OCEAN CITY — Since the first Ocean City Uber vehicle appeared on the app-based ride service last May, there has been an ongoing debate about how or if Uber should be held to the same standards as traditional taxi cabs.Last week, the Maryland Public Service Commission met with resort officials to try and explain how… Read more »
Author Archives: Bryan Russo
Curing Our Coast Series Dives Into Recovery; Two Men Share Their Stories, Both Involve Gaining New Identities
OCEAN CITY — While it’s one thing to accept that heroin has become a difficult problem in this region, it’s much harder for the average person to understand the long journey that former addicts must embark on to both get and stay sober.The “one day at a time” mantra that almost every addict has uttered… Read more »
In Exclusive Interview, Inmate Talks About Addiction, Recovery, Teaching Fellow Prisoners About Accountability In Jail, His Future
GEORGETOWN, Del. — For the last eight years, 32-year-old coastal Delaware native Chase Fehrenbach has woken up each morning in a small, cold jail cell in Sussex Correctional Institute (SCI) in Georgetown, Del.He doesn’t look like most of the other hardened criminals who reside behind the walls and the razor wire fences of one of… Read more »
Q&A With Kyler Taustin, Bringing Culture To Hometown Area Thrilling For Director
BERLIN — For the past six years, Kyler Taustin has been bringing theatre back to the very region he felt compelled to flee to follow his artistic heart at a young age. Growing up on the Eastern Shore, Taustin says he felt like an outcast, despite being a part of one of Ocean City’s most… Read more »
‘I never will be a ‘Maverick.’ I am, in fact, a ‘Goose.’’
OCEAN CITY — Growing up, I loved the movie ‘Top Gun.’ It ranked somewhere between ‘The Karate Kid’ and ‘Back to the Future.’ I longed to be as cool and reckless as Tom Cruise’s character Maverick. I even learned all the words to the Righteous Brothers’ “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling” and would sing it… Read more »
Can OC Enforce New Uber Regs? Officials Worried About Keeping Level Playing Field For Taxi Industry
OCEAN CITY — As Uber grows in popularity in the resort, so too are the number of questions city officials have about what state laws allow in regards to enforcing these app-based ride sharing services, also known as Transportation Network Companies (TNC’s).Several elected officials, including Mayor Rick Meehan, Councilmen Dennis Dare, Doug Cymek and Lloyd… Read more »
Curing Our Coast Series Looks At Enforcement As Reporter Goes Undercover With Detectives
OCEAN CITY — Sergeant Shawn Jones of the Ocean City Police Department’s Narcotics Unit calmly adjusts his bullet proof vest as he sits in the passenger seat of an undercover vehicle. He’s carefully watching cars traverse along a backroad of southern Delaware, near Selbyville. He’s looking for junkies, and his eyes are transfixed on one… Read more »
Governor Vetoes Clean Energy Jobs Act, Views It As Tax
ANNAPOLIS — For clean energy advocates, Governor Larry Hogan has gone from hero to goat in less than two short months.In April, many of the state’s environmentalists praised Hogan when he signed the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Act, a bill that reaffirmed the state’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by raising the bar to a… Read more »
State, University Partner On Roadside Vegetation Study
TALBOT COUNTY — A literal “side of the road” study aims to attract and help endangered pollinators thrive by creating a more natural environment along stretches of Maryland roadways.Just last month, a unique partnership between the State Highway Administration (SHA) and the University of Maryland’s Entomology Department was forged in order to launch a three-year… Read more »
Pines-Ocean City Water Ferry Service Scratched; Logistics Derail Bay Taxi Concept
OCEAN PINES — Negotiations have fallen apart between a local boat captain and the Ocean Pines Yacht Club about the creation of a water ferry service between Ocean Pines and Ocean City.Danny McDorman, who owns and captains OC Swimcall, a 49-passenger boat that’s primarily used for parties and tours, says he thought the deal was… Read more »