OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City woman, charged in January with attempted suicide and reckless endangerment after allegedly causing the blast that destroyed her Montego Bay-area mobile home and severely damaging others, was sentenced to 18 months in jail, all of which was then suspended in favor of probation and a heavy fine.Carol Lynn Blackshear,… Read more »

BERLIN – Hudson Farm owners Alan and Kristin Hudson violated state law by placing potentially polluting materials too close to waters of the state, a state agency has concluded, and have been fined $4,000 for the transgression. The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) hit Perdue chicken raiser Hudson Farm, a Confined Animal Feeding Operation… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — In the brief this week, City Manager Dennis Dare brought a few new cost cutting and revenue enhancement measures to the Mayor and City Council, including an optional return of city cell phones for employees.Optional Phone Return PassedThough City Council members have the option to keep theirs, they voted unanimously to approve… Read more »

WEST OCEAN CITY – A new champion was crowned last weekend at the 7th Annual “Fastest Shucker on the Shore” contest at the Greene Turtle in West Ocean City with an employee beating his boss in the finals.For the last seven years, some of the best oyster shuckers on the Eastern Shore have gathered for… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — After several years of trying to find the perfect spot for a new Hooters in the Ocean City area, the local owners of the national franchise have announced they will open on 5th Street and the Boardwalk in June.One of the city’s few national franchises has already started demolition and the building… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The Recreation and Parks Committee appears to be okay with the red ink associated with the Winterfest of Lights and will remove its recommendation to raise the fee to $5.Despite the fact that Winterfest of Lights has taken an overall loss for each of the last three years, Recreation and Parks Director… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The iPhone advertisements claim there’s an “app” for just about anything. If that’s true, you can include not one but two Ocean City “apps”.Ocean City was primed to be one of the first East Coast resorts to be able to say that there “was an app for that”, but some in the… Read more »

BERLIN – While a bill that would add Worcester to the list of counties permitting limited slot machines in non-profit service clubs and fraternal organizations is no closer to becoming law this week, there was reason for optimism after a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee.House Bill 56, introduced again this year… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Tattoos have become more mainstream then ever in recent years and are showing up more and more in unexpected places, but residents and visitors should not expect to see an advertisement for a local tattoo parlor on a bus any time soon.Independent Tattoo Inc. of Selbyville, Del. recently submitted an application for… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City man, who over 20 years ago went on an arson spree throughout the resort causing millions of dollars of damage, was allegedly up to his old tricks last week when he set fire to a brick office building.John Edward Cropper, 45, was arrested last Saturday on arson, malicious destruction… Read more »