BERLIN – While Worcester County voters bucked statewide trends in several races during Tuesday’s primary election, they certainly showed up in droves considering there were no local races to decide.Nearly 44 percent of Worcester County’s registered voters turned out for Tuesday’s primary election, marking a considerable increase over voter turnouts in the county in recent… Read more »

BERLIN – The town of Berlin and Mayor Tom Cardinale last week filed a motion to dismiss the suit filed against them in December by former Finance Director Ron Bireley, who was fired in January 2005, citing certain fallacies in the original complaint. Bireley filed the suit in Worcester County Circuit Court on Dec. 26,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City man is in custody this week facing a slew of charges including indecent exposure and assaulting a police officers after an incident last Saturday that began with a domestic dispute, included exposing himself to a group of juveniles and ended with him spitting on an OCPD officer and grabbing… Read more »

BERLIN – A sidewalk needs to be added to the south side of Flower St., to join the in-progress north side sidewalk, Berlin Town Council member Elroy Brittingham said at Monday night’s council meeting.The traffic on the road makes walking unsafe, Brittingham feels.“We get over 20 school buses a day. We get all the traffic… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Planners said last week that Worcester County needs a dredge spoil site, but wondered whether a proposed private spoil site would fulfill the lack.The question was raised Feb. 7 during an informal discussion by the Worcester County Planning Commission of a private dredge spoil site in Friendship Village, northeast of Berlin.The private… Read more »

BERLIN – Developer Berlin Properties North (BPN) and the town of Berlin must begin a new round of negotiations over the Tyson chicken plant property annexation now that the two wastewater plant scenario has been reduced to one.    BPN’s Troy Purnell went before the Berlin Mayor and Council Monday and confused the council members with… Read more »

BERLIN – Trees in Berlin need to be protected, the Berlin Planning Commission agrees, but discussions this week revealed that there is little concurrence on the method. “We definitely need some kind of tree thing where substantial trees can’t be cut,” said Newt Chandler, newly elected chair of the Berlin Planning Commission. Guidelines, not a new… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A Columbia, Md. woman implicated in a staged armed robbery at a resort hotel last summer was found guilty this week on all charges and now faces up to 15 years in jail for the conviction. In District Court this week, Brady Ashley Greer, 21, pleaded not guilty to theft plus $500,… Read more »

BERLIN – Berlin Town Council member Ellen Lang said this week she wants to settle ethics questions from her constituents over her participation in votes on issues brought before the council by going before the town ethics committee.The council member said there had been some questions from Berlin citizens over her involvement with OC Law… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – This year’s King and Queen candidates are currently hosting their individual events in the hopes of raising the most money for the Ocean City Parrothead Club’s Mardi Gras Carnival.This year’s Kings are Adam Osborn, Mike Cobo, Chris Hall and Mike Rutledge. The Queen candidates are Patti Miller, Veronica Donaldson, Lisa Tilghman and… Read more »