OCEAN CITY – With a strong police presence in Ocean City and outside the resort, the 2008 Bike Week was fairly calm despite an estimated 100,000-plus motorcycles descending on the area, but there were two serious accidents involving bikes that sent four people to the hospital with various severe injuries.The first occurred last Wednesday before… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Fiddlers Weekend Set For Berlin
BERLIN – The historic town of Berlin will once again host its annual Fiddlers Convention on Sept. 19-21 on Main Street. Organized by the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by local businesses, this event is part concert and part competition and has grown to become the mid-Atlantic region’s largest festival of its kind with… Read more »
Engineer Defends Northside Park Project
OCEAN CITY –After coming under some fire for approving a new “press box” at Northside Park, resort officials this weekdefended the project and clarified it will be much more than its name implies.Included in a budget amendment passed by the Ocean City Council is a $585,000-plus expenditure for a new press box at the Northside… Read more »
County Takes Control Of Broadband Cooperative
SNOW HILL – Lightning strikes on five wireless towers this summer nearly put Lower Shore Broadband Cooperative (LSBC) out of business, prompting a county takeover of the broadband provider.“Following notification of the LSBC’s operational failure, the county entered into an agreement with the LSBC that gives us effective control of the LSBC and allows us… Read more »
County Officials Tour New Worcester Tech School
NEWARK – The new Worcester Technical High School (WTS) will open its doors to students on Oct. 20, according to Board of Education President Gary Mumford.The new $43 million technical school building will take over from an inadequate structure in poor repair that was built in the 1950s to house Worcester County’s African American secondary… Read more »
City Council Candidate Has Big Plans
OCEAN CITY – Among the many objectives City Council candidate Sean Rox wants to see accomplished if he is elected next month is limiting tobacco sales in town, expanding the municipal airport, catering to senior citizens more, building schools in the town, constructing a monorail-like system, replacing parking lots with parks and installing surveillance cameras… Read more »
Cannery Project Could Start In Early ‘09
BERLIN – Despite several delays over funding and permitting, the Cannery Village green workforce housing project should break ground in January.“We’re prepared. We have a contractor,” said Frank Gunion, president of the Berlin Community Development Corporation, a partner in the enterprise.The project needs to begin in January in order to comply with Maryland Community Development… Read more »
Wind Turbine Request Could Lead To County Regs
WEST OCEAN CITY –Monty Lewis just wants to put up a wind turbine at his bayside home, but Worcester County has been less than helpful, untilthis week. “The county has more or less put me off,” Lewis said. “I can’t apply for it because they won’t take an application.”Lewis has been thinking of adding a wind… Read more »
State Record White Marlin Finds Permanent Home
OCEAN CITY- The largest white marlin in Maryland sport fishing history, caught by a group of local anglers nearly three decades ago, has found a permanent home at the foot of the Boardwalk where it will be enjoyed by current and future generations of offshore fishing enthusiasts.The 135-pound white marlin caught by angler George Pierson… Read more »
Explosives Found In Resort Home
OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City man was arrested on several serious felony charges after a search and seizure warrant executed at his resort residence last week revealed several explosives he allegedly manufactured and threatened to use.The Ocean City Fire Marshal’s Office, assisted by the OCPD, last Thursday executed a search and seizure warrant at… Read more »