WEST OCEAN CITY – The Fox Theater at the White Marlin Mall in West Ocean City showed its final movie last weekend and is now being prepared as a site for one of the latest major chain retailers in the area.The Greenberg Gibbons Commercial Corporation, owners of the White Marlin Mall along Route 50 in… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Revised Height Regs Okayed
OCEAN CITY – The ordinance outlining downtown height regulations saw another change this week when the City Council approved the proposed amendment to the ordinance. Jesse Houston, director of Planning and Development, came before the Mayor and Council at Tuesday’s work session to point out a minor but important discrepancy in the ordinance. Houston explained… Read more »
Proposed OC Bond Projects Outlined
OCEAN CITY – The discussion surrounding bond projects was presented to the Mayor and Council at Tuesday’s work session, resulting in unanimous approval from the Mayor and Council.Finance Administrator Martha Bennett, City Engineer Terry McGean and Public Works Director Hal Adkins presented the Mayor and Council with the proposed bond issuance and project list. Bennett… Read more »
OCES Class Makes Thoughts Of Fall Into Haiku Poems
BERLIN – Mrs. Kirsten Danisavich’s fourth grade class at Ocean City Elementary School recently wrote fall haiku poemsStudents also typed their poems on the laptop computers. Students learned to import clip art and save their documents in a folder. A haiku is a traditional Japanese poem that captures a moment in nature. Traditional haiku have… Read more »
Ocean City Welcome Sign Planned For Fire Site
OCEAN CITY – The beleaguered piece of property at the foot of the Route 50 bridge in Ocean City, scene of a sensational explosion and fire last winter, could become home to the latest sign welcoming visitors to the resort.Town public works employees last week cleared the last vestiges of the former home of Richard… Read more »
O’Malley Reiterates He Wants Slots In Maryland
BERLIN – As expected, Governor Martin O’Malley this unveiled his plan to authorize as many as 9,500 slot machines in Maryland as the final piece of his revenue increase plan to tackle the state’s projected $1.5 billion deficit, but what is unclear in the slots proposal is where they might go and how they might… Read more »
Local Legislators Differ On Budget Balancing Plan
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley this week officially rolled out his comprehensive plan for addressing the state’s projected $1.5 billion structural deficit with a complex combination of tax increases and new revenue sources, including slots, but it remains to be seen if a compromise can be reached between both sides of the aisle.O’Malley rolled… Read more »
Council Hears Mitigation Plan Progress Report
OCEAN CITY – At a work session on Tuesday, the Mayor and Council received the annual report on the implementation of Ocean City’s hazard mitigation plan.Planner Robert Nelson presented the Mayor and Council with the annual report, explaining that as a part of the Ocean City Hazard Mitigation Plan, an annual progress report is given… Read more »
Coastal Highway Resurfacing Project Kicks Off
OCEAN CITY – This week marked the beginning the Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration’s (SHA) resurfacing project, which will be affecting traffic along Coastal Highway for the next few months. The $1.4 million project will call for the resurfacing of more than two miles of MD 528 (Coastal Highway) between the north and… Read more »
City Council Opts To Maintain Current ADA System
COCEAN CITY – The discussion on ADA transportation resurfaced at this week’s work session, with the Mayor and Council taking a closer look at the transportation provided to the elderly and disabled residents of Ocean City.The issue first arose last month, when local resident Robert Melvin appeared before the Mayor and Council to voice his… Read more »