BERLIN – A new citizen and staff Information Technology Committee (ITC) will help the town of Berlin make decisions on computer and tech issues, while appointments to other committees and the addition of alternates to some should enhance the workings of existing groups.Berlin Mayor Gee Williams, who came into the office last May after the… Read more »

BERLIN – Berlin plans to take over forest conservation development review of in-town projects from Worcester County, allowing the town to smooth out the process for developers and gain power over use of mitigation fees. The Berlin Mayor and Council did not take a formal vote, but reached a consensus to pursue the change.A dozen… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Protestant Episcopal Church was recently entered into the National Registry of Historic Places, a division of the National Park Service, United States Department of Interior. This Gothic Revival frame church, constructed in 1900-1901 is a prominent landmark in Ocean City. St. Paul’s, with only minor alterations in its long… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A Coast Guard rescue swimmer who successfully pulled three potential drowning victims from the ocean during a fierce coastal storm in May, including one stranded on a foundering sailboat just of the coast of Ocean City, was rewarded last week for his heroics with the Air Medal, one of the agency’s highest… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Fire Department took on a new look last year with the merger of the career and volunteer divisions, and now it has a new ranking structure, one in which the “hook” seems to be the implementation of a newly defined corporate-type ladder.Chief Chris Larmore requested approval for the “next… Read more »

WEST OCEAN CITY – The identity of the human skeletal remains discovered in a densely wooded area in West Ocean City last Friday remains unknown this week as investigators continue to search for clues about the deceased. Around 2:15 p.m. last Friday, Maryland State Police troopers responded to a heavily wooded area just west of… Read more »

BERLIN – There may be more public parking available in the town of Berlin than common wisdom has shown, according to one town staff member, and increasing the numbers could cost the town very little.During a Maryland Main Street Program meeting this week at The Globe, Berlin Planning and Zoning Director Chuck Ward told an… Read more »

BERLIN – The inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama will be a day of celebration for some people across the United States, but one local student will sit it out.Kimberly McAllister will keep her 7-year-old daughter home that day from Buckingham Elementary School (BES), which is holding an assembly to watch Obama’s inauguration, in protest over… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The first official amendment reading of 2009 dealt with what will no doubt be the largest challenge facing Mayor and City Council this year: the budget.Ocean City Budget Manager Jenny Knapp gave the first reading of the amended FY09 budget for the town of Ocean City on Monday night at City Hall,… Read more »

BERLIN – Worcester County this week filed suit in U.S. District Court against a bevy of Internet-based travel booking companies, seeking what could be millions of dollars in alleged unpaid hotel room taxes, joining a legion of other jurisdictions taking similar action in recent months.Attorneys for the Worcester County Commissioners on Tuesday filed suit in… Read more »