BERLIN – After years of wrestling with a sort of mythical waiting list for projects lined up for water and sewer capacity in Berlin, the Mayor and Council on Monday introduced legislation which, if approved, will create a mechanism for allocating the precious commodities in the town in the future.As Berlin inches closer to a… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Tempers flared at the end of Tuesday’s three-hour City Council work session, over recommendations to “get authority to borrow” up to $10 million to upgrade the Roland E. Powell Convention Center, before a single sketch drawing had ever been seen.“What the hell are we doing here?,” asked a visibly frustrated Councilman Jim… Read more »

SNOW HILL – The second of three men charged in the January 2007 murder of a local woman with ties to Ocean City pleaded guilty to a lesser manslaughter charge last Friday in Circuit Court and now awaits his fate pending the outcome of a pre-sentence investigation.Shawn Anthony Treherne, 23, of Bowie, Md., pleaded guilty… Read more »

SNOW HILL – One of two defendants facing first-degree murder charges in the beating death of the Berlin teen in May had his case resolved this week when he pleaded guilty late Wednesday to a lesser reckless endangerment charge and was sentenced to five years in jail, all of which was all suspended but the… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Worcester County citizens must wait until the comprehensive rezoning is completed before airing their views on the draft commercial building design guidelines, county elected officials decided last week.The County Commissioners had previously talked of setting a public hearing on the commercial design standards for November.The design guidelines are closely tied to the… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Less than two weeks after a visiting Worcester County Circuit Court judge ruled against the Worcester County Board of Education in a $1.3 million-plus lawsuit filed last year by a private contractor replaced mid-way through the construction of the new Ocean City Elementary School over two years ago, the defeated defendants have… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A growing trend in Ocean City elections appears to be for voters to leave some slots blank on their ballot boxes, raising the question if this small town election is being influenced at all by the votes that weren’t cast.In Tuesday’s election, a record low percentage of voters, 23.5 percent, showed up… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Harsh accusations by a 23-year-old resort woman were directed at the Ocean City Police Department this week, raising questions about how much a role the department should play in the personal lives of its officers.Resident Brandie Plumb claims that her girlfriend, an 11-year veteran to the OCPD, was slapped with a “No… Read more »

SNOW HILL – The official vote by the County Commissioners to go ahead with the purchase of the former Tyson chicken plant administration building to be transformed into the new Berlin senior center was unanimous Tuesday.The county had already signed a contract to purchase the property before the formal vote and set a settlement date… Read more »

BERLIN – An independent report on the potential economic impact of slots in Maryland released last week reveals the state might be overestimating the amount of revenue derived from the five sites identified in the referendum including Worcester, where the state’s Department of Legislative Services (DLS) expects the 2,500 machines to generate as much as… Read more »