Ocean City News in Brief

OCEAN CITY — In the brief this week, the town finalized a multi-million dollar dispute with a local land owner, the city is in the process of picking up more than a dozen new city buses, and a change to some language in a local ordinance will ensure that any citations issued for open container… Read more »

Dispute Leads To Death Threat

OCEAN CITY – A Pennsylvania man was arrested on first-degree assault and other serious charges this week for threatening to kill a downtown apartment building owner during an apparent domestic situation in front of a large crowd of people on the Boardwalk early Sunday morning.Shortly after midnight on Sunday, Ocean City Police were dispatched to… Read more »

Canal Dredging Plan Outlined

OCEAN CITY – The federal Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward with a plan to dredge several canals in Ocean City, but with no funding source for the project, it remains uncertain when work will begin.Residents along the canals included in phase I of the resort’s long awaited maintenance dredging plan last week received… Read more »

6 Of 36 County Employees Accept Early Retirement

BERLIN – Six local government and county utility employees will take advantage of Worcester County’s early retirement incentive this summer, freeing up county funding in another tight budget year.          The county will lose one employee from the Solid Waste Department, one from the Roads Department, one from Water and Wastewater, one from Development Review and… Read more »