Young Professionals Address Economic Committee

OCEAN CITY – The Young Professionals of Ocean City met with members of the Economic Development Committee (EDC) at a meeting Wednesday in an effort to attract millennials and support from local busi...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – February 3, 2017

What’s new in Ocean City for this summer? That’s a question Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan and tourism officials get asked often on marketing trips and media interviews in advance of the summer seas...

City Weighs Elevating Private Lots To Combat Flooding Woes

OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week approved an updated hazard mitigation plan related to pending sea level rise, but not before a broader discussion about the chronic flooding issues in cer...

Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – February 3, 2017

The Sinepxuent Bay Bridge (now known as the Harry Kelley Memorial Bridge or more commonly the Route 50 Bridge) was under construction in this 1942 photo. This bridge replaced the original single lane ...

Fenwick To Use Recycled Lumber For Guard Stands, Bike Rack

FENWICK ISLAND – Officials with the Town of Fenwick Island have given the Public Works Department approval to build beach and park structures from leftover materials. In a town council meeting last ...

Commission Seeks Role In New Berlin Park’s Future

BERLIN – Members of the Berlin Parks Commission voiced their commitment to being involved in the future of the town’s newest park this week. After meeting David Deutsch, the newly hired project co...

Right Call Made On Canyon Effort

The National Aquarium in Baltimore deserves credit for being receptive and responsive to the arguments months against its proposed Urban National Marine Sanctuary designation for the Baltimore Canyon,...

Police Probe Bus Stop Armed Robbery

OCEAN CITY — Ocean City Police this week are continuing to investigate a reported armed robbery on a north end municipal bus stop last weekend. Around 11:50 a.m. last Sunday, Ocean City Police D...

Cops And Courts – February 3, 2017

Two Arrested For Breaking, Entering OCEAN CITY — Two Salisbury men were charged with breaking and entering last weekend after allegedly kicking in the front door of a store in downtown Ocean Cit...

Adventures Of Fatherhood – February 3, 2017

We headed for the mountains last weekend for a family vacation. We didn’t exactly travel light, as we packed all our essential belongings and moved to our rented house at Deep Creek Lake for eight n...