OCEAN CITY – As a group of sun-soaked and sand-covered visitors stood in the atrium overlooking the Carousel Resort Hotel’s one-of-a-kind ice rink on Tuesday, watching two of the Next Ice Age’s female skaters pirouette on an invisible pin like a ballerina atop a music box, they simply said, “I can’t believe this is free.”The… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – MGH Advertising President Andy Malis boldly proclaimed that the town’s current campaign is the “most successful in its history,” and although that claim could be considered laughable to some, Malis is confident that Ocean City will have the last laugh in future summers.Malis addressed the tourism commission last week outlining the staggering… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Two New York men had to be rescued from the waters around the resort area last weekend after one was injured in a jet ski accident and another later toppled into the water while responding to help the first victim, his brother-in-law, at the commercial harbor in West Ocean City.The bizarre sequence… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – In the brief this week, the quest for a new convention center manager is starting to reach the final stages, a councilman cracked a smile thanks to a top-catch and the Inlet parking lot will get some experimental signage starting this weekend.72 Applicants Vying For Building DirectorCity Manager Dennis Dare told the… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A Berlin man arrested last December on burglary and theft charges after police connected him to a week-long spree at a vacant house for sale, including wild parties, several pay-per-view adult movie rentals and hundreds of dollars worth of calls to phone dating services, all on the homeowner’s dime, pleaded guilty this… Read more »

BERLIN – Concern over drug dealing activity at the Bay Terrace apartments on Bay St. prompted the Berlin elected officials to hold off on granting a tax abatement to that complex.For the first time this week, the Berlin Mayor and Council considered tax abatements for local non-profits, which have been granted administratively in the past.Worcester… Read more »

SNOW HILL – County attorneys last week filed a motion to dismiss a $125,000 civil suit filed in June by an Ocean Pines man against the County Commissioners, the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office and its public information officer over an erroneous press release issued to local media outlets identifying the plaintiff as a suspect, not… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A Delaware man arrested in Berlin in April after holding up another man at gunpoint before fleeing pleaded guilty this week in Worcester County Circuit Court to an amended armed robbery charge and was sentenced to eight years in jail.Around 3 p.m. on April 12, Berlin police responded to the Union Station… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Undoubtedly, there are few in the town of Ocean City that would claim that Demoflush statistics are 100 percent spot on, but there are some people who say that its finally time to flush the entire system down the proverbial drain.Discussion about the credibility of Demoflush statistics, or to perhaps what those… Read more »