OCEAN CITY — Among a bevy of new state laws set to take effect on Monday are vast changes to the rules and regulations regarding scooters and mopeds, increasingly popular forms of transportation in the resort area, but one significant element will be somewhat relaxed right from the get-go.Next Monday, Oct. 1, will be the… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Raw Sewage Leaks Into Wicomico River
SALISBURY — More than 100,000 gallons of sewage leaked into the Wicomico River this week but shouldn’t have much in the way of long-term impact, according to city officials.“It’s been a very finite area where it hit the surface,” said Public Works Director Teresa Gardner.According to Gardner, a Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) at the Southside… Read more »
Boardwalk Skate Law Advances
OCEAN CITY – A law allowing skateboarding on the Boardwalk has been drafted and approved by the Mayor and City Council to come forward next week to receive final approval.On Tuesday, the Mayor and City Council voted to move a drafted ordinance to first reading that will allow skateboarding, for transportation purposes only, on Atlantic… Read more »
Chief Advocating For Speed Limit Drop On Coastal Highway
OCEAN CITY — In the wake of a difficult summer in terms of pedestrian-vehicle collisions, an effort is underway to potentially lower the speed limit on Coastal Highway in an area of the corridor deemed particularly prone to tragedies.Ocean City Police Chief Bernadette DiPino has initiated an effort to reduce the speed limit on Coastal… Read more »
Judge Rules Out Pre-Trial Visit To Hudson Farm
BERLIN — With a little more than a week left before the opening of the trial in the civil suit against a Berlin farm family over alleged pollution violations dating back to 2009, the federal judge presiding over the case late last week ruled out a pre-trial visit to the site where the infractions allegedly… Read more »
Mayor Signs Off On Salisbury Police Pay Raises
SALISBURY – Salisbury police officers will get their salary increases, and the City Council is looking to sustain the salary structure and give pay increases to all employees by Christmas if not sooner.Salisbury Police Department (SPD) officers have not had a raise in five years and their pay scale is one of the lowest in… Read more »
OC Revises Free Golf Policies
OCEAN CITY – Councilwoman Margaret Pillas took a revised copy of the town’s policy regarding complimentary/reduced golf at Eagle’s Landing by the horns this week saying if it was going to get done it needed to get done right.In late August, Councilman Brent Ashley requested City Manager David Recor research the records of town employee… Read more »
Berlin’s Utility Expansion Not A Land Grab
BERLIN — Despite some initial belief to the contrary, the Berlin Town Council promised residents this week that an expansion of water and sewer services along Main Street isn’t a thinly-veiled land grab.“We don’t want the misconception that we are trying to expand the town limits,” said Mayor Gee Williams.The project to extend water and… Read more »
Six Families Displaced By Fire; Fundraising Effort Launched
OCEAN CITY — With no casualties and only one minor injury to a firefighter, Wednesday evening’s massive blaze that consumed the top floor of a midtown Ocean City condominium building could have been much worse but it has left many picking up the pieces.Shortly before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, the Ocean City Fire Department (OCFD)… Read more »
Coastkeeper Wants Runoff Considered In Boat Ramp Plans
OCEAN PINES — With the proposed replacement of the dilapidated, county-owned public boat ramp at Gum Point Rd. on the Turville Creek moving forward, area environmental advocates are urging the partners to go the “extra mile” to voluntarily include some elements to improve water quality in the impaired waterway.A project is underway to remove the… Read more »