A Week In Business – December 4, 2020

Monthly Market RecapBERLIN – Winter is coming but the real estate market on the Eastern Shore is not cooling down. Low inventory is driving prices up and homes are flying off the market accordin...

OC American Legion, Boy Scouts Conduct Ceremonial Burning Of Flags

Local Boy Scout troops sponsored by the Ocean City American Legion Post 166 conducted a ceremonial burning of worn flags last month at the Worcester County Veterans Memorial with help of the Ocean Pi...

Limits of Tog and Sea Bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6vBBlmXLcgWe had a very small weather window open up today that was just long enough to allow the ocean bottom fleet to get out and put some fish in the box.  Unf...

First-Ever Ice Ice Event Kicks Off Holiday Season In Berlin

BERLIN – Holiday season is in full swing in downtown Berlin.While the pandemic has prompted changes, the town is doing its best to remain festive this December. A successful Ice Ice Berlin last...

Two-Week BikeFest Concept Meets Concerns From OC Elected, Public Safety Officials

OCEAN CITY — While no decision was made, public safety officials seemed less than keen on expanding OC BikeFest to a 10-day, two-weekend event with the second weekend overlapping with the unsan...

Lower Shore Hospitals Prepared For COVID Surge If It Happens

OCEAN CITY — With Maryland’s key COVID metrics continuing to surge in the wrong direction, Gov. Larry Hogan this week announced more efforts to stem the spread including mobilizing more c...

Cops & Courts – December 4, 2020

Trespassing, Assault ChargesOCEAN CITY — A Silver Spring, Md. man was arrested last weekend after battling with resort police following his eviction from a downtown hotel.Around 5:10 a.m. last ...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk –December 4, 2020

Another week and another instance when Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan should have simply released a press release. This week’s press conference announced efforts to help hospitals statewide deal wit...

Short-Term Fixes Eyed To Slow North OC Street Speeds

OCEAN CITY — Impassioned pleas for some kind of traffic-calming or stronger enforcement in a densely-populated north-end neighborhood have not fallen on deaf ears as city officials this week ann...

OC’s Public Safety Concerns Must Rule

It’s will require a big play to gain serious traction against the pop-up rally held every September in Ocean City, but potential solutions should not come at the expense of heightened public sa...