BERLIN – With the prom next weekend and graduation activities not far behind, Stephen Decatur students got a harsh, first-hand look at the reality of the danger of drinking and driving and poor decision-making with a dramatic mock accident in front of the school yesterday morning.In a program repeated each year just before prom week,… Read more »

BERLIN – With the passage Monday night of Berlin’s new regulations, control of stormwater handling now lies with the town and not Worcester County.“We take care of the streets. We take care of the sidewalks. We take care of water and wastewater, and we take care of electricity. Why not stormwater? That’s where so many… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Ocean City Fire Chief Chris Larmore said that his department has gotten done in two years what some people said couldn’t be done in six. As a result, the council applauded the efforts of the “$1-a-year-chief”, and even quipped that it might be time to give him a raise.As the career and… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — In the brief this week, two issues slipped through the Police Commission level and found their way onto the City Council’s agenda and were quickly tabled, the council mulled its options on what to do with a few more taxi medallions and the town wants a downtown property owner to start a… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A Baltimore man was taken into custody this week after detectives charged him last week with child sex crimes dating to 2008.Last week, the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) concluded a month-long child sex offense investigation stemming from a referral from the Worcester County Department of Social Services (WCDSS). Detectives, working in… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – In a bizarre accident in Ocean City this week, an elderly man apparently lost consciousness and then control of a large commercial dump truck he was driving, striking another vehicle stopped at an intersection before crashing into a first-floor condominium unit.Around 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Ocean City Police and the Ocean City… Read more »

BERLIN – An Ocean City man serving a 10-year sentence for a manslaughter conviction in the baseball-bat beating death of another local man in May 2008 had his appeal for a new trial, or at least a reconsideration of his sentence, heard last week by the state’s Court of Special Appeals, as a sort of… Read more »

BERLIN – With the summer-long live racing meet at Ocean Downs now an impossibility because of the ongoing renovation and expansion of the grandstand area to accommodate the future slots venue at the historic track, it now appears a single race or day of racing might be needed to meet the county’s requirements for the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City health and fitness mainstay announced this week it would be closing its doors after 26 years as a result of structural issues found by the city.Ocean City Health and Racquet Club owner Gerald Furst proclaimed in a letter to members and the community that he “with great sadness, had… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — As the annual budget process begins at City Hall, the good news is that Ocean City can operate at the constant yield rate in the year to come. The bad news, however, is the town will have to do it with $3.5 million less in revenue.The City Council, on the other hand,… Read more »