SNOW HILL – Another serious accident at the dangerous Route 113 and Route 12 intersection in Snow Hill occurred yesterday morning, just two days after the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) visited the county on its annual tour.The Routes 113 and 12 intersection has been a point of contention between Worcester County and MDOT since… Read more »
Monthly Archives: October 2007
West OC Property Values Leveling Off
WEST OCEAN CITY – When West Ocean City property owners retrieve their reassessment notices from their mail boxes in December, they will likely be relieved the anticipated increases have returned to levels not seen since the big real estate boom in the area started several years ago.While all of the final figures have not been… Read more »
Trimper’s Rides Makes 2008 Commitment
OCEAN CITY – Trimper’s Rides, the beleaguered Ocean City landmark and cornerstone of the downtown area, will be open for business as usual next summer, just has it has for nearly the last 120 years, but unresolved issues continue to curb any enthusiasm for its future beyond 2008.Trimper’s Rides officials announced yesterday the historic amusement… Read more »
N.J. Company Seeks To Erect 150 Wind Turbines Off Coast
OCEAN CITY – It came to light last week a New Jersey-based alternative energy company is exploring the possibility of developing a wind farm off the coast of Ocean City, following the lead of its already approved projects in Delaware, New York and Rhode Island.Bluewater Wind, one of the nation’s leading developers of offshore wind… Read more »
County Paves Way For Room Tax Hike
SNOW HILL – The way is now clear for a half percent hike in the Worcester County room tax after the County Commissioners passed enabling legislation this week raising the tax’s upper limit.The legislation raising and putting into effect the actual tax on hotel room and condominium rentals will be considered on Nov. 6, at… Read more »
Friday, October 19 – Questions Lead To Delay On OC Height Limits
OCEAN CITY – Confusion surrounding an ordinance outlining height limitations in the downtown area arose this week, resulting in the 5-1 decision to table the ordinance for the time being. The Mayor and Council was presented with the second reading of the ordinance to amend chapter 11, entitled Zoning, at Monday night’s meeting, but found… Read more »
Officials Hear OC Summer Crime Report
OCEAN CITY – A brief crime analysis of the 2007 summer season was given at a Police Commission meeting last week, with the conclusions the numbers were as expected.Ocean City Police Chief Bernadette DiPino and Corporal Glen McIntyre, who will be acting as a crime analyst for the department, made the presentation to the Police… Read more »
County Fraternal Lodges Seek Slots
SNOW HILL – Resistance to possible slot machines at Ocean Downs Racetrack may keep the popular one-armed bandits from descending on Worcester County en masse, but local fraternal organizations have just begun lobbying to bring them into their lodges in a small way.Commissioners Bobby Cowger, Jim Purnell and Virgil Shockley reported to their fellow commissioners… Read more »
Council Inks Financial Deal With Project Developer
OCEAN CITY – The Rivendell project seems to have reached the end of its contentious journey this week, with the City Council voting unanimously to accept the favorable recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission to approve the amendments to the project. The 88-unit Rivendell condominium project, located between 80th and 81st streets on the… Read more »
Live Bands And DJs
Assateague Island Oasis: 410-629-1492, Rt. 611; Friday, Oct. 19: Closed For Beer Pairing Dinner; Saturday, Oct. 20: Jon Pheasant; Thursday, Oct. 25: Phil Knight; All entertainment 6:30-9:30 p.m.Blue Ox & Babe’s Lounge: 410-250-6440, 127th St. & Coastal Hwy.; Friday, Oct. 19: TBA; Saturday, Oct. 20: Kevin Poole.Buxy’s Salty Dog: 410-289-0973, 28th St. & Coastal Hwy.;… Read more »