Sgt. Ed FisherOCEAN CITY – With water temperatures around the 60-degree mark, only the bravest of swimmers have been heading into the ocean. What lifeguards have been focused on in recent weekends are windswept umbrellas barreling down the beach at speeds of 20 mph and more. High winds and gusts are common on the shoreline,… Read more »
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Two Face Murder Charges In Berlin
BERLIN – More details emerged this week in the beating death of a Berlin teen last Thursday including the arrests of three local teens allegedly involved in the murder.According to police reports, a group of individuals including the victim, Michael Harry Mitchell, 19, of Berlin, and Daniel Edward Riley were sitting on a porch at… Read more »
Optimism For OC Season Tempered With Caution
OCEAN CITY – Resort Economic Development Committee (EDC) members gathered this week for their monthly meeting on the front edge of a new season, and a recurring theme throughout the morning appeared to be hope for the best, but be prepared for the worst.The meeting on Wednesday included much of the same rosy optimism expected… Read more »
Man Behind Bars Four Months After Release
BERLIN – The perpetrator of one of the most heinous crimes in Ocean City history, Jermaine Wright, is behind bars again this week after getting caught stealing scrap metal from a private excavating company in Somerset County just four months after his premature release for the 1995 murder.Wright, who in 1995 lured a young girl… Read more »
Downtown Group Backs Rehabbing Route 50 Bridge
OCEAN CITY – Alternatives regarding the future of the Route 50 Bridge were presented at a public hearing last week, as several people weighed in on the potential bridge options. The Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC) took an official stance on the matter this week, choosing to back the rehabilitation alternative. Discussions regarding the ultimate… Read more »
County Balances Budget With Steady Property Tax Rate
SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Commissioners approved a $189.5 million budget for fiscal year 2009 on Tuesday.Over $13.1 million was cut from $202 million in budget requests to meet the projected revenue levels for FY 09.“There are a lot of things all of us up here wish we could have given…you have to make… Read more »
State Shuts Down Title Company
OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City real estate title company last week was shut down by state insurance administrators after it was found to have misappropriated as much as $3 million in mortgage settlement transactions.Maryland Insurance Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler last week handed down significant administrative action against Day Title Inc. of Ocean City and… Read more »
Restaurant Owners Admit To Hiring Illegal Aliens
WEST OCEAN CITY – The owners of two West Ocean City restaurants raided by U.S. immigration officials in October pleaded guilty this week to hiring and harboring illegal aliens and evading employment taxes that should have been paid on the illegal employees and now face significant amounts of jail time, fines and the forfeiture of… Read more »
Friday, June 6 – OC Embraces War Veterans
OCEAN CITY – Roughly 75 wounded war veterans on a brief respite from Walter Reed National Army Medical Center in Washington unloaded from tour buses at the Princess Royale on Tuesday morning for a three-day break from the pain and drudgery of their recovery and rehabilitation process.Seventy-five “wounded warriors” and their families arrived in Ocean… Read more »
Bank Plans New Facility At Dilapidated Mall Site
OCEAN CITY – The Planning and Zoning Commission was presented this week with a site plan review of the proposed Susquehanna Bank project, a property rehabilitation the commission hopes will improve the overall look of the uptown mall parking lot.The proposed 3,089-square-foot commercial building will sit on the west side of Coastal Highway, to the… Read more »