A dozen local business owners exchanged thoughts and ideas on Tuesday morning at the Greene Turtle North regarding the viability of Ocean City, specifically the northern end.Among the numerous topics discussed (see article on page 10A) was the pathetic state of the shopping centers in north Ocean City at this time. The Ocean Plaza Mall… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Two weeks after getting a generally favorable outcome in a civil suit filed against the town of Ocean City last June, perhaps the resort’s most known Boardwalk street performer got good news on criminal charges filed against him in Baltimore City. Earlier this month, the federal lawsuit filed by Boardwalk street performer… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A taxi owner’s request to increase the 10th of a mile rate was denied this week but the industry was given the right to add a $1 surcharge once gas prices hit $4 a gallon.Kevin Lyons, owner of Community Cab, requested an increase in taxi cab base fare rates and a change… Read more »
BERLIN — A Federalsburg man was fined heavily, ordered to pay restitution and banned from hunting for five years last week for shooting one of the famed wild ponies on Assateague in January 2011.The 28-year-old horse was shot and killed during a planned two-day deer hunting season on Assateague in January 2011. The horse was… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A taxi owner’s request to increase the 10th of a mile rate was denied this week but the industry was given the right to add a $1 surcharge once gas prices hit $4 a gallon.Kevin Lyons, owner of Community Cab, requested an increase in taxi cab base fare rates and a change… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A familiar face at City Hall in recent years was fondly remembered this week. Bob Melvin, 93, died Feb. 13 at Atlantic General Hospital.“A gentleman who was very familiar with everyone on this council and in these council chambers, Mr. Bob Melvin passed away,” Mayor Rick Meehan said at the end of… Read more »
SNOW HILL — For the first time in three years, the Worcester County Board of Education is requesting a raise for employees. It’s also asking the Worcester County Commissioners to match the amount of funding given last year in addition to the pay increase. The total proposed budget for fiscal year 2013 is $93.3 million,… Read more »
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have joined 25 other senators in calling for significant improvements in a bill to modernize the U.S. Postal Service.In a letter to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs and Subcommittee on Federal financial Management, Government Information and International Security, the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – City Council chambers at City Hall was packed Tuesday night as a group, General Employees for Organization, surfaced to express their grievances with the City Council and their intent to be granted collective bargaining.Ocean City Public Works employee James Moxley, who works in the maintenance division, spoke on behalf of the General… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — An effort last Friday morning to recover and salvage a Coast Guard beacon tower swept off the end of the Inlet’s north jetty during Hurricane Irene last September proved fruitless after divers could not locate the 20-foot tall, 11-ton structure in the surf.It was unknown what became of the old Inlet jetty… Read more »