SNOW HILL – The new wastewater plant planned for Berlin on the old Tyson chicken processing site will discharge treated effluent to a local creek for 10 years, Worcester County planning officials heard last week, a practice that the town hopes will be countered by better nutrient management in other areas.Plans for an expansion of… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – At a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on Tuesday, it was unanimously agreed to approve the proposed Clipper Hotel, after the commission agreed that it was an ideal project for the downtown area.The proposed three-story structure, which will be located at 1107 North Baltimore Avenue, will consist of seven hotel suites and… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Water quality at beaches across the country were deemed unsafe for swimming for a record number of days last year and the number of no-swim days more than doubled from the year before, but the waters around coastal Worcester County including Ocean City generally received a clean bill of health with one… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Plans to connect the Ocean Pines and Glen Riddle water systems were endorsed by the County Commissioners this week.The Ocean Pines Service Area Advisory Board backed the plan in a mid-July memorandum. The 12,000-resident, year-round community needed more water, but another well would have cost too much, said Advisory Board Chair Dart… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Minutes after the scale opened for day four of the 34th Annual White Marlin Open around 4 p.m. yesterday, a new leader emerged and a new fortune was possibly won, but hundreds of boats still out in the canyons off the coast last night and about 150 more still fishing today, it… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The sick and twisted case involving an Ocean City mother and business owner took another turn late yesterday with the announcement the county’s top prosecutor has filed new murder charges.Prompting national news attention on Monday and Tuesday, Christy Freeman, 37, was charged last week with first- and second-degree murder and manslaughter after… Read more »

BERLIN – The town’s zoning review board has dismissed the latest challenge to the new La Hacienda restaurant complex in Berlin.Berlin resident Sandy Coyman, director of Worcester County’s Comprehensive Planning Department and a former member of the Berlin Planning Commission, challenged the zoning certificate for the project because there was no finding of facts in… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – After negative feedback about the proposal to build a comfort station on 4th Street, the City Council has agreed to a new proposal to renovate and expand the current Caroline Street comfort station in lieu of the proposed 4th Street location.City Engineer Terry McGean and Bob Givarz, member of the Boardwalk Development… Read more »

BERLIN – There’s little personal information available about Christy Freeman, 37, who has been charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and manslaughter after giving birth to a stillborn male infant at her Ocean City home last week.A complex picture has emerged this week of Freeman with people at times describing her as outgoing countered by… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A Montgomery County woman charged with the misappropriation of funds earmarked for a land conservation and wetlands creation on a vast property near Showell remains behind bars this week after her trial in Worcester County Circuit Court was postponed on Wednesday, but the court has appointed a trustee for the land which… Read more »