Charges Filed After Two Separate Assaults

OCEAN CITY — A Pennsylvania man was arrested on first-degree assault charges last weekend after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend once and then choking her to the point she could not breathe w...

Committee Advises Against Shuttle Service To Events

OCEAN CITY — With modified rules and regulations in place for two of Ocean City’s signature events this year, the city’s Transportation Committee this week recommended not providing ...

Delegate Recaps Shortened Legislative Session’s Highlights

OCEAN CITY — Delegate Wayne Hartman (R-38C) this week provided a briefing on the abbreviated 2020 General Assembly session including some good news and some rather grim news.The 2020 General Ass...

First White Marlin Prizes Awarded

OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week awarded the town’s $5,000 check to the angler who caught and released the first white marlin of the season this year back on May 23, the earliest e...

County Seeks Safety Improvements At Health Pavilion Intersection

BERLIN – County officials agreed this week to contact Maryland’s State Highway Administration to ask for safety improvements to Route 589 in the area of the Ocean Pines Health Pavilion.Th...

Swim Team Honors Graduating Leaders

OCEAN PINES — Although the setting was a little unconventional, the Ocean Pines Swim Team (OPST) last week honored two of its graduating seniors who missed out on what would have been their last...

OCBP Alumni Of The Week, George Chester: Finding Your Family

(Editor’s Note: The following is a series on the men and women who have spent their summers protecting all those who came to Ocean City for fun and safe vacation.)OCEAN CITY — Many of the...

Obituaries – July 10, 2020

Burton James JarmanOCEAN CITY — Burton James Jarman, 83, passed away on July 7, 2020. Burton was the son of Beatrice (Hall) and James N. Jarman and an Ocean City native.He served in the U.S. Arm...

Voices From The Readers – July 10, 2020

Poor Decisions In OCEditor:(The following was addressed to the Ocean City Mayor and Council.)Coming to Ocean City has been a sacred tradition in my family starting with vacations as a young child to ...

Air Show, Fireworks Decisions Confusing

If crowding was the main concern for fireworks on the 4th of July being scrapped in favor of beefing up the planned New Year’s Eve fireworks, it would seem logical for Ocean City not to support...