BERLIN – Area law enforcement agencies this week are looking for the suspect who beat and robbed a Berlin convenience store owner as he locked up his business Sunday evening.Around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, an unknown suspect assaulted and robbed the owner of the Uncle Willie’s convenience store in Berlin as the victim was closing… Read more »
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Ocean City Evaluating Facilities For Alternative Energy Sources
OCEAN CITY – One week after considering a cost-saving proposal to take out every other light bulb on the Inlet parking lot and at other areas throughout town, Ocean City officials are taking a broader, long-term exploration into meeting the resort’s energy needs with alternative renewable sources.Imagine the lights on the Inlet lot and the… Read more »
OC’s Triple Booked Weekend A Cause For Concern
OCEAN CITY — As fate would have it, the town is going to have to pull off a tricky juggling act on June 5-6 as three major events have been scheduled to occur at the same time.As a result of scheduling demands from the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, who will be returning to headline… Read more »
Friday, Dec 11–Web Cam Operator Spots Boat In Distress
OCEAN CITY — Dan Smith noticed something a bit out of place as he adjusted the focus on the lens to a damaged web-cam last Friday, and as he focused the picture even further, he realized that the image that was out of place was in fact a boat in some serious trouble.Smith, whose company… Read more »
Friday, Dec 11–Senator Pledges Beach Support
OCEAN CITY — As the job to repair Ocean City’s damaged dune system is carefully mapped out, the silver lining post the catastrophic “storm of the decade” seems to be a general concurrence from the Inlet all the way to Annapolis on the merits of the nearly $100 million in tax dollars spent since 1994… Read more »
Friday, Dec 11–Police Find Accident Victim Unconscious At Home
BERLIN – Local law enforcement agencies this week are still trying to figure out a bizarre incident last weekend that included a vehicle overturned and under water in a roadside ditch without an occupant, a search of the surrounding area including divers and, finally, the discovery of the victim unconscious in his home nearby with… Read more »
Friday, Dec 11–Mobile Home Fire Sends One To Hospital
OCEAN CITY – A fire at an uptown mobile home park in Ocean City early last Friday morning sent one resident to a burn center in Baltimore, completely destroyed on residence and damaged two others.Shortly before 3 a.m. last Friday, Ocean City Communications received a call for a reported structure fire in the area of… Read more »
Make Holidays Brighter With Tax Promise
It may be a little premature, but we think it’s time for all local governments as well as the folks in Annapolis to pledge property taxes will not be raised next year to help balance budgets.With current fiscal year shortages a reality for some and future projections being presented weekly, the severity of the financial… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
Thankful For ServiceEditor:On Aug. 20, 2009, my daughter, Kelsey, 20, was taken to the Emergency Room at Atlantic General Hospital for flu type symptoms. She was quickly diagnosed as being in septic shock as well as renal and kidney failure.Thanks to the quick thinking of the doctors and nurses in the ER, Kelsey was resuscitated… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
Ocean City’s beach will look quite different next year with the advent of cabanas being sold by some beach stand operators. These will not be widespread as certain limitations were placed on them, but they could be popular among some beach-goers, specifically families with young kids who need to be shielded from the sun. What… Read more »