Downtown Mini-Golf Endorsed

OCEAN CITY – The Planning and Zoning Commission found the request to build a miniature golf course in the Downtown Mixed Use Zoning District to be consistent with the surrounding amusements in t...

Delegate Named To Committee On Gun Control

BERLIN -- Delegate Mike McDermott (R-38B) this week was named to a special House committee put together to analyze and craft legislation to address Maryland’s gun control laws. McDermott was ask...

Compromise Sought Over Proposed Shark Restrictions

OCEAN CITY -- The public will have a chance next week to weigh in on a drastic rule change proposed last fall by a federal fisheries management agency aimed at protecting one type of shark with a blan...

Coast Guard Rescues Man In Ocean

OCEAN CITY -- An unidentified man was rescued from the chilly water near the Ocean City Inlet wearing only his underwear last Sunday afternoon, according to U.S. Coast Guard officials. Shortly after 3...

Bill Would Protect State Transportation Fund

BERLIN -- With the dualization of Route 113 still incomplete and highway user funds that should have been dedicated to roadway improvements diverted to other general fund uses, most lower shore lawmak...

Berlin Brewery Scores Prominent Invitation

BERLIN -- Small-town brewery Burley Oak has been invited to next month’s Beer Advocate’s Extreme Beerfest in Boston, confirming for owner Bryan Brushmiller his brewery’s outside-the-...

Assateague Ruled Out As Possible Wind Energy Connection Site

ASSATEAGUE -- With Gov. Martin O’Malley this week introducing his latest attempt at offshore wind energy turbines off the Maryland’s Atlantic coast, it remains uncertain where the eventual...

Alliance Decides Against Appealing Hudson Case Ruling

BERLIN -- The deadline to appeal the decision in a landmark civil suit filed against a Berlin farm family and Perdue passed quietly this week with no further action taken. In March 2010, the New York-...

NEW FOR WEDNESDAY: Council Votes 5-2 To Add Decorative Lights To St. Louis Ave.

OCEAN CITY – Decorative street lighting was approved Tuesday for the first reconstruction phase of St. Louis Ave. Last week a discussion over installing ornamental lighting along St. Louis Ave. ...

SD High Connections Club And Service Learning Students Recongnized As Top Fundraiser

Stephen Decatur High School's Connections Club and service learning students were recently recognized as the top fundraiser for the 18-and-under category for Atlantic General Hospital's Penguin Swim, ...