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Accident Causes WOC Power Outage
WEST OCEAN CITY – Power
was knocked out for a vast area of West Ocean City early Thursday morning when
a driver swerved to miss a deer on Route 611 and collided with an electrical
transformer box.
Around 1:30 a.m.
yesterday, a vehicle traveling northbound on Route 611 at its inter...
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Berlin Okays Candlelight Vigil For Breast Cancer
BERLIN – Breast
cancer sufferers will get a night of support in Berlin this October when a
local breast cancer support group holds a candlelight vigil downtown to
commemorate loved ones who have battled the disease.
Local breast cancer
support group Women Supporting Women (WSW), w...
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Berlin Police Suggest Minor Changes To Policies
BERLIN – The Berlin
Police Department’s Use of Force policy underwent some changes this week,
adjusting the wording to reflect the appropriate use of force by police
officers.
“There’s some change in
language,” said Berlin Police Chief Arnold Downing.
The term “minimum...
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Charity Tax Mistake Likely Cost Resort Thousands
OCEAN CITY — An
interpretation of a state law by an unknown county official almost six years
ago could have cost the town of Ocean City upwards of a million dollars in room
and food and beverage tax collections.
In closed session at
City Hall on Tuesday, the City Council voted to ...
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City Council Gets Tough On Laser Pointers
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean
City Council plans to lay down the law on Monday night in hopes of getting
laser pointers out of the hands of children.
Ocean City Police Chief
Bernadette DiPino estimated that more than 30,000 green laser pointers have
been sold in the resort this year and ...
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County Physical Therapist Made A Difference
BERLIN – The entire
Worcester County community lost a true treasure last week when a two-car
accident on Route 113 near Snow Hill claimed the life of a beloved school
system employee, mentor, mother and friend.
Around 11:30 a.m. last
Saturday, a 1999 Dodge Stratus attempting to pu...
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LCB Fires Back, Lobs Accusations At Wholesalers
SNOW HILL — Liquor
Control Board for Worcester County (LCB) officials lashed out against the
state’s wholesalers this week, saying that wholesalers are as much to blame as
the licensees for the current campaign to get them abolished.
“It’s ironic that in
every case where we ...
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Man Jailed For Strangling Wife
OCEAN
CITY - A New Jersey man was arrested on first-degree assault charges last
weekend after allegedly strangling his wife to the point she passed out.
Shortly
before 9 p.m. last Saturday, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD officer was
dispatched to a nightclub parking lot for a...
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Mosquito Virus Surfaces In Md
BERLIN – The once
dreaded West Nile Virus (WNV), which has faded somewhat from the public
consciousness in recent years with fewer occurrences, has been found in
mosquitoes in Maryland for the first time this year.
State officials detected
the first WNV positive mosquito pool for ...
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OC Roller Coaster Remains Closed After Accident
OCEAN CITY – The Tidal
Wave roller coaster in the Trimper’s Amusement Park at the foot of the
Boardwalk remained dark this week, as state and private sector inspectors
continued to sort out what caused an accident that injured three children last
Thursday.
Around 9:30 p.m. last
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Ocean City News in Brief
OCEAN CITY — In the
brief this week, the town’s legal counsel tells the City Council to reconsider
the ban on K-2, the City Hall parking lot becomes an official revenue source
and grilling in public lots will now require a city permit.
Council Changes Mind On
Ordinance T...
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Owner Brings Cantina To Fenwick
T.K. Dickerson
Staff Writer
FENWICK ISLAND – The
East Coast culture pervades everything from what we wear right down to what we
eat. But when West Coast spice and Mexican flavor mixes with East Coast
seafood, the result is an irresistible and delicious fusion that everyone is
gua...
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President's Plan To Zone Ocean Debated
OCEAN CITY – President
Obama this week signed an executive order establishing a National Ocean Policy
that could effectively result in vast areas of ocean benig zoned to prohibit
some recreational and commercial activities while encouraging others.
Based on the
recommendations of ...
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Resort Lifeguards Capture Mid-Atlantic Regional Crown
Kylie Joson
Staff Writer
OCEAN CITY – Not only
does Ocean City think it has the most competent and dedicated lifeguards
around, but now it can claim to be the 2010 Mid-Atlantic Champions.
The Ocean City Beach
Patrol (OCBP) chapter of the United States Lifesaving Association (USLA...
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Shark Talk Largely Chatter, Officials Say
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City
Beach Patrol Captain Butch Arbin dispelled growing rumors and concern about
increased shark sightings off the coast of Ocean City, saying “they are out
there, but no more than usual.”
In recent weeks, Arbin
says that he’s heard a rising chatter amongs...
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Stabbing Suspect Reward Offered
OCEAN CITY – The town of
Ocean City this week is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the
arrest of a Federalsburg man wanted as the suspect in a brutal stabbing attack
in Ocean City early Saturday morning.
Around 2:10 a.m. on
Saturday, Ocean City police responded t...
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