Council Divided Over How To Use Health Benefit Savings

OCEAN CITY – The Mayor and Council heard “good news” this week when it learned the city’s health benefit costs will be $100,000 less than projected. “We are bringing good...

Q&A: Joe Hall Files For Re-Election With No Regrets


OCEAN CITY -- Despite an eventful term that included some self-proclaimed “gaffs” on his part, Councilman Joe Hall has no regrets about the decisions he made in office over the last...

Md. Attorney General Answers Erika Sifrit Appeal

OCEAN CITY -- Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler last week filed a formal answer to the latest appeal of Erika Sifrit, who, along with her husband Benjamin brutally murdered and dismembered a coup...

Wine Festival On The Beach Begins Today In Resort

OCEAN CITY -- The 17th Annual “Wine Festival on the Beach” will be held Sept. 28-29 at the Inlet Park in Ocean City, featuring wineries from all over the East Coast. The festival will be o...

Council Reverses Course, Extends Ad Agency Contract

OCEAN CITY – The Mayor and City Council had a change in heart in its decision to shop around for an advertising agency this week, deciding instead to extend the incumbent’s contract while ...

NEW FOR THURSDAY: Six Families Displaced By Fire; Fundraising Effort Launched

OCEAN CITY -- With no casualties and only one minor injury to a firefighter, Wednesday evening’s massive blaze that consumed the top floor of a midtown Ocean City condominium building could have...

Raw Sewage Leaks Into Wicomico River

SALISBURY -- More than 100,000 gallons of sewage leaked into the Wicomico River this week but shouldn’t have much in the way of long-term impact, according to city officials. “It’s b...

Boardwalk Skate Law Advances

OCEAN CITY – A law allowing skateboarding on the Boardwalk has been drafted and approved by the Mayor and City Council to come forward next week to receive final approval. On Tuesday, the Mayor ...

Chief Advocating For Speed Limit Drop On Coastal Highway

OCEAN CITY -- In the wake of a difficult summer in terms of pedestrian-vehicle collisions, an effort is underway to potentially lower the speed limit on Coastal Highway in an area of the corridor deem...

Judge Rules Out Pre-Trial Visit To Hudson Farm

BERLIN -- With a little more than a week left before the opening of the trial in the civil suit against a Berlin farm family over alleged pollution violations dating back to 2009, the federal judge pr...