OCEAN CITY – It has been over a year since the Ocean City chapter of the Surfrider Foundation began their five-year campaign to improve the beaches of Ocean City with their “Leave Only You Footprints” program. Coming before the Mayor and City Council last Monday night, Terry Steimer of the Surfrider Foundation updated city officials… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Property Owner Rejects Adult Business At WOC Site
WEST OCEAN CITY – Rumors that an adult bookstore had leased a high-profile property on Route 50 in West Ocean City stirred up unrest this week among residents and officials.The rumor making the rounds in recent weeks had it that an adult bookstore was negotiating to lease the former Harley-Davidson shop at the intersection of… Read more »
County School Buses Set For Camera Upgrade
NEWARK – With school safety as pertinent an issue recently as it has ever been, school board members this week signed off on a proposal to purchase greatly enhanced digital surveillance camera systems for all of the school buses in the county’s fleet.The Board of Education on Tuesday approved a bid to provide digital surveillance… Read more »
John Staley Recognized As Resort’s Citizen Of Year
BERLIN – Long-time local resident and community activist John Staley this week joined distinguished company when he was named the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year for 2007. Staley moved to the resort area in 1982 and has been active in municipal government, many civic organizations and church groups ever since. In… Read more »
Debate Surfaces Over Request For More School Cops
SNOW HILL – The County Commissioners went back and forth over funding three school resource officers requested in the Sheriff’s Department budget during a work session Tuesday.Worcester County Sheriff Chuck Martin requested three new deputies specifically to patrol and work with the schools on security and safety, an outgrowth of community policing.Threats do not simply… Read more »
Charity Golf Challenge Will Feature Miss USA Contestants
OCEAN CITY – Around this time last year, two events going on simultaneously brought national exposure to the resort area including a CBS golf reality show and a visit to Ocean City by many of the Miss USA pageant contestants, and while those events did not return this year, there is an upcoming event planned… Read more »
Chief Defends Police Open Container Approach
OCEAN CITY – Some town officials have expressed their concerns regarding how the Ocean City Police Department handles situations when people are found in public with an open alcohol container, an offense that brings with it a citation, or even handcuffs, depending on the situation.Some say there are too many arrests for such a simple… Read more »
Ocean City Police To Experiment With Taser Guns
OCEAN CITY – Individuals may want to think twice in the future about being uncooperative or combative with resort officers or they could be in for the shock of their life, literally.At the town’s Police Commission meeting Tuesday afternoon, Chief Bernadette DiPino discussed the upcoming experimental use of Tasers in the fiscal year 2008 budget…. Read more »
It Comes Out Fast And Tasty At Jimmy’s Kitchen
OCEAN CITY – At 4:30 a.m. most people are still snoozing away. However, the owner of Jimmy’s Kitchen, Jimmy Mourlas, isn’t like most people. He’s already at work with spatula in hand, prepping food for breakfast before the sun ever touches the horizon.Opening his restaurant in 2001 and going on his seventh summer in business… Read more »
Remembering Those Who Have Passed
Marion Elizabeth Kraus FarmerBERLIN – Marion Elizabeth Kraus Farmer, age 80, died Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Elizabeth Filliaux Kraus. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Ambrose Farmer, in 1998. She is survived… Read more »