OCEAN CITY – A late-night fire Tuesday completely destroyed one residence in Montego Bay in Ocean City and damaged the exterior of another.Around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the Ocean City Fire Department (OCFD) responded to the area of 130th Street for a report of heavy smoke. At first, the source of the smoke was uncertain… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – With the opening of the Maryland General Assembly session next week, resort business leaders will once again press state officials to restore funding for tourism marketing, but with Maryland slashing department budgets, the money could be hard to come by.Maryland has slashed its tourism marketing budget by over 50 percent in the… Read more »

 OCEAN CITY — In the brief this week, Trimper’s Amusements started an informal conversation with the Planning and Zoning Commission about a desire to put some additional amusements just off the Boardwalk and the 45th street village project continues to debate major vs. minor changes.Off-Boardwalk Amusements EyedAt Tuesday’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, local attorney… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Though 2009 was reportedly a rough one for the hotel industry, two local hotels received national recognition as top performers from a reputable industry magazine.The Paradise Plaza Hotel and the Stowaway Grand Hotel were recently named to Lodging Hospitality Magazine’s Top 100 performers for 2009, ranking number 67 and 73, respectively, perhaps… Read more »

BERLIN – The Maryland General Assembly convenes next week for the 427th time, during which state lawmakers will consider thousands of pieces of legislation from bills whose importance would be felt across the state to pieces of legislation germane to specific jurisdictions including Worcester.With the state, like the rest of the country, trying to pull… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Following the lead of elected bodies in the area, resort business leaders on Wednesday agreed to endorse Delmarva Power’s proposed Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway (MAPP) project, a billion-dollar plus effort to increase the company’s ability to assure stable and affordable electricity for the peninsula.During the Ocean City Economic Development Committee (EDC) bi-monthly meeting… Read more »

SNOW HILL – If enough users cannot be added to make the loan payments for the replacement Mystic Harbor wastewater treatment plant, the county has said it will simply raise rates for the current ratepayers.Worcester County will take out a 40-year, $5.1 million loan from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to build a… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — City Solicitor Guy Ayres has reportedly responded to a so-called grievance filed several months ago by the local lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) contesting the town’s recent decision to take away a longtime perk from several public safety workers.Ayres said this week that prior to the new year, he… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A positive financial report from Worcester County’s auditors triggered a discussion of an uncertain future in the next fiscal year among the Worcester County Commissioners, following a decline in the assessable base of the county for the first time in 22 years.Worcester County saw revenues come in $2.2 million higher than expenses… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The current cold snap that has gripped the resort for well over a week and will likely continue several more days has created a lot of problems in the area with broken pipes and other weather-related issues, but the worse could be yet to come.With daytime temperatures rarely nudging past the freezing… Read more »