SNOW HILL – The perpetrator of one of the most heinous crimes in Ocean City history, Jermaine Wright, released a little over a year ago after serving just seven years of an amended 15-year sentence, is going back to jail for a long time after a violation of probation hearing last week that resulted in… Read more »
Monthly Archives: June 2009
June 15-First-Ever OC Beachfest On Tap This Weekend
OCEAN CITY – Local residents and visitors to the resort area are encouraged to get off the couch and get active this weekend with the arrival of the first-ever, city-wide Ocean City Beachfest, a three-day festival of competition on land and in the water along with music, food, vendors and other activities.Inspired by the popular… Read more »
Faces in Places
A Spotlight on the Local and Regional Bar and Restaurant Scene
June 12-Carbon Monoxide Scare Evacuates Hotel
Staff WriterOCEAN CITY – Police and fire investigators are busy this morning trying to determine the source of a carbon monoxide leak that evacuated a downtown resort hotel last night.On Thursday, June 11, at approximately 9:40 p.m., Ocean City Communications received a call for six “ill” people in a hotel room at the El Capitan… Read more »
Two Pedestrians Injured In OC
OCEAN CITY – Further evidence of the dangerous mix of traffic and thousands of pedestrians on Coastal Highway during the busy season manifested itself last weekend with two serious accidents involving pedestrians, including one struck by a teen drunk driver, in the span of about nine hours on Sunday.It began around 2:25 a.m. last Sunday… Read more »
Three Arrested In Latest Berlin Crime Initiative
BERLIN – Making good on a promise made to residents of troubled neighborhoods on the east side of Berlin, Worcester County State’s Attorney Joel Todd said last week three arrests have been made in the first battle of a declared war on open-air drug dealing in the community.In late May, Todd hosted a community meeting… Read more »
Suspect Charged In Double Stabbing
OCEAN CITY – Two people were stabbed this week during a fight in a downtown parking lot late Monday night.Just before midnight on Monday, a private citizen informed Ocean City police there was a fight in progress in the parking lot at 7 Atlantic Ave. As officers approached the area of the reported fight, they… Read more »
Restaurateur Hooks Season’s First White Marlin
OCEAN CITY – The offshore fishing season in the waters around the resort area has been growing increasingly hotter over the last few weeks with sharks of all species and sizes turning up and tuna and dolphin plentiful, but the missing piece to the puzzle until Wednesday was the appearance of the first white marlin.Local… Read more »
Ocean City News In Brief
OCEAN CITY – This week, the old adage is true that when one thing starts, another must come to an end. So, as the City Council gave the nod for a new eco-tourism business, it also gave the blessing to demolish a downtown building that some politely call an “eyesore”, while others think a “safety… Read more »
OC Fishing Show, Marlin Open Get Resort Funding
OCEAN CITY – The tourism commission decided last week to invest in the fishing industry for this year, in hopes of piggybacking on the attention garnered by the sport to promote the resort.The commission voted unanimously to grant $25,000 to the “Hooked on OC” program, which has national coverage with the Sportsman’s Network, and $5,000… Read more »