BERLIN – There will be action at Ocean Downs this summer after all after track officials have come up with a plan to provide the state’s harness racing industry with an outlet for its summer season while meeting its live-racing obligation for the zoning of the property.Ocean Downs officials this week announced there would be… Read more »
Monthly Archives: June 2010
City Police Record 112 Drug Arrests In A Week
OCEAN CITY – Ocean City police had a busy week with illegal narcotics investigations, recording well over 100 drug arrests, ranging from simple possession to larger scale distribution, marking a sign of the season in the summer resort.With thousands of recent graduates in the resort, along with countless other visitors, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD)… Read more »
Friday, June 18–Disney, OC Announce Shows
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City has spent millions marketing itself as a go-to family destination for years, and this week, it announced a new partnership with the biggest name in family related destinations and products: Disney.Tourism Director Debbie Turk told the Mayor and Council this week that she had pursued a partnership deal with Radio… Read more »
Friday, June 18–County Takes Over South Welcome Center
SNOW HILL – The Pocomoke Welcome Center at the Maryland-Virginia line will remain open under Worcester auspices, the County Commissioners officially decided this week.The commissioners voted 5-1, with Commissioner Judy Boggs dissenting and Commissioner Bobby Cowger absent, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) governing the county takeover of the state of Maryland Pocomoke Welcome… Read more »
Friday, June 18–Berlin Council Rejects Revolving Business Loans
BERLIN – Businesses in Berlin will have to carry on without town government business improvement loans after three of five council members rejected the proposal.Economic Development Director Michael Day proposed the revolving loan fund to the town council recently as a means of supporting existing businesses with operational costs, such as new equipment or building… Read more »
Friday, June 18–Art’s Alive Festival To Celebrate 10th Anniversary
OCEAN CITY — Art’s Alive celebrates its 10th year of offering fabulous fine arts in the beautiful setting of Ocean City’s Northside Park on Saturday and Sunday, June 19-20. Admission is free. From the moment you arrive, you will discover the perfect setting for an art show – winding paths around a beautiful lagoon with… Read more »
Health Insurance For Elected Folks Needs A Review
Being an elected official is a thankless job, but rest assured there are plenty of perks to go along with it.In Ocean City, along with respectable and understandable salaries, these officials also receive wonderful health insurance coverage, and they only pay 10 percent of the cost.What’s galling is historically nearly every elected official, and oftentimes… Read more »
Voices From the Readers
Let’s Stress What’s AllowedEditor: With the ever growing list of “can’t do’s” for our Ocean City beaches and Boardwalk, now might be a good time to re-do the signs listing what you “can do” on our beaches and Boardwalk. To list the “do’s” would be substantially shorter a list and less negative than the “don’ts”…. Read more »
Thoughts From the Publisher’s Desk
In response to last week’s editorial, questioning whether the Ocean City Air Show will ever be an event that actually puts “heads in beds,” Ocean City Councilman Joe Hall called to remind me the town contributes thousands of other dollars besides the $50,000 in seed money to the Ocean City Air Show. While a supporter… Read more »
Elected Officials’ Health Benefit Perks Questioned
OCEAN CITY — As health care costs rise and debates over employee compensation packages continue, it seems like it will only be a matter of time before someone questions the benefits and salaries given to the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City.Councilman Joe Hall and Jim Hall have been vehemently outspoken in their quest… Read more »