SNOW HILL – A Berlin man, deemed one of the Ocean City Police Department’s “most wanted” for a string of burglaries in a resort trailer park in March, was extradited to Worcester County from Florida last week and was quickly slapped with 31 charges including 12 counts of first-degree burglary and 11 counts of felony… Read more »

BERLIN – Slot machine gambling is widely expected to impact traffic and crime rates, but formal planning to handle those changes has yet to get underway.While local police and community leaders acknowledge that negative impacts will result from slot machine gambling in the north end of the county, they have little information to plan with… Read more »

BERLIN – A $125,000 grant from the Town Creek Foundation will fuel the first year of a three-year effort to green Berlin through the Grow Berlin Green (GBG) initiative.“Our overall goal is to establish Berlin as a model community for participating in conservation and smart growth,” said GBG Project Director Steve Farr, who is also… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Relatives of the man sentenced to life in prison for the stabbing of a West Ocean City woman in April 2008 were arrested last week and charged as accessories for covering up the convicted killer’s sexual assault and abuse of their own daughter a little over a month before the murder.Last week,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City is spending more than ever before in advertising dollars, but the expenditure should end up getting a significant “bang for the bucks.”MGH, the town’s contracted ad agency, outlined the advertising campaign for this year at last week’s Tourism Commission meeting and showed just how they will spend the town’s $3… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Though some seem to want a larger piece of the slots pie than others, Ocean City may need to take steps to ensure they get a slice at all.Mayor Rick Meehan addressed a recent letter written by the County Commissioners of Worcester County to Annapolis, and City Solicitor Guy Ayres pointed out… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The fate of the Route 50 Bridge came into question on Tuesday as State Highway Administrators revealed a new bridge would be needed in the not so distant future.Jamaica Kennon of the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) presented several ideas for a new bridge to the Mayor and City Council with some… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – With a crowd of a million or more expected to pile into the nation’s capital on Tuesday for the Presidential Inauguration, law enforcement agencies from all over the country have been called upon to lend support, including a substantial contingent from Ocean City and Worcester County.The Ocean City Police Department was recently… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – After a ho-hum holiday shopping season, retailers are starting to see just how dark the immediate days and months ahead just might be.After what many in the nationwide industry are citing as the least profitable shopping season since 1970, area retailers are beginning to assess if consumers will continue to be as… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Neighborhood Watch Association this week handed out its 2008 Ocean City Police “Officer of the Year” award, but the honoree’s picture will not appear in local newspapers or on television. During its annual ceremony on Monday at the Ocean City Elks Lodge, the Ocean City Neighborhood Watch Association selected… Read more »