OCEAN CITY – After weeks of trials and tribulations, the Mayor and City Council was finally able to put something concrete into the books that would prevent any type of adult oriented retail stores from obtaining a business license for a period of six months or until the Planning and Zoning Commission is able to… Read more »

SNOW HILL – The conversion of the Perdue wastewater plant in Showell for residential use got a positive recommendation from the Worcester County Planning Commission last week, with modifications which could be the basis for a new model of wastewater management.ADC Builders plans to use 1,000 EDUs of 4,000 projected units of sewer, to be… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – One of Ocean City’s finest recently found out he had become a nominee in a contest organized by one of the United States’ most well-known television programs.It was a couple weeks ago when 14-year Ocean City Police Department Lieutenant Mark Pacini, a supervisor in the Criminal Investigation Division and 1998 Officer of… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Ocean City asked for the least county funds of any of the municipalities when town representatives went before the County Commissioners this week with their budget requests.Ocean City made specific requests totaling $989,000.“If you look at our requests, they pretty much parallel last year’s,” Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan told the commissioners…. Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on Tuesday to discuss two code amendments that could adversely affect parking in the entire resort.The hearing was held to consider amendments limiting the number of off-street parking spaces that may be approved with reduced design standards and another that would… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – After tossing around some ideas for how to spruce up events at Sunset Park and ultimately agreeing on an idea at the Recreation and Parks Committee meeting last week, Special Events Director John Sullivan and Recreation and Parks Director Tom Shuster came before the Mayor and City Council Monday night to pitch… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A little over a month has passed since the Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC) proposed a change in the ordinances dealing with Somerset Plaza downtown and this was the week the OCDC got to see their proposals finalized and set in stone.In an attempt to shape their downtown vision and breathe some… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A Whaleyville man arrested last August after an investigation revealed a years-long pattern of sexual abuse of his now teen-aged stepdaughter dating back to when she was nine years old was sentenced this week in Circuit Court to 25 years in jail, 10 of which was suspended, putting him behind bars for… Read more »