Letters to the Editor

Good Samaritan Boater Recounts Role In Last Week’s Diving Incident

OCEAN CITY — With a little good timing and perhaps some divine intervention, a local Good Samaritan helped save an unconscious 24-year-old Pennsylvania last week after he dove from a bulkhead in...

Homeless Individuals Charged With Daytime Boardwalk Robbery

OCEAN CITY — Three area homeless citizens were arrested on assault and robbery charges last week for their roles in a knife-point robbery on the Boardwalk in the middle of a Friday afternoon. Ar...

Suspects Arrested In Boardwalk Ice Cream Store Burglary

OCEAN CITY — Two men were arrested last week after video surveillance footage connected them to the burglary of a Boardwalk ice cream parlor. On June 15, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) offi...

Ocean City’s Newest Brand Hotel Celebrated At Grand Opening

OCEAN CITY – In an effort to promote a more business-friendly state, Gov. Larry Hogan this week joined with franchise owners, government officials and business leaders to celebrate the opening of Oc...

Fenwick Eyes Committee To Talk Sidewalks

FENWICK ISLAND – Officials in Fenwick Island are revisiting a long-lived discussion on sidewalks. In a Fenwick Island Town Council meeting last week, Councilwoman Vicki Carmean called on town offici...

Federal, State, City Officials Celebrate Partnership Initiatives

OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s federal and state partners gathered on the Boardwalk on Monday to extol the virtues of recent significant investments in the resort including an expedited beach reple...

Coast Guard Airlifts Teen Off Cruise Ship Far Offshore

OCEAN CITY — A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter airlifted a 14-year-old boy who had fallen ill from a cruise ship off the coast of Ocean City on Tuesday morning. Coast Guard Watchstanders in the 5th ...

Vessel Runs Aground In Marsh, Leading To Search Effort

WEST OCEAN CITY — A Virginia man was arrested and charged with operating a vessel while impaired after running a 28-foot boat hard aground on a marsh early Sunday morning touching off an extensi...

Text Message Alerts To Police Weighed; Citizen Suggested Idea To Council After Seeing Similar System At Camden Yards

OCEAN CITY — If you see something, say something has been a popular catch phrase since the terror attacks in 2001, but if you see something, text something could become an added security feature...