Ocean City is not going to get its tax differential. The town is seeking a tax setoff, also known as a tax differential, for services it provides outside of municipal limits. The resort estimates it costs nearly $14 million a year for it to provide government services outside Ocean City. Therefore, that’s the amount of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s annual St. Patrick’s Soccer Tournament turns 20 this year with 150 teams and hundreds of players from all over the mid-Atlantic region expected to converge on the resort for the three-weekend event.From modest beginnings 20 years ago when competition was held in just four divisions, the… Read more »
BERLIN- Providing further evidence youth lacrosse is on the rise in the Ocean City area and across Worcester County, the Ocean City Riptide boys’ under-11 team recently completed a perfect 7-0 season at a winter indoor league at the Crown Sports Center in Salisbury.The Riptide boys’ lacrosse team ran the table against teams made up… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s men’s varsity wrestling team continued to build on its growing legacy of dominance last weekend, winning its first-ever state dual meet championship in its first season since moving up to Class 4A-3A.The Seahawks’ emotional roller-coaster ride began last Thursday with its third regional title in four years, culminated by a narrow win… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Three Delaware residents were arrested last weekend and charged with a variety of serious offenses after the car they were in struck another vehicle in the parking lot of a mid-town restaurant, causing a large crowd to gather.Around 2:20 a.m. last Sunday, OCPD officers responded to Fager’s Island parking lot in response… Read more »
Russel B. ‘Bo’ RuggerioBERLIN – Russell B. “Bo” Ruggerio, 69, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin.Born in Hammonton, N.J., he was the son of the late Joseph Ruggerio; and is survived by his 96-year-old beloved mother, Nancy Alizzo Ruggerio, of whom he was most proud that they remained together in… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Efforts to get Ocean City fire services back on track were made this week with the decision by the Mayor and Council to offer the position of interim fire chief to Volunteer Fire Chief Chris Larmore. Public outcry was resounding this week as local business owners, residents and volunteer firefighters poured into… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The issue of sexually oriented businesses was laid to rest with little fanfare this week with the City Council voting unanimously to approve the second reading of two ordinances which outline the zoning and licensing of sexually oriented businesses in Ocean City. The discussion over sexually oriented businesses spanned nearly one year… Read more »
Weekly pictures from the restaurant and bar scene around the Ocean City area
OCEAN CITY – The resort’s fire service could soon be united under Ocean City Volunteer Fire Chief Chris Larmore after the Mayor and Council switched gears last night and offered the position to Larmore with certain conditions.Contention and heated debate continued last night as citizens, volunteers and paid fire fighters poured into City Hall in… Read more »