Decency Rules Deserve Council Consideration

Whether Ocean City should follow Wildwood, N.J.’s decision to institute a decency ban will be discussed next month, and there are strong opinions on both sides of the issue. We think Ocean City ...

Thoughts From The Publisher's Desk

With no slight intended to the five other finalists, particularly Captains Kevin Kirstein and Mike Colbert, who served as acting chiefs during the extensive search process, I like Ocean City’s s...

State Plans West OC Sidewalk Study

BERLIN -- West Ocean City will be seeing some long-anticipated sidewalks put in place in the near future, according to representatives of the State Highway Administration (SHA). SHA District Engineer ...

Berlin Convenience Store Denied Beer, Wine Sales

BERLIN -- Resident fears that adding beer and wine sales to an East Berlin convenience store could re-ignite old criminal concerns were enough to convince the Board of License Commissioners (BLC) this...

Defendants Seek Wrongful Death Suit Dismissal

BERLIN -- Just days after the trial for accused murderer Matthew Burton was postponed for a second time, the defendants in a separate civil suit filed against the church where the victim worked and it...

Group Looks To Put Paid Parking Move Before Voters

OCEAN CITY – An action item list of the new OC Taxpayers for Social Justice was released this week, beginning with a petition effort seeking to put new paid parking expansion ordinance before vo...

Ramadans To Appear In Court

OCEAN CITY -- Two local residents, indicted by a New York grand jury in May for allegedly being the ringleader and enterprise treasurer of a vast cigarette smuggling and money laundering operation wit...

Annual Home Tour Date Announced

OCEAN CITY -- The Art League of Ocean City (ALOC) will host its 9th annual Sand Castle Home Tour on Sept. 19-20. The self-guided home tour of 10 unique residences in the Ocean City area is held from 9...

Weekly Farmers Market Comes To West Ocean City

WEST OCEAN CITY -- Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. has announced the launch of “Tanger Thursdays”, a fun, weekly summer event series hosted by Tanger Outlets Ocean City, starting today...

Gaddis Leaving Worcester For Somerset Job

SNOW HILL -- Dr. John Gaddis’ last meeting with the Worcester County Board of Education was this week, as he is leaving his current position of assistant superintendent for instruction at Worces...