Clean Up Our TownEditor:It’s amazing to me that our politicians don’t do something to protect the honest merchants we have. The competition is selling bootleg merchandise (legal?) falsely advertising services they don’t provide (legal?) and doing other things that are just not right. If this continues Dan Troiano will probably eventually give up and another… Read more »
The emergency ordinance, which bans salvia, approved by the Ocean City Mayor and Council is not being enforced as clearly written, and that’s something the town has to figure out immediately because it looks silly today.Members of the Ocean City Police Department walked around the downtown area on Tuesday checking for compliance with the new… Read more »
State Senator Lowell Stoltzfus is calling it quits next year. Months ago, this was believed to be a fact among local Republicans, but it seemed of late people were speculating as to what he would actually do when it came down to a formal announcement. Stoltzfus confirmed last night he was done after his current… Read more »
BERLIN – A Berlin man being sought by local law enforcement agencies and U.S. Marshals for over a week was apprehended late last week when police found him holed up in a makeshift campsite in the woods near the Worcester-Wicomico line.Last Friday morning, a multi-agency search team, including the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office, the Maryland… Read more »
ASSATEAGUE – Portions of the Assateague Island National Seashore will see temporary closures later this month as federal officials renew their aggressive aerial attack on isolated areas of invasive phragmites on the barrier island. Assateague Island National Seashore officials this week announced the latest phase in the effort to eradicate, or at least contain the… Read more »
SNOW HILL – Over 10 years after beating a man to death with a tent spike near the set-up for Sunfest at the Inlet parking lot in 1999, it appears convicted killer Robert Sutton, Jr., sentenced to life in prison for the crime, might be attempting another shot at redemption.Nearly six years have passed since… Read more »
BERLIN – After representing Worcester County and the lower shore for 19 years, State Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus (R-38B) yesterday announced he would not seek re-election to his District 38B seat in the upcoming election in 2010.Stoltzfus was set to make the formal announcement last night at a press conference and dinner at The Fountains… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – ‘Wow’ is about the only way to describe the massive 1,062-pound blue marlin that stunned the big crowd at the 36th Annual White Marlin Open on Wednesday, toppling a state and tournament record that had stood for 20 years.When angler Robert Ferris and the crew aboard the “No Problem” pulled into the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – As the City Council voted to go one way, businessman Rick Laws publicly announced he was going the other, and it appears those paths will eventually lead both parties to court.Ocean City officials say they they desperately need Laws’ property. However, as Laws continues to move forward with his own plans to… Read more »
SNOW HILL – A ban on salvia will not be on the agenda for the County Commissioners, several commissioners said this week, reflecting an unofficial consensus among county elected officials that the state of Maryland needs to step in to regulate or ban the hallucinogenic substance.“The consensus is it should be done at the state… Read more »