Another Sales Tax Hike Indefensible

With a proposed hike in the gasoline tax seemingly dead, talk turned this week in Annapolis to another sort of revenue mechanism -- increasing the sales tax in Maryland. Back in January, Gov. Martin O...

Thoughts From The Publisher's Desk

The water in the proverbial fishbowl that is elected office got a little hot this week in Ocean City, as the shenanigans at City Hall continued.The silliness began on April 1 when Councilman Joe Hall ...

Alleged Drunk Driver Strikes Residence

OCEAN CITY -- A Pennsylvania man was arrested on drunk-driving and numerous other traffic charges last Sunday after allegedly crashing his vehicle through an iron fence and striking a residence on Coa...

We Remember Those We Have Lost

Robert Lawrence Layton, Sr. DELMAR -- Robert Lawrence Layton, Sr., 81, of Delmar and formerly of Cambridge, Ocean City and Salisbury, died Wednesday, April 4, 2012. He was a businessman in the three s...

Rash Of Burglaries In Berlin

BERLIN -- A recent rash of residential burglaries in Berlin, including three in the span of eight days and another last weekend, has local residents on edge and law enforcement seeking the public̵...

Resort Police Corporal Wins Legion Award

OCEAN CITY -- A longtime Ocean City Police corporal last week was honored as the 2011 Officer of the Year in a special ceremony by the resort’s American Legion Post 166. The American Legion Post...

Ocean Pines Outage Planned

OCEAN PINES -- Choptank Electric Cooperative officials this week announced a planned power outage that will affect thousands of Ocean Pines residents for several hours early in the morning on April 17...

Ocean City Offering Annual Spring Cleanup Options

OCEAN CITY -- The Town of Ocean City is once again offering a great opportunity for residential property owners to do their spring-cleaning by offering free residential bulk pick-up on Saturday and Su...

Council OKs Park-And-Ride Fare Increase

OCEAN CITY – The Park and Ride shuttle’s fares will be altered by the time Springfest hits Ocean City next month. The Mayor and City Council held a public hearing last month to seek public...

Increased Cigarette Smuggling Penalties Eyed

BERLIN -- With a rash of recent illegal cigarette smuggling arrests across Maryland, including several major busts in Worcester County this winter, lawmakers are considering legislation that would sig...