BERLIN – Electric customers using Berlin power could see more savings if the town joins demand response programs telling electric plan operators when to run the generators for the most effectLast year, Berlin saved $150,000 using the power plant generators during times when the market rate was higher than it cost the town to generate… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Francis Scott Key Family Resort is featured in TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice 2009 publication as the No. 10 hotel/resort in the United States for families. “We are thrilled with the news that the Francis Scott Key Family Resort is one of the top family resorts in the United States,” said Kourtney D’Amore,… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Local sponsors of Rural Legacy land preservation projects would like to preserve 1,204 acres of forest and farmland, but current financial circumstances might prompt Worcester County to put its contribution to the fiscal year 2010 requests on hold for better times.  The Worcester County matches for the proposed Coastal Bays Rural Legacy… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A relatively short Monday night City Council meeting included a brief appearance by a Thunderbird and a few other notable blips on the proverbial “newsworthy” radar.City Council Introduced To Thunderbird PilotThe momentary roar over the Ocean City “skyline” on Monday afternoon was essentially a small preview of this summer’s aerial main event,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club is again sponsoring the 26th Annual Seaside Boat Show, known as the “show that works for kids,” on Feb. 13-15.Held at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center, the show traditionally draws thousands of water and boating enthusiasts to the resort over Presidents Day weekend. The show provides… Read more »

BERLIN – Restaurants and retailers in the area sold thousands of dollars in gift certificates and gift cards during the holidays, a fair amount of which might never be used, but a bill introduced in the General Assembly this week could require the sellers to send a large portion of the revenue back to the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Council decided that keeping the big Fourth of July bang was worth the additional bucks.After a back-and-forth discussion about whether to bid the job on the open market for putting on the 18-minute fireworks displays in Ocean City, the council voted 5-2, with Joe Hall and Margaret Pillas in… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The City Council reluctantly took measures to ensure that the Ocean City Fire Department could take their “next step” in yet another split 4-3 vote Tuesday.Chief Chris Larmore and City Engineer Terry McGean brought back the idea of using $54,000 in bond money to design an expansion of the uptown Station 4… Read more »

BERLIN – No field trips next year is better than fewer teachers and larger class sizes, educators said this week, despite the academic value of the educational trips.Controversial cuts to the Worcester County school budget proposed last week aimed to keep teachers and staff intact, but some things had to go, and field trips will… Read more »

BERLIN – The staggering economy coupled with an unusually harsh winter could soon leave many Berlin families out in the cold, with hundred of electric service cut-off notices ready to be sent out.In December, Governor Martin O’Malley, along with Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin. announced $110 million in federal funding earmarked to help those… Read more »