OCEAN CITY – As the City Council voted to go one way, businessman Rick Laws publicly announced he was going the other, and it appears those paths will eventually lead both parties to court.Ocean City officials say they they desperately need Laws’ property. However, as Laws continues to move forward with his own plans to… Read more »

BERLIN – After representing Worcester County and the lower shore for 19 years, State Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus (R-38B) yesterday announced he would not seek re-election to his District 38B seat in the upcoming election in 2010.Stoltzfus was set to make the formal announcement last night at a press conference and dinner at The Fountains… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Over 10 years after beating a man to death with a tent spike near the set-up for Sunfest at the Inlet parking lot in 1999, it appears convicted killer Robert Sutton, Jr., sentenced to life in prison for the crime, might be attempting another shot at redemption.Nearly six years have passed since… Read more »

ASSATEAGUE – Portions of the Assateague Island National Seashore will see temporary closures later this month as federal officials renew their aggressive aerial attack on isolated areas of invasive phragmites on the barrier island. Assateague Island National Seashore officials this week announced the latest phase in the effort to eradicate, or at least contain the… Read more »

BERLIN – A Berlin man being sought by local law enforcement agencies and U.S. Marshals for over a week was apprehended late last week when police found him holed up in a makeshift campsite in the woods near the Worcester-Wicomico line.Last Friday morning, a multi-agency search team, including the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office, the Maryland… Read more »

BERLIN – The town once home to one of the largest peach nurseries in the world will celebrate its historic roots this weekend.Mayor Gee Williams will kick off activities at the Berlin Heritage Foundation’s Peach Festival on Sunday, Aug. 9 at 12:15 p.m. with a proclamation declaring August as “Peach Month.”Berlin’s businesses are getting in… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Elected officials in Worcester County granted a rare, after the fact, floodplain building variance this week, despite the concerns of one County Commissioner who is worried that the variance will endanger the county’s federal flood insurance rating.“They do consider that in flood insurance ratings for the whole county,” staffer Ed Tudor told… Read more »

BERLIN – A local man died from injuries sustained in an accident late last Thursday night when his scooter left the roadway on Route 589.Shortly before midnight last Thursday, Maryland State Police responded to a single-vehicle accident involving a motor scooter on Route 589 north of Adkins Spur. The investigation revealed a 2007 VIP Future… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – In the brief this week, the City Council seems to have gotten compliance with one of its wishes, while Bob Melvin still quietly awaits for someone to do something about one of his.Helmet Law Set In StoneCouncilman Doug Cymek said he’s been seeing a lot of helmets on Coastal Highway this week,… Read more »