Published May 15, 2009
BERLIN - Calling it the answer to the town's sewage disposal problem for this generation and the next, Berlin Mayor Gee Williams on Monday announced the town had reached an agreement in principle to purchase a 200-acre property off Route 113 just south of the town for the new spray irrigation effluent disposal site.
Williams announced at the end of a fairly long meeting on Monday the town had reached an agreement to purchase the roughly 200-acre tract on Five Mile Branch Rd. along Route 113 just...
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Published May 15, 2009
OCEAN CITY - Convicted killer Erika Sifrit, who along with her husband, Benjamin, brutally murdered and dismembered a Virginia couple vacationing in Ocean City on Memorial Day weekend in 2002, will not get another day in court after startling revelations came to light during her post-conviction hearing earlier this year that added even more gruesome details to an already grisly incident.
The Sifrits, both originally from Hollidaysburg, Pa., were convicted in separate trials around the state in...
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Published May 15, 2009
OCEAN CITY - Though bad weather on opening night may have put Springfest numbers below the pace from past years, the town's official kickoff into the summer season was deemed an overall success.
Ocean City Recreation and Parks Director Tom Shuster said Tuesday that an estimated 93,700 attended Springfest, which is down from the five-year average of just over 100,000 per year. However, Shuster noted that ticket sales for the entertainment booked at Springfest were a big success.
'It was a really...
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Published May 15, 2009
BERLIN - After being scrubbed several times last week due to a variety of factors, a major rocket launch at the Wallops Flight Facility has been rescheduled for early next week and could treat area residents and visitors to a rare fireworks display in the southern sky on Monday.
The countdown started anew this week for the launch of an Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket now set to go up around sundown on Monday. The mission, one of the larger at the facility near Chincoteague, was slated for last...
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