Published August 07, 2009
SNOW HILL - The Wal-Mart Super Center slated for construction behind the existing Berlin Wal-Mart received site plan approval last week.
The Worcester County Planning Commission required several changes in the site plan before approving the project.
The new, 193,000-square-foot Super Wal-Mart, including a grocery store and drive-up pharmacy, will replace the roughly 100,000-square-foot existing store. The redevelopment will also add three out lots or pad sites.
The current store will remain...
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Published August 07, 2009
OCEAN CITY - The resort had another carbon monoxide scare yesterday, as an oceanfront hotel was closed as a result of high levels of the gas known as the silent killer.
According to police reports, at approximately 9:20 yesterday morning, Ocean City Communications received a call for a sick persons in a hotel room at the Americana Hotel, located at 913 Atlantic Avenue. Upon arrival, Ocean City fire department personnel detected high levels of carbon monoxide and immediately requested additional...
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Published August 07, 2009
OCEAN CITY - Authorities are looking for a man who tried to rob a resort bank but appeared to have caught a case of the cold feet before getting one cent.
On Monday, Aug. 10, at approximately 9:33 a.m., an attempted robbery took place at the Susquehanna Bank, located on 94th Street and Coastal Highway, according to the Ocean City Police Department.
Witnesses stated that the suspect, who is described as a white male in his mid-early 40's, entered the bank and slipped a note to the bank teller in...
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Published August 07, 2009
BERLIN - Dr. Jose F Alvarado, a prominent Salisbury pediatrician who touched thousands of lives during his life, passed away at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center on Aug. 8, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident three days earlier.
According to a press release issued by Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC), where Alvarado was chief of pediatrics, the community can pay its respects on Tuesday, Aug. 11 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic...
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Published August 07, 2009
OCEAN CITY - As expected, Mayor Rick Meehan signed on the dotted line while Councilman Joe Hall stood his ground in opposition on Monday night, and by Tuesday morning, salvia was illegal in Ocean City.
After City Council voted for an emergency ordinance to be drawn up by City Solicitor Guy Ayres that would ban the possession or sale of salvia and its related paraphernalia last week, the council passed that emergency ordinance on Monday night by way of a 6-1 vote, with Councilman Joe Hall in...
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Published August 07, 2009
OCEAN CITY - When it came down to it, the City Council couldn't justify passing up immediate grant money, even with a more potential long-term solution unfolding literally just down the road.
A crime analyst has been sought after by the Ocean City Police Department for several years, and when the Office of Crime Control and Prevention offered a $63,894 JAG grant to the town of Ocean City to obtain such an analyst, the council, despite having some other ideas for the position, voted 6-1, with...
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