OCEAN CITY – Councilman Jim Hall says he’s never heard citizens speak so passionately about an issue like he’s heard them talk about cutting some of the city’s take-home vehicles.The City Council weighed its options and continued its efforts of trying to determine which employee’s take home vehicles were perks or a necessity in order… Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2009
City Council Okay With Lone Ranger Firing Blanks
OCEAN CITY – If you hear gunfire coming from behind the Ocean City Library this Saturday, don’t be alarmed, it’s just the Lone Ranger.In what Councilwoman Mary Knight called “the most unusual request I’ve ever seen in my time on the council,” the City Council approved a special request from Susan Todd of the Ocean… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
Election ChallengedEditor:(The following letter was addressed to the Snow Hill Mayor and Council with a copy forwarded to this publication.)On May 4, 2009 at approximately 2:50 p.m., I witnessed Council candidate Rebecca Bowen deliver 11 absentee ballots to the front desk at city hall. Six of those ballots were unsealed, leading me and perhaps others… Read more »
OC Wise To Limit Boardwalk Performers
The so-called street performers now know their place in Ocean City.The Ocean City Mayor and Council seemed unified this week as it passed a new ordinance refining the rules governing these performers. The main change restricts where these performers, also known as peddlers, can do their thing. The ordinance reads, “It shall be unlawful for… Read more »
Thoughts From the Publisher’s Desk
Bikers on the Boardwalk will be able to enjoy themselves for an hour longer during the week this summer. As a result of a suggestion by Mayor Rick Meehan, the Ocean City Council voted last week and again this week to scale back a plan to add an hour, from 10 to 11 a.m. of… Read more »
Friday, May 8–Pony Patrol Volunteers Sought
ASSATEAGUE – With the advent of another summer season at Assateague, National Parks officials are gearing up for another battle with tourists over their irresistible urge to interact with the local wild pony population on the barrier island.Assateague Island National Seashore officials this week put out a call for volunteers for the 2009 Pony Patrol,… Read more »
Friday, May 8–Funding For WOC Projects OK’d
OCEAN CITY – State officials this week announced a roughly $6 million fiscal shot in the arm for dozens of waterway enhancement projects across Maryland including several in and around the resort area.Gov. Martin O’Malley and the Maryland General Assembly have approved $5 million in state Waterway Improvement Funds and an additional $1 million in… Read more »
Friday, May 8–County Seeks Block Grant To Continue Housing Program
SNOW HILL – A program to rehabilitate houses owned by low-income earners is slated to continue, with the county submitting a Community Development Block Grant request for $300,000 to keep the initiative running for another two years.The funding will be used to rehabilitate 18 owner-occupied homes in Worcester County in need of major repairs or… Read more »
Friday, May 8–Alleged Internet Pirate Defaults
OCEAN CITY – Citing a lack of any response whatsoever from the defendant in the case, a federal judge this week issued a notice of default against a Gambrills, Md. man accused of pirating thousands of dollars worth of high-speed Internet service for several condominium buildings in Ocean City.Comcast of the Eastern Shore in March… Read more »
People in Society
Neighbors Lend a Helping Hand Throughout the Community