BERLIN – Senator Barbara Mikulski this week hosted a face-to-face meeting with the Worcester County Commissioners to discuss a wide variety of issues germane to the local area, from ongoing improvements to Route 113 and startling unemployment figures for the county to enhancements and additions to the local railroad system and the flow of federal… Read more »

BERLIN – In a time when some businesses are hurting and seeing revenues drop, the town of Berlin is seeing new businesses open and at least one new event added to the town’s lineup of attractions.“We’ve had a rush of new businesses in the past month,” said Michael Day, new economic development director for Berlin… Read more »

BERLIN – The outline of the town’s future growth boundary, complete with green belt, was laid out this week by the Berlin Planning Commission during a work session.The urban growth boundary, which got the green light from Berlin Mayor Gee Williams and the members of the council several weeks ago, marks the planned furthest extent… Read more »

BERLIN – The apparent demotion of Worcester County Zoning Administrator Kelly Henry to a position overseeing county mapping employees has some citizens seeing a darker purpose behind the change, which they say could make it easier for developers to slide environmentally-problematic projects by county staff meant to act as gatekeepers.“Her job was to interpret the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Town officials are confident that visitors will not notice a few minor changes to the annual Fourth of July celebration in Ocean City, but they also don’t want people to forget that they saved thousands in the process.As part of the city’s budget cuts in the off-season, City Manager Dennis Dare trimmed… Read more »

BERLIN – The controversy over a closed meeting that resulted in the consolidation of three Worcester County government departments continues with a formal complaint made to the state that the County Commissioners violated the Maryland Open Meetings Act.The Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT) filed the six-page complaint with the Open Meetings Compliance Board late last week…. Read more »

SNOW HILL – South Point will retain estate zoning and the area around the headwaters of Herring Creek will be designated agriculture and resource protection in the draft rezoning, if the County Commissioners accept recommendations made by staff and endorsed by the Worcester County Planning Commission.The estate zoning, designated E-1, will most likely stay throughout… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Early legal maneuvering continued this week in the $500,000 civil suit filed in May against the town of Ocean City, its Convention and Visitors Bureau and a private company by a former Vermont high school student injured in an escalator accident on the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in May 2006, with… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The 22nd Annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament returns next week when hundreds of boats and thousands of anglers descend on the resort area for a three-day search for the burly behemoths in the canyons off the coast of the resort.Tuna of all shapes, sizes and species have begun arriving in the waters… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – With the holiday weekend here, there was talk of note about tourism around Ocean City. Here’s a couple highlights.Ocean City Scores Demoflush “Hat Trick”There were many people who were ready to flush their expectations for the summer season down the proverbial drain last fall after the recession hit full stride, but after… Read more »