OPA swaps dates for two yacht club candidate forums

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (June 14, 2018) Dates for two Ocean Pines Association Board candidate forums were changed last week, because of the unavailability of one candidate in one instance and...

Gazette Editorial: More respect needed

Brooks Davis, who owns Wainright’s Tire Center in Berlin, doesn’t want to be the Grinch who stole the town’s many downtown festivals and events. That’s why he more or less threw up his hands a...

Candidate signs raise red flag for Pines Dir. Trendic

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (July 14, 2018) Ocean Pines Director Slobodan Trendic expressed concern last week that a possible conflict of interest exists where members of association committees h...

New administrative policy for park fee waivers in Berlin

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (June 14, 2018) Berlin Town Administrator Laura Allen is now in charge of approving fee waivers for nonprofit use of town parks, following a 3-0 Town Council vote on M...

Suicide rates up nationally, also rising in county

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (June 14, 2018) During a week when the Centers for Disease Control reported that “Suicide rates in the United States have risen nearly 30 percent since 1999,” the ...

Season’s First White Marlin Hooked Offshore

OCEAN CITY — Amid one of the hottest tuna bites in recent memory, the first white marlin of the season was caught Wednesday morning adding a missing piece to the start of the summer offshore sea...

Motorist Drives Through Store

OCEAN CITY — A potential tragedy was averted on Monday when a vehicle accelerated through the front of a north-end convenience store. Around 8 p.m. on Monday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD...

Feds Triple Funding For Short-Term Inlet Dredging Work

OCEAN CITY — While it remains to be seen how the local share of a proposed $1.2 million study of a long-term solution to the Inlet shoaling problem will be patched together, continued short-ter...

OC ‘Simply Cannot Handle’ Seven Inches Of Rain In Three Hours, City Engineer Explains

OCEAN CITY — It appears the dramatic flooding in the resort’s north end Saturday had more to do with epic rainfall amounts, limited elevation and natural topography than any flaw in the drain...

Walk Smart Message, Median Fence Highlighted In Campaign

OCEAN CITY — Against the backdrop of the new median fence, local and state officials this week took the opportunity to hammer home the highly successful Walk Smart pedestrian safety campaign. A...