NEW FOR THURSDAY: Ocean Floor Mapping Initiative Underway Off Coast; Six-Week Effort

OCEAN CITY -- The next major step in the future development of a vast offshore wind farm got underway this week with the launch of a research vessel carrying teams of scientists that will spend the ne...

Local Beaches Earn High Marks

OCEAN CITY -- Just in time for the peak  summer tourist season, Ocean City and resorts in neighboring Delaware are listed among 13 destinations to earn a perfect 5-Star rating in an annual report...

Board Decides Liquor License Requests; Skye Bar Change Tabled

SNOW HILL -- It was an eventful afternoon at last week’s Board of License Commissioners (BLC) meeting, with the expansion of two area restaurants’ license premises, multiple requests for t...

Berlin Officials Laud Departing Administrator

BERLIN -- Tony Carson, town administrator for Berlin, sat in on his last Mayor and Council meeting this week, triggering an outpouring of praise from the council. “We were extremely fortunate wi...

Smoke Detector Law Takes Effect

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Fire Marshal’s Office is spreading the word on a new state law effective July 1 that will enforce smoke detectors to be updated and placed on every floor of a r...

One Month Later, Authorities Still Searching For Woman

BERLIN -- Nearly one month to the day since she was first reported missing, the search continues this week for an elderly Berlin woman with dementia and short-term memory loss last seen at her residen...

Ramadan Brothers Remain In Custody After Hearing

OCEAN CITY -- Two local residents indicted by a New York grand jury in May for allegedly being the ringleader and enterprise treasurer of a vast cigarette smuggling and money laundering operation rema...

Mathias Claims National Chicken Picking Title

SNOW HILL -- State Senator Jim Mathias (D-38), who represents the Lower Shore, added another feather to his cap so to speak last week when he won the 2013 Mountaire Chickin’ Pickin’ title ...

Judge Holds Off Decision On Hudson Farm Legal Expenses

BERLIN -- A federal judge this week heard testimony but offered no decision in an attempt by the successful defendants in a civil suit filed against a Berlin farm family and Perdue over alleged pollut...

Court Overturns Accident Verdict; OC Cabbie Ordered To Receive Damages

OCEAN CITY -- Maryland’s highest court ruled this week an Ocean City taxi cab driver is entitled to monetary damages awarded to her following an accident on Coastal Highway in 2008, overturning ...