OCEAN CITY – A Pennsylvania man faces multiple serious charges this week including assault and false imprisonment after a bizarre incident last weekend that included holding his girlfriend against her will, assaulting her and implicating her in a theft scheme.Shortly before 5:30 a.m. last Sunday, OCPD Ofc. Earl Campbell was in the 9th Street area… Read more »
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Berlin Sidewalk Start Date Delayed
BERLIN – Tangible construction work on the Flower St. sidewalks will not begin until mid-November, despite hopes that a rapid approval of funding Monday night would allow paving work to begin Nov. 1.“We were hoping for a Nov. 1 start date, actually pushing dirt,” said Berlin Administrative Director Linda Bambary. “It’s probably going to be… Read more »
Berlin Property Owners Encouraged To Save Trees
BERLIN – Berlin residents, please save your trees, Councilwoman Paula Lynch requested Monday night.“They’re a part of our heritage, and a part of what our town is,” Lynch said.At this week’s Mayor and Council meeting, Lynch asked town staff to put her plea to preserve Berlin’s trees in the town newsletter to make the community… Read more »
Squabble Could Be Brewing Over OC Land
OCEAN CITY – After weeks of delay on the momentum of the Downtown Recreation Complex, the town has received word from the county on a land lease, but with different terms than they had originally anticipated. For weeks, the Ocean City Mayor and Council have delayed any action in regard to the Downtown Recreation Complex… Read more »
Resort Accused Of Fixing Golf Discount Rates
OCEAN CITY – The on-again, off-again feud between Ocean City, several of its larger hotel groups and the golf-packaging industry boiled over again this week when a new golf packager accused the town of anti-trust law violations because of alleged attempts to “fix” discount rates and coerce some area courses into not participating in its… Read more »
Group Opposes Property Management Tax Proposal
OCEAN CITY – Just few days removed from the Maryland General Assembly’s special session called to begin tackling the state’s projected $1.7 billion deficit, everything appears to be on the table including an effort to lump property management services into a larger group of services not previously subject to state sales tax, the passage of… Read more »
$1.3M Awarded To Woman Injured In Go-Kart Accident
SNOW HILL – A Bel Air, Md. woman was awarded nearly $1.3 million in damages this week, bringing closure to a complex lawsuit dating back to the summer of 2004 involving serious injuries sustained during an accident at an Ocean City amusement park.Lindsey McCormack, now 20, of Bel Air, and her parents sued just about… Read more »
Study Raises Questions Of OC Corridor’s Future
OCEAN CITY – A field study survey along Baltimore Avenue commenced earlier this month and will continue through the spring of 2008 in an effort to verify the exact boundaries of the north-south corridor’s right of way.A letter was recently sent to all property owners along Baltimore Avenue from the Ocean City Public Works Department… Read more »
OC Police Arrest Prostitutes
OCEAN CITY – Resort police last month made a pair of prostitution arrests in Ocean City after discovering several listings by woman offering erotic services in the area on the Internet.Early last month, resort police received several calls about prostitution occurring in Ocean City after which an OCPD undercover officer discovered prostitution advertising on the… Read more »
Historic Property In Berlin Fetches $668K At Auction
BERLIN – A landmark hardware store’s long run on Main Street officially came to a close on Wednesday when the property was auctioned.Pete Richardson Auction Sales owner Pete Richardson conducted the auction on Wednesday with about 75 interested buyers and citizens in attendance. The land, which is home to a two-story structure containing about 5,000… Read more »