Published November 21, 2008
BERLIN - A conversation on parking in Berlin during last week's Berlin Planning Commission meeting revealed strong support for the necessity of more parking, but little in the way of action to achieve that goal.
Ron Cascio, representing the prospective Pitt Street redevelopment project, said he just wanted to get the conversation going with his proposal of a parking garage.
Under Berlin's code, the redeveloped Pitt Street property would need to provide more parking to accommodate tenants or pay...
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Published November 21, 2008
OCEAN CITY - A significant dredging project of the main channel in the Isle of Wight Bay behind Ocean City, including depositing the dredged material on the beach at 33rd Street, is in the works and the deadline for public comment on the proposal is quickly approaching.
Late last month, the Army Corps of Engineers issued a public notice on its intent to perform maintenance dredging of the federal navigation channel in the Isle of Wight Bay extending northward from an area just north of 8th...
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Published November 21, 2008
OCEAN CITY - A second batch of retired New York City 'Red Bird' subway cars are expected to find a permanent home off the coast of Ocean City this weekend, possibly as soon as tomorrow, when 46 of the cars will be dropped at one of two possible locations on the growing artificial reef system.
Sometime in the next few days, possibly as soon as tomorrow, a barge carrying 46 of the retired subway cars is expected to rendezvous with local and state artificial reef officials who will direct their...
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Published November 21, 2008
OCEAN CITY - The bus might not be stopping for Camp Horizon campers next summer.
As part of a citywide trend aimed at cutting costs, members of the Recreation and Parks sub-committee along with the City Manager Dennis Dare recommended to eliminate the free bus shuttle service that transports some of Camp Horizon's 150 weekly summer campers from its Ocean City Elementary school location to their homes in Ocean City.
Last year, the bus service averaged 43 riders per week over the course of the...
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