OC to pay $40k, take anti-discrimination traininG
The Ocean City Police Department discriminated against older officers by denying them specialized training and promotions because of their age, according to a settlement between Ocean City government and the U.S. Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission.
Posted: May 16,2008
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Police shoot, kill pit bull after it attacks woman
Police shot and killed an American pit bull terrier in Ocean Pines on Tues-day after it allegedly tried to attack a woman and children in the neighborhood.
Posted: May 16,2008
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High winds, heavy rain pound region
When it rains in Ocean City, it pours.
Posted: May 16,2008
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Wicomico state’s attorney gets $500 fine for DUI, handgun
Seeing Wicomico County State’s Attorney Davis Ruark walk out of a courtroom is a familiar sight, but on Monday it was the walk of a man humbled by the process.
Posted: May 16,2008
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OCPD tells council $18.5M is least it can ask for in ’09 budget
The Ocean City Police Department is seeking a 6-percent increase in spending in the new fiscal year and told city officials last Friday that it scrimped and saved to do it.
Posted: May 16,2008
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Council reviewing take-home vehicle policy for savings
Ocean City spends more than $230,000 each year for some employees to have the privilege of having a take-home vehicle, according to a report by the city’s grants administrator.
Posted: May 16,2008
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Town wants residents to weigh in on historic district expansion
Before Berlin leaders decide whether to expand the town’s historic district, they will speak with residents whose homes could be affected by the designation.
Posted: May 16,2008
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Cannery Village tries again for state grant, asks for $612,000
A month after the previous grant application was terminated, the developers of the Cannery Village affordable housing project in Berlin are ready to apply again and working to meet the Friday deadline.
Posted: May 16,2008
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Higher connection, user charges likely for wastewater treatment plant
The costs of expanding and upgrading Berlin’s wastewater treatment plant will have to be paid by future rate increases and by increasing the special connection charges, according to the firm the town hired to review the financial side of the project.
Posted: May 16,2008
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Bourne family welcomes son with brick at county Veterans Memorial
1st Lt. Joshua Bourne with the 2nd Marine Division gave his wife, Molly, and his mother, Tara, an early Mother’s Day present when he returned home from Iraq on April 16.
Posted: May 16,2008
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Dough Roller owner ready to rebuild on boards
The owner of the Board-walk Dough Roller that was destroyed in a March fire hopes to have the restaurant running again by next summer.
Posted: May 16,2008
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Greeters prepare to welcome international students to resort
International students who arrive in Ocean City will be greeted by volunteers as they disembark from buses at the bus station downtown.
Posted: May 16,2008
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Berlin mourns loss of mayor
Berlin Mayor Tom Cardinale had been soliciting support for weeks to be re-elected to office, but although his spirit was strong, his heart was not. He died at home on Saturday, just one week before his official campaign kick-off event.
Posted: May 09,2008
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Severed trees have residents stumped
Ocean City is grappling this week with its own CSI-style mystery: who cut down the trees?
Posted: May 09,2008
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Warm weather contributes to record-breaking ’08 Springfest
The warm weather last Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday brought 113,880 visitors to the 18th annual Springfest celebration, exceeding the most recent five-year average of 105,238 by 8.2 percent.
Posted: May 09,2008
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Training, physicals, stretchers hallmarks of fire, EMS budgets
Once the three departments making up the new Ocean City fire and rescue service combine their budgets the total spending might look larger, but individually the resort’s fire, EMS and Fire Marshal’s budget proposals offered no surprises at their unveiling this week.
Posted: May 09,2008
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Group to sink NYC subway cars off Ocean City for fish habitat
If the Ocean City Reef Foundation has its way, the resort will become the place where New York City subway cars come to die and the first watery funeral is scheduled for next week.
Posted: May 09,2008
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Performing arts center pitched to county, gets no commitment
Proponents of a performing arts center in Berlin are hoping they could open it in December 2009, but the Worcester County Commis-sioners gave no indication Tuesday that they would financially support it.
Posted: May 09,2008
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Business owners to weigh in on outside police employment
Ocean City officials plan to give business owners a chance to share their thoughts on a recent change to police department rules that some fear could hamper their ability to employ off-duty police officers.
Posted: May 09,2008
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OC: Flu treatment drug not right way to go, prevention preferred
The federal government has made a limited-time offer of anti-viral medication to treat flu symptoms in the case of a pandemic outbreak, but Ocean City decided the risks and costs outweigh the possible benefits and will not buy the drug.
Posted: May 09,2008
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County votes no to state offer to provide flu meds
The Worcester County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday not to participate in the state’s antiviral purchase program because of concerns about medical and legal issues.
Posted: May 09,2008
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Eight-story condo to be first under new OC development rules
The first development under Ocean City’s new bayside regulations received a positive response from the Planning and Zoning Commission this week.
Posted: May 09,2008
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Property can keep 43-space parking deficiency when redeveloped
Though there is no site plan in place and the development of a downtown property is nothing more than a concept, the property owner will have two more years to produce a plan, the Ocean City Planning and Zoning Commission decided Tuesday.
Posted: May 09,2008
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Atlantic General appeals to county for expansion funding
Atlantic General Hospital representatives are making the rounds of local governments in search of grants to help its expansion effort.
Posted: May 09,2008
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Resort supports change to open container law
Drinking a beer on the Boardwalk still won’t be legal, but at least it will not mean a day or night in jail for the offender once the City Council passes an ordinance decriminalizing open container violations.
Posted: May 05,2008
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Outside work for cops under city command
For years, off-duty police officers have worked second jobs to bolster their annual salaries and because their backgrounds and trustworthiness makes them highly sought after.
Posted: May 05,2008
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Hotel denies wrongdoing in CO deaths
The Ocean City hotel group named in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania family after the father and daughter died of carbon monoxide poisoning at the hotel in June 2006 has denied any liability in the case and filed a counter-suit against the other defendants holding them responsible.
Posted: May 05,2008
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City to assume canal dredging responsibility, still needs funds
Ocean City government will be taking over dredging operations in resort canals, assuming officials find a way to pay for it.
Posted: May 05,2008
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Fire co. presents budget, asks for funds
Members of the Berlin Fire Company are hoping people continue to donate money to help them protect life and property in Berlin and the surrounding area.
Posted: May 05,2008
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City denies electric shuttle co’s ad request … again
To avoid the appearance of playing favorites, the Ocean City Council denied the request of a local electric shuttle operator to place advertisements on his vehicles.
Posted: May 05,2008
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Ocean City increases funding to shelter, community college
Groups that serve a worthwhile cause do not go unnoticed in Ocean City, where city officials have tentatively decided to increase the amount of money they offer to two such groups in the upcoming budget.
Posted: May 05,2008
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Increase in advertising funds highlight of resort tourism budget
The room tax increase sought by Ocean City’s lodging industry and other tourism-related businesses earlier this year has resulted in what they wanted: a bigger tourism advertising budget for 2008-09.
Posted: May 05,2008
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Wastewater allocation an issue for proposed deli
A Berlin man wants to open a deli and carryout business in the former Just Like Mama’s restaurant building, but says he has been stymied by the wastewater treatment capacity issue.
Posted: May 05,2008
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Despite nearby smoking bans, lighting up legal on OC beach
While it may be “butts out” for smokers on some area beaches this summer, Ocean City will remain a refuge for those looking to light up while frolicking in the sand.
Posted: May 05,2008
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