BERLIN – Organizers are seeking to add new life to Berlin’s Second Friday late openings with a bid to attract music lovers to the center of the town.Main Street coordinator Michael Day asked the Berlin Mayor and Council on Monday night for permission to hold concerts on Pitt St., between Williams St. and Main St.,… Read more »
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OC’s Somerset Street Changes Clear First Hurdle
OCEAN CITY – Less then a month after the Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC) approached the Mayor and City Council with its new recommendations for the Somerset Street Plaza, it has succeeded in getting all of them approved on their first formal readings.The recommendations first surfaced during a work session back on Feb. 27 and… Read more »
OP Community Center Referendum Date Set
OCEAN PINES – The new Ocean Pines Community Center referendum question will be sent out April 18, the Ocean Pines Board of Directors decided Wednesday.“It’s in the hands of the populace,” said Ocean Pines Association President Glenn Duffy. “Everyone I speak to is in favor. We’ll have to wait and see.”Ocean Pines property owners will… Read more »
OCPD, Comcast Team Up To Create Information DVD
OCEAN CITY – It’s coming down to the wire for high school seniors throughout the country as another school year comes to a close. With high school behind them, many seniors take advantage of the early summer season and flock to vacation spots all along the eastern shore, especially Ocean City where an estimated 100,000… Read more »
Award-Winning Journalist Talks Smart Growth
BERLIN – The Worcester County Commissioners’ vision of a rural county dotted with self-contained communities was reinforced at the Tuesday’s smart growth presentation by Pulitzer prize winning journalist Tom Hylton.“In a way, I’m kind of wondering why I’m down here because you’re doing all the right things,” said Hylton. Hylton described driving through Salisbury on… Read more »
Berlin Residents See Varying PCA Charges
BERLIN – Some Berlin residents and town staff are looking forward to their April electric bill, when the reduced PCA charge takes effect.The town has received a multitude of complaints over high electric bills, with high PCA charges, in recent weeks. PCA, or power cost adjustment, charges result from a gap between the fixed rate… Read more »
Citizens Stage Silent Vigil For Peace In Berlin
BERLIN – Military veterans and longtime activists came together in front of the Atlantic Hotel in Berlin Monday night on the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war to hold a vigil for peace.“We were here when they started the war,” said Navy veteran Don Ward, who served on a fast attack submarine, the Nautilus, in… Read more »
Comcast Updates Council On Latest Improvements, Changes
OCEAN CITY – In the digital age, staying informed about the world around you is an easy task but it would not be so much if it was not for those who provide the services that bring the information to area households ever day.Comcast of Delmarva, Ocean City’s provider of cable television, high-speed Internet and… Read more »
House OKs Dredge Ban; Insurance Bill Dies
ANNAPOLIS – Several bills of local importance started to finally move in the General Assembly this week as the session rolled into the homestretch, including the death of a bill that would have prevented big insurance carriers such as Allstate from pulling out of coastal areas in the state, and new life for a bill… Read more »
Nine-Year Sentence Ordered In Two-State Burglary Spree
SNOW HILL – A Selbyville, Del. man arrested last August in connection with a string of burglaries in Maryland and Delaware pleaded guilty last week in Worcester County Circuit Court to one count each of first- and fourth-degree burglary and was sentenced to a total of nine years in jail.Gary Jefferson Smith, 43, of Selbyville,… Read more »