OCEAN CITY – Federal employment authorities last week filed suit against the former owners of an Ocean City hotel for firing a manager who refused to comply with their illegal employee dismissal practices.The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit in U.S. District Court last week against Spa Motel General Partnership, a motel group that… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City’s ever-expanding artificial reef system off the coast could be getting a major addition in the future if the effort to obtain as many as 600 retired New York City “Redbird” subway cars can be worked out.The Ocean City Reef Foundation, in conjunction with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR),… Read more »

SNOW HILL – One of two local jurisdictions might be host to a test case for treated wastewater re-use in Maryland, county staff told the County Commissioners this week.“There’s a lot of talk about it,” said Sandy Coyman, Worcester County’s Director of Comprehensive Planning, at Tuesday’s meeting. “Wastewater is a resource. It’s not a waste… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Changes in sub-committees were made at Monday evenings Mayor and Council meeting, resulting in new appointments to the Police Commission and Tourism Commission, with the latter resulting in a split decision among the council. Councilman Lloyd Martin made the motion to appoint Mayor Rick Meehan to the Tourism Commission as a voting… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City’s Play It Safe program had a record-breaking year, with over 13,000 participants enjoying the free events offered throughout the month of June. The Play It Safe Program occurs every year during the month of June, providing fun, alcohol-free events for the recent high-school graduates to participate in.The mission of Play It… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Two ordinances came before the Mayor and Council at Monday night’s meeting, one calling for amendments to downtown height regulations and the other authorizing the sale of surplus property. The Mayor and Council were presented with the ordinance to amend Chapter 11, entitled Zoning, which will allow for changes in height limits… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The ordinance outlining amendments to hearings and appeals of business license fines, suspensions, and revocations was discussed and passed on second reading at Monday evenings Mayor and Council meeting.   The ordinance will amend Chapter 14 entitled businesses and aims to add more teeth to the ordinance governing the suspension and revocation of… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The 10th Annual Endless Summer Cruisin’ 2007 outdoor street rod and hot rod enthusiast event kicked off yesterday in Ocean City.As always, Ocean City’s Inlet parking area is the featured location for the event, which features 1,500 hot rods, street rods, and custom cars joined by an additional 1,000-plus “guest cruisers” that… Read more »

BERLIN – Berlin elected officials will vote on a moratorium on planned unit development (PUD) projects for the next three months after town elected officials, staff, and planning commission members concluded this week that the code is ambiguous and needs to be rewritten.The Berlin Mayor and Council met with the Berlin Planning Commission and staff… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – One man is in custody, another believed missing for about 24 hours on Tuesday is alive and well and Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) have still not abandoned a search for another “John” this week after a bizarre story unfolded involving the theft of a fishing boat from a marina in West… Read more »