Published October 16, 2009
BERLIN - A Berlin man was seriously injured in a house fire on Flower Street late last Friday and his condition remained uncertain as of late this week.
Shortly before 11 p.m. last Friday, the Berlin and Showell Fire Companies were dispatched to a reported house fire on Flower Street in the area of Honeysuckle Lane on the east side of Berlin. First arriving units discovered the one-and-half story, split level residence with heavy smoke showing from three sides. Prior to the arrival of the first...
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Published October 16, 2009
BERLIN - Berlin Mayor Gee William's decision to engage an outside accounting firm to take over some interim duties while the town works on hiring a new finance director concerned some town council members because the company was hired before the council had the chance to vote on the matter.
'I have a lot of heartburn,' said Council member Paula Lynch, after finding out Monday that the firm had already been hired.
Lynch said she does not object to the hiring of an accounting firm to undertake...
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Published October 16, 2009
OCEAN CITY •€' Today marks the day when the town of Ocean City takes back the take-home vehicles.
Depending on whom you ask, the quest to trim back the town's take-home vehicle fleet dates back a number of months or years, but now that the council's recent decision to cut 63 percent of employee take-home cars has gone into effect, the sting of that decision has not fully faded away.
'I know there's a lot of people who aren't happy about this,' said Councilman Joe Hall, 'but I really think...
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Published October 16, 2009
ASSATEAGUE - The Maryland Park Service this week presented two Assateague State Park rangers with Valor Awards in recognition of their efforts to save the life of a co-worker during a choking incident in May.
For Assateague State Park seasonal maintenance employee Upshure Coard, May 19 started out as any other busy day as he went about his duties preparing the park for the coming season. What Coard didn't know at the time was he would need the assistance of Park Rangers Mike Riley and J.C....
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