Ocean City Actively Targeting Colleges To Address Seasonal Cop Shortage; Marijuana Abstinence ‘Achilles Heel’ For Recruitment

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Police Department is reaching out to more colleges and universities in an effort to fill seasonal police officer positions, an attempt considered promising to law enforce...

Feds Take Seismic Air Gun Testing Off Table

OCEAN CITY — Federal officials announced on Friday a controversial plan to allow dangerous seismic air gun testing in a vast section off the mid-Atlantic coast including an area as close as 20 m...

Winter Storm Warning Issued For Ocean City, Surrounding Areas

OCEAN CITY — (The following represents the contents of a press release from Ocean City Communications Manager Jessica Waters.) Ocean City is under a Winter Storm Warning, beginning in the early ...

OC Boardwalk Re-Decking Okayed After Survey Finds Many New Boards Needed

OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s Boardwalk will be getting a re-decking this winter and spring after resort officials approved a low bid for the replacement of many worn and potentially dangerous boa...

Nobody Wins With OC, County Likely Headed To Court

The Worcester County Commissioners had four options before them this week when it came to settling an ongoing tax dispute over duplicated services provided by the Town of Ocean City. Although the subj...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – January 6, 2017

At least one of my predictions made last week for this year has already turned out to be wrong. I forecasted last week that the Ocean City median fence project would be plagued by delays and not be re...

‘Tremendous’ Turnout For AGH’s Annual Penguin Swim; Early Estimates Show Fundraising Goal Surpassed

OCEAN CITY – Preliminary totals from this year’s Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) Penguin Swim forecast another successful New Year’s fundraiser. As of Thursday, the hospital has netted a prelimi...

Voices From The Readers – January 6, 2017

Response To Story Editor: While I have in the past enjoyed Staff Writer Charlene Sharpe’s work, I protest her unbalanced, inadequately researched article, “What Has Led to Campground Popularity Tr...

Foundation Awards $60K In Education Grants

SALISBURY – Ten schools in Worcester and Wicomico counties received grant funding from the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore (CFES) in November to support innovative and educational programs...

OC Fire Captain Retires, Takes Post In Florida

OCEAN CITY — Ocean City Fire Department Captain Trevor Steedman has retired from his position after serving the resort for nearly three decades to become the new fire chief in Palm Beach Shores,...