NEW FOR TUESDAY: City Manager Vote Expected Today

OCEAN CITY -- With a looming vote on the next city manager expected this afternoon, an ethics complaint against the city councilman who called a leading candidate was dropped yesterday afternoon. Deta...

NEW FOR FRIDAY: Ethics Hearing On Councilman’s Phone Call To City Manager Candidate Set For Monday

OCEAN CITY -- A request for an ethics inquiry involving a councilman’s phone call this month to a leading candidate for the city manager vacancy was filed this morning at City Hall. Joe Groves, ...

Chef Paul combats a barbecue hangover

 My diet this week has not been stellar, or at least from a health standpoint anyway. Tuesday, I noshed on brisket and brownies. On Wednesday it was pit beef and hot milk cake. On Thursday? Pit ...

Take Pride in Berlin Day was a moderate success

BERLIN — Take Pride in Berlin Week, the inaugural expansion of what was formerly Take Pride in Berlin Day, began last Saturday with volunteers gathering in Stephen Decatur Park and Henry Park to...

Gadfly will seek OPA spot

OCEAN PINES — Marty Clarke is ready and willing to serve on the Ocean Pines board of directors for a second time. He compared his reason for being a candidate to the little Dutch boy. “B...

Survey Confirms Chesapeake Blue Crab Stock Rebounding

BERLIN -- State officials late last week announced the Chesapeake Bay’s juvenile crab population is at its highest level on record and the overall blue crab population in the bay is at its highe...

Four Arrested In Salisbury Donnybrook

SALISBURY -- Four Salisbury University students were arrested on various charges this week after a donnybrook at an off-campus housing complex last Saturday morning involving roughly 1,500 participant...

Casino Owner Says No Plans To Offer Free Booze, Food

SNOW HILL -- Fears of an expanded presence at the Casino at Ocean Downs, including new developments on the site and a relaxation of the restrictions of food and drink giveaways, were allayed somewhat ...

Court Reverses Rape Conviction

SALISBURY -- A Salisbury man convicted in 2010 of first-degree rape and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole was given a shot at a new trial this week when the Maryland Court ...

Boardwalk Phase I Completed

OCEAN CITY – The first phase of Ocean City’s Boardwalk reconstruction was officially completed last week in plenty of time for the summer season. “It went very well,” City Engi...