OCEAN CITY- Resort officials this week agreed on a new electric supply contract for municipal service with an option that could save the town hundreds of thousands of dollars.City Engineer Terry McGean told the Mayor and Council on Tuesday the town’s current electric power agreement is about to expire at the end of June and… Read more »

OCEAN CITY- The grand spectacle of offshore powerboat racing is set to return to the resort on Father’s Day weekend, June 15-17, with the arrival of the OPA Racing and Super-Cat Pro Series.For years, the annual offshore powerboat races were a staple in the resort each fall before being discontinued for several years. Last fall,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY- Resort police are searching for four suspects involved in an armed robbery in Ocean City early Monday morning.Shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Monday morning, Ocean City Police Department officers responded to a reported armed robbery on Baltimore Ave. around 21st Street. The investigation revealed the victim had met the four suspects on the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY- An old Ocean City tradition gone for several years now will get a new life at a new location this summer when the weekly flea market returns to the Worcester Street parking lot downtown.For decades, the town hosted a huge flea market on the parking lot of the Convention Center on 40th Street,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY- Two local residents were arrested on drug charges last Friday after a month-long narcotics investigation conducted by the Ocean City Police Department. Last Friday, the OCPD’s Quick Response Team (QRT), along with the resort’s narcotics officers, executed a search and seizure warrant at 1208 Baltimore Ave. Once inside the residence, resort police discovered… Read more »

SNOW HILL- The north end of Worcester County will be subject to a regional transportation study this summer, set to begin sometime in July.The study, under consideration for the last two years, got approval from the Worcester County Commissioners Tuesday during a commissioner meeting. The $100,000 is currently available, and will not be part of… Read more »

BERLIN – Two mothers who lost sons to suicide want to equip local youth with a tool to get help in times of crisis by starting a chapter of the Yellow ribbon suicide prevention program.“We thought it’s about time we got something out there. This program is definitely needed in Worcester County,” said Melanie Welton,… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Spray irrigation is the way to go for the controversial proposed residential sewer plant in Showell, the planning commission told the county this week.Planning commission chair Carolyn Cummins laid out the commission’s position in a half hour presentation Tuesday, concluding that a combination of spray irrigation and reuse of the treated effluent… Read more »

OCEAN CITY- Resort planners on Tuesday got a first look at maps showing potential sites throughout Ocean City for adult book stores and shops selling sexually-related content, and while the sites identified added up to just about one percent of the total area of the town, there were a few surprise locations identified under the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY- Much of the discussion during Tuesday’s Mayor and Council meeting about the future of the organization appeared to have been borne out a plan prepared by City Manager Dennis Dare last winter to expand the scope of the paid emergency services organization at the expense of the historic volunteer agency, but some on… Read more »