Voices From The Readers – July 8, 2016

Does Ocean City Want Us To Drive Drunk Editor: This weekend I had the pleasure of once again visiting beautiful Ocean City, Md. It was a holiday weekend (July 4th) so I expected things to be busy. I ...

Realtors Push For Continued Drone Usage In Resort

OCEAN CITY — While the conversation continues about deeming Ocean City essentially a “no fly zone” for unmanned aircraft, the resort area’s real estate industry is pushing for a continued ...

County Denies Solar Developer’s Tax Abatement Request

SNOW HILL – County officials voted to deny a request for a tax abatement from a solar company, citing the fact that the project wouldn’t bring many jobs to the area. The Worcester County Commissio...

The Resort… Revisited – July 8, 2016

Summer of 1967 Vol. 13 Edition 4 This edition of typewriter editorials bemoans the unchecked commercial development crowding Philadelphia Avenue. In order to find the Sandpiper Restaurant on 34th stre...

Berlin Little League All Stars Advancing

BERLIN- The Berlin Little League Senior All-Star team last week captured the Maryland District 8 championship while other teams in the program continue to advance. The Berlin Senior League All-Star te...

After Plea, Former Fed Employee Faces 30 Years

BERLIN — A federal Department of Justice employee indicted last fall on charges of traveling interstate to have sex with a minor pleaded guilty last week and now faces 30 years in jail. Accordin...

Club’s 34th Canyon Kick-Off In The Books

OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Marlin Club’s 34th Annual Canyon Kick-Off Tournament last weekend was a big success with 63 boats and hundreds of anglers filling out the leaderboard in several categories...

Season Brightens After Haunting Tragedies

The best way to describe the warm weather season around here to date is strange. There’s been some bad, some good, some sad, some happy and some horrifying. Put it all together and we have an odd se...

American Legion Donates $5,000 To OC Fire Department

The American Legion recently donated $5,000 to the Ocean City Fire Department for rescue equipment upgrades. This donation allowed for the Hurst Tool “quick-connect coupling” to be added to all fi...

Council Agrees To Extend Non-Conforming Signs

OCEAN CITY — Satisfied the bill covers all of the major thoroughfares in the resort, Ocean City officials this week passed an ordinance extending a sunset provision for non-conforming business s...