Berlin Mayor Wants Trail Plan Included In Comp Plan

BERLIN -- Making Berlin a more bikeable and walkable community continued this week when Lower Shore Land Trust (LSLT) representative Kate Patton met with the Town Council to brief them on an early con...

Losing Angels Is Big, But Air Show Must Go On

For OC Air Show fans, the huge sense of disappointment over the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels being grounded and out of the resort’s June event is understandable. However, that doesn’t mea...

Worcester Man Killed in Crash

PITTSVILLE -- A Worcester County man was killed in a two-vehicle accident on Route 350 at Sixty Foot Rd. last Thursday evening. Shortly after 7 p.m. on April 4, Maryland State Police troopers responde...

Air Show Seeking Top Civilian Teams After Blue Angels’ Move

OCEAN CITY -- The U.S. Navy Blue Angels demonstration team, expected to be the feature act at the Ocean City Air Show in June, announced this week it was canceling all remaining appearances for 2013, ...

Major Skimmer Island Restoration Project Completed

OCEAN CITY -- Work wrapped up last week on the dredging of a navigation channel at the entrance to a West Ocean City marina, including depositing the dredged material on Skimmer Island north of the Ro...

Natural Gas Available By Fall If PSC OKs Acquisition

BERLIN -- Conversion to natural gas in Worcester County could become an option as early as the fall depending on the final ruling of the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding Chesapeake U...

Voices From The Readers

Fine To Tax Bullets Editor: We tax gas, cigarettes, and other commodities, so let's tax bullets. If it cost $1,000 a bullet, we can stop all this arguing over what or who shoots a bullet. If those who...

Thoughts From The Publisher's Desk

There are too many reasons to list here why Worcester County should not be in the liquor business, but it appears yet another has surfaced -- it’s being a bully by looking to hurt small business...

Officer Sued For Excessive Force; Resort Seeks Dismissal, Denies Wrongdoing

OCEAN CITY -- A resort police officer, who allegedly viciously beat a Severn man during an incident outside a resort nightclub last August, is seeking a dismissal of the case on a variety of grounds i...

OCPD Budget Reduces Spending; Council Will Have To Decide On New Public Safety Building Roof

OCEAN CITY – During Monday’s Police Commission meeting, the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) reported its proposed budget for the next fiscal year reduces spending from the current fisc...