OCEAN CITY – Pedestrians will only have to look over their shoulder for the lurching Boardwalk tram during the summer months after Tuesday’s City Council work session.The Boardwalk tram is breaking down more often and costing the town more money than ever, so when the service went under Public Works Director Hal Adkins’ “cost cutting”… Read more »
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Berlin Signs Off On Parking Limits
BERLIN – The suggested two-hour Berlin downtown parking limit is now mandatory, after the Berlin Mayor and Council voted unanimously to restrict on-street parking on and near downtown Main Street.Vehicles on Main Street between Donoway Furniture and Town Center Antiques, and on roughly the first block of Jefferson, Pitt and Commerce streets, may only remain… Read more »
Friday, December 12–Town To Elect New Councilman On Tuesday
BERLIN – District 1 voters are being asked to cast their vote for a new councilman at Buckingham Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, Dec. 16 from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.Vying to fill the seat vacated by Mayor Gee Williams are Phil Cropper, Rex Hailey and Troy Purnell. The trio squared off last week in a candidates forum… Read more »
Friday, December 12–OC Air Show Books Thunderbirds
OCEAN CITY – The second annual Ocean City Air Show added a nice feather to its cap this week when the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds announced they would be participating in the event in the resort in mid-June.Last year’s inaugural Ocean City Air Show was deemed a success with thousands of spectators cramming into the… Read more »
Friday, December 12-Council Supports $5M In Upgrades To Powell Center
OCEAN CITY – Although the Roland E. Powell Convention Center won’t be getting an exterior expansion any time soon, it’s going to get a few much needed upgrades inside.Though the Mayor and City Council did not deem plans for the $60 million to $75 million expansion of the center feasible at Tuesday’s work session, they… Read more »
Friday, December 12–Berlin Electric Customers Likely To See Rate Increase
BERLIN – A 2-percent increase in the electric power base rate could show up in Berlin power bills as early as January, if the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) signs off on the change.The higher rate would be instituted to recover over $400,000 in under-collected power cost fees.The PSC will issue a written response in… Read more »
Voices From the Readers
Schools Must PinchLike Rest Of UsEditor:In reading the various articles this week regarding our Board of Education and how they cannot decrease their budget by 3 percent, I have this question, “Has the Board of Education ever turned a light switch off in any of the schools?”If they did, we would save not only money but reduce energy costs. Heating… Read more »
OC Website Process Left No Other Choice
OC Website Process Left No Other ChoiceIn a surprising turn of events, the Ocean City Mayor and Council voted 4-3 on Tuesday to award the redesign of the town’s website to its own advertising firm, MGH Advertising, rather than seek price quotes and design ideas from other agencies.About a month ago, members of the council… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
Regarding this week’s website decision by Ocean City, what’s interesting to me is how the council may or may not have looked over a key part of its code in approving the $178,000 expenditure for the new website to MGH Advertising. Not wanting to make the proverbial mountain out of a molehill here, I called… Read more »
We Remember Those Who Have Passed
Mary Grace GriffinBERLIN – Mary Grace Griffin, 86, formerly of Ocean Pines, died on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008, at the home of her daughter.She was the wife of Carroll “Griff ” Griffin, who died in February and with whom she celebrated 61 years of marriage. Born in Stamford, Conn., she was the daughter of the… Read more »