OCEAN CITY – Resort business leaders recently expressed some angst about increased assessments on residential and commercial property in the area when the real estate market has decidedly gone soft, but their concerns were allayed somewhat this week after a presentation by the state’s assessment office chief for Worcester County.At the January meeting of the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – After a few days spent in New Orleans last week, city officials are now back in town putting to use the knowledge and information they gathered at the 2007 National Hurricane Conference.The five-day event began on the April 2 and plays host to approximately 2,000 government officials, meteorologists, emergency personnel, rescue workers… Read more »

BERLIN – The Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT) announced this week it has hired Worcester County resident and environmental steward Kathy Phillips to take over as the new Assateague Coastkeeper effective April 1. Phillips will also serve as the Executive Director of the Assateague Coastal Trust. She replaces Jay Charland, who served as the Coastkeeper from… Read more »

BERLIN – Owners of the Davis and Taylor Farms in Berlin dangled an intriguing senior living and workforce housing project in front of the Berlin Mayor and Council Monday, hoping for, but not precisely getting, their blessing.The property, originally annexed into the town as an industrial park in 2000, has sat empty since that project… Read more »

A master plan focuses on how to practically achieve what the comprehensive plan envisions. The zoning code will need to be revamped to match the new comprehensive plan.“This is what I really need,” said Berlin Planning and Zoning Superintendent Stacey Weisner. “We don’t have any meat without the code.”The code is so outdated, Weisner said,… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A Rite Aid pharmacy planned for West Ocean City met a delay last week when the Worcester County Planning Commission tabled a decision on the site plan.The proposed pharmacy, at the southeast corner of Route 50 and Keyser Point Rd., engendered an at times contentious discussion between project planners and commission members,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – After what could have been a deadly series of events last week, a LaPlata man was arrested last Friday for driving while intoxicated and soon found to be a wanted felon when officers conducted a warrant check on the individual.According to police records, it was approximately 9:37 p.m. when OCPD Officer Joseph… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Blinding snow and frigid temperatures did not prevent hundreds of runners from all over the country from competing in last Saturday’s 3rd Annual Ocean City Factory Outlets Marathon, which resulted in the familiar face crossing the finish line first.A rare Easter weekend snowstorm blew through the area last Saturday morning and continued… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A local man arrested in November for holding up a resort cab driver at knife point in the parking lot of a West Ocean City bar pleaded guilty this week to armed robbery and now faces up to 20 years in jail pending the outcome of the pre-sentence investigation.Franklin Paul Adams, 48,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Although a bill looking to mandate the use of carbon monoxide detectors in certain single-family and multi-family homes across the state died last week after it moved to the Senate and received an unfavorable report by the Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, a similar piece of legislation for the town of… Read more »