials came together Wednesday at Salisbury University for the annual Delmarva Poultry Summit.While there, they discussed the effects of government regulation on the poultry industry, how it ties into and supports other business in the area and its future on the peninsula.“Never in my 26 years in… Read more »
BERLIN — Residents frustrated with higher-than-average electric rates and persistent blackouts last summer are in for some good news.Over the course of the fall, residential electric rates have dropped about 12 percent, according to figures provided by the town.“We changed the way we went about soliciting a purchase power contract,” said Mayor Gee Williams.Berlin’s previous… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Church Hill, Md. man was arrested last week on first-degree burglary and theft charges last week after detectives were able to connect him to break-ins at multiple units occupied by foreign student workers evacuated due to Hurricane Irene.On Aug. 28, an Ocean City police detective was dispatched to an apartment complex… Read more »
SALISBURY – An extension of a moratorium was approved to provide city administration time to finalize procedures concerning non-conforming residences.The Salisbury City Council voted unanimously to approve a resolution to extend a moratorium for 90 days that was established for certain enforcement actions in connection with multi-family residences in R-5, R-8, and R-10 zoning districts… Read more »