OCEAN CITY – Local taxi drivers received some relief in the face of rising gas prices last Thursday, when the Police Commission voted unanimously to add a $1 fuel surcharge per trip through November.Only recently are gas prices showing signs of leveling out, but after months of skyrocketing prices and uncertainty regarding the future of… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Boardwalk performers could be seeing stricter regulations in the near future, with concerns about Boardwalk performers aired at last week’s Police Commission meeting. “I think this year has been difficult with the Boardwalk performers,” said City Clerk Carol Jacobs last week, noting that to date, over 300 permits have been issued. Performers… Read more »

BERLIN – The accused killer of a Berlin native and long-time Ocean City hotel and restaurant employee shot to death in his suburban Philadelphia home in February was found guilty of first-degree murder last week and now faces a mandatory sentence of life in jail.Orphus Land, 47, who was born and raised in Berlin and… Read more »

BERLIN – The Berlin town website came in for some criticism from Mayor and Council members this week during the Monday night meeting.“I really think we need to do a better job on dates on the website,” Council member Paula Lynch said during council comments. “Like the meeting tonight, it’s still up there. It’s not… Read more »

BERLIN – A work session in August will reveal the long awaited Berlin sewer capacity management plan, interim Mayor Gee Williams announced Monday night at the Berlin Town Council meeting.Working papers outlining the sewer distribution policy were distributed in May, Williams said, but the town decided that staff needed to do more research and modify… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Swimmers have been noticing an unusual chill in the water lately, with the ocean feeling colder than what is typically encountered during the height of summer. With air temperatures soaring into the mid and upper 90’s this week, beachgoers look to the ocean to cool off, but many were met with a… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – With a little over a week before the start of the 2008 White Marlin Open, it remains to be seen if the soaring fuel prices and other economic factors will keep the number of boats participating down this year, but tournament officials are taking a proactive approach to lure those captains and… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – One week after hearing a proposal for as many as 200 wind turbines off the coast of the resort in the future, resort officials this week defended their cautious approach to the issue specifically and all of the issues that come before them in general.During a work session last week, the Ocean… Read more »

ASSATEAGUE – A Pennsylvania man was found floating face down in the water near the Virginia end of Assateague Island National Seashore last week, becoming the second fatality in the waters in and around the resort area in as many weeks.Last Thursday, the unidentified man was found floating in the water just north of the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Lifeguards and beachgoers faced a rare occurrence last Friday, when the carcass of a rare Atlantic sunfish washed ashore at 26th Street. “I’ve never seen one on the beach in Ocean City before,” said Beach Patrol Captain Butch Arbin this week as he recalled the events of last Friday. The sunfish appeared… Read more »