BERLIN – The Globe Theater in Berlin will be receiving a new neighbor next month in the form of a cigar lounge.John’s Premium Cigar and Tobacco Company plans on opening a store and lounge at 14 Broad St on March 11. While most of the details are already worked out, the owners still had to… Read more »

BERLIN – Berlin’s resident pet community got a new member recently when a local family returned from a Caribbean vacation with an abandoned and abused little dog treated with violence and threatened to be put down.When Ocean City Paramedic John Holloway and his wife, along with a group of friends, traveled to the Virgin Islands… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A 2-percent increase in Ocean City’s business license fee has been discussed by the City Council for a few years now and it appears to be a reality now.According to Finance Administrator Martha Lucey, the purpose of the increase is to cover the administration, oversight and inspection of licensed facilities and those… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – While the Worcester County Liquor Control Board still hangs in the balance, county officials this week traveled to Annapolis this week to discuss the future of the beleaguered agency.Two weeks ago, the Worcester County Commissioners heard a proposal from the recently formed Worcester Free Market Alliance to alter or amend the LCB… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Although the actuary study on retirement health benefits has been presented, Bolton Partners will have to return with more recommendations for the Mayor and City Council before any final decisions are made.Kay Moran of Bolton Partners, Inc. presented a report on post-employment medical benefits actuarial valuation during this week’s meeting.Currently the town’s… Read more »

SNOW HILL – An expansion of the popular Arts and Times publication to the online market has earned the Worcester County Tourism Department and Moonshell Productions an award from the Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Council (LESHC).“This is the second time we’ve won this,” County Tourism Director Lisa Challenger told the Worcester County Commissioners at this… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC) is now offering downtown businesses and property owners the new Green Building Initiatives Program, which will offer financial assistance to business owners seeking to install new long-term energy efficient products and methods.OCDC’s goal is to create structures and use processes that are environmentally responsible and resource… Read more »

WEST OCEAN CITY – An extensive rehabilitation of the public boat ramp at the commercial harbor in West Ocean City, a project that could close the facility through much of the spring, is expected to begin in earnest next week after the County Commissioners this week signed the maintenance agreement with the contractor.The West Ocean… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Two Ocean City residents were arrested on dozens of counts of theft, malicious destruction of property and other charges last weekend after allegedly breaking into a vehicle owned by an off-duty Maryland State Police trooper at an uptown hotel.Around 2:30 a.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers were in the… Read more »