OCEAN CITY – The growing artificial reef system off the coast of Ocean City could be getting its largest contribution ever as plans to scuttle a retired U.S. Navy destroyer in an area about 30 miles from the Inlet are now closer than ever to becoming a reality. Navy officials announced late last month it… Read more »
SNOW HILL – The issue of a requested major change to the alignment of the planned Route 50 service road has not been settled, county planning officials said last week, despite reports that the Worcester County Planning Commission had unexpectedly voted to reject the requested re-design late last month.Planning Commission Chair Jimmy Bunting said during… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Acting Convention Center Director Wayne Prior had a timeline written up concerning the expansion to the Roland E. Powell Convention Center, but now he’s being told he might as well tear that timeline to shreds.Prior informed the Ocean City Tourism Commission last week that, “due to the economic times and the recent… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The summer flounder fishery will close for good in 2009 at midnight on Sunday, but the move announced several months ago is no easier to bear for recreational anglers counting on a strong fall season to make ends meet.Despite complaints of severely flawed catch data, state officials in March moved forward with… Read more »
SNOW HILL – Discharge limits have stymied Snug Harbor property owners’ bid to get sewer service for the 26 undeveloped lots in that community as they will continue to have to wait to build homes.Staff reported to the County Commissioners at last week’s meeting that the county could not provide public sewer service to those… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Bob Melvin accused the Ocean City Mayor and Council of “wagging the tail” and urged them to take action now on the door-to-door handicapped bus service he’s been fighting to change for over two years.Melvin says that Shore Transit and the Tri-County Council have “agreed to all but bend over backwards to… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A federal judge has abruptly dismissed a $500,000 civil suit filed against the town of Ocean City and a private company by a former Vermont high school student injured in an escalator accident in the Roland E. Powell Convention Center.In May 2006, several members of a high school band from Vermont, in… Read more »
BERLIN – One week after Worcester passed its own version of a ban on the hallucinogenic drug Salvia, law enforcement officials in the county at-large are mapping out their own strategy for upholding the new law.Last week, the County Commissioners unanimously passed an emergency bill banning the possession or sale of the hallucinogenic herb salvia… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Rodney has finally been deemed a success, at least from the Ocean City Tourism Commission’s perspective.The town accepted 10 Requests for Proposals (RFP’s) last week for the town’s advertising contract, and now it’s becoming a bit clearer what the presentations could look like, as it appears that the town wants to stick… Read more »
Common Sense Needs To Win In Some CasesEditor:The Ocean City Beach Patrol is an extraordinary organization that does an outstanding job of protecting hundreds of thousands of beach goers each summer. It is understandable that Captain Butch Arbin seeks to eliminate the potential for tragedy by banning swimming when lifeguards are off duty. However, there… Read more »