SNOW HILL – Six Worcester County Commissioners voted against any expansion of the Ocean City Municipal Airport beyond its existing borders this week, with Commissioner Louise Gulyas, the resort’s representative, holding onto her support for the project.Worcester County Administrator Gerry Mason suggested that the commissioners take a stand on the controversial airport expansion at the… Read more »
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Airport Critics Rule At Expansion Hearing
OCEAN CITY – At a public hearing and workshop last Thursday, over 100 citizens gathered to garner further information and voice their opinions on the future of the Ocean City Municipal Airport in West Ocean City.The public workshop gave concerned citizens a chance to ask questions and review the proposals for the airport expansion and… Read more »
Support Continues For Somerset Street Carts
OCEAN CITY – Issues surrounding Somerset Street continued at Monday’s Mayor and Council meeting as merchants and members of the Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC) came forward to voice their opinions. Al Wendling, owner of Pop’s Joke Shop, spoke on behalf of the businesses on Somerset Street two weeks ago, voicing concern over the decrease… Read more »
Point Named In Honor Of Fenwick Lighthouse Advocate
FENWICK ISLAND – The long-time caretaker and current president of the Friends of the Fenwick Island Lighthouse was forever memorialized last weekend with the official naming of a point of land jutting out into the Little Assawoman Bay in his honor.Oliver H. Cropper, who, along with his family, has restored and maintained the famous Fenwick… Read more »
OC Hit-And-Run Accident Leads To Burglary Arrest
OCEAN CITY – Resort police got a Fourth of July two-for-one arrest on Wednesday afternoon when the suspect apprehended in a hit-and-run accident was later found to be the perpetrator of a burglary at an uptown residence where frozen food was stolen from a freezer.The bizarre sequence of events began to unfold around 1:30 p.m…. Read more »
Credit Card Shopping Spree Ends In OC
OCEAN CITY – A Columbia, Md. man was arrested this week and charged with 15 different counts ranging from theft and fraud to identity theft after going on a shopping spree in the resort with a stolen credit card.Janny Sue Kim, 20, was arrested on Sunday after resort police were able to connect him to… Read more »
Debate Ensues Over Room Tax Increase Funding Intent
SNOW HILL – Tourism advertising needs more funds, resort and county business owners report, but that funding was provided for Ocean City at least through a room tax increase in 2000, some say, and the town used the money elsewhere.Now the town’s businesses have approached the County Commissioners for financial support to advertise the resort… Read more »
Live Bands And DJs
Assateague Island Oasis: 410-629-1492, Rt. 611; Friday & Saturday, June 6 & 7: Patrick McAllorum; Wednesday, July 11: Jon Pheasant; Thursday, July 12: Katie Bragg.Bahama Mamas: 410-289-0291, Call for entertainment.Blue Ox & Babe’s Lounge: 410-250-6440, 127th St. & Coastal Hwy.; Call for entertainment.Buxy’s Salty Dog: 410-289-0973, 28th St. & Coastal Hwy.; Every Friday: DJ Wood;… Read more »
Tuna Tourney Returns To OC For 20th Year
OCEAN CITY – The 20th Annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament returns next week when hundreds of boats and thousands of anglers descend on the resort area for a three-day search for the burly behemoths in the canyons off the coast of the resort.Tuna of all shapes, sizes and species have suddenly arrived in the waters… Read more »
One Track Record, One Near Record at Ocean Downs
BERLIN- The action at Ocean Downs got hotter this week with a new track record in the mile-pace for aged mares and a near track record in the mile by any horse of any age, both of which occurred on Sunday.It started with Anastasia Hanover, a four-year-old Hanover Badlands mare, setting a new track record… Read more »