Published April 25, 2008
BERLIN - The town of Berlin has at last hired a new Superintendent of Planning and Zoning.
Chuck Ward will leave his position as a planner with Wicomico County's planning office to join Berlin's staff as Planning Superintendent in 30 days.
The town has also hired Rachel Bomar to fill the new Deputy Administrative Director position created this year to assist Administrative Director Linda Bambary.
Both positions were advertised twice to generate suitable candidates.
Berlin has gone eight months...
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Published April 25, 2008
OCEAN CITY - Open container violations will no longer be an arrestable offense in the resort town, after the City Council voted six to one this week to move forward with the proposal to change the offense to a non-arrestable, municipal infraction.
For years, local government officials have gone back and forth over the open container issue, weighing the pros and cons of changing open container violations from a criminal misdemeanor to a municipal infraction. A decision was finally made this week...
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Published April 25, 2008
BERLIN - Members of Stephen Decatur High School's Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) recently held two mock accidents, one for juniors and one for seniors, on April 24 and 25.
These pre-prom exercises were conducted to vividly demonstrate the harmful and often fatal effects of poor choices, such as drinking and driving. In the enactment, the accident scene was created by a drunk driver, played by senior Jeff Curry, who struck and killed a pedestrian, played by senior Elizabeth...
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Published April 25, 2008
BERLIN - The state Medical Examiner's Office on Monday positively identified the human remains discovered near a vacant residence in Somerset County last week as a former Ocean City resident who went missing in February 2006 and her suspected murderer was identified and arrested a short time later in North Carolina.
Using dental records, the remains found in the backyard of a vacant home in rural Somerset County on April 10 were found to be Rhonda Lee Parks, whose last known address was on 4th...
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