OCEAN CITY – The resort’s 2011 Air Show dates will be one of the first matters brought to the newly created Tourism Advisory Board, which will get straight to work at this week’s Mayor and City Council Meeting.Brian Lilley, Air Show Coordinator, proposed two date options for next summer season’s event – June 3-5, 2011… Read more »
Monthly Archives: November 2010
OC Tourism Advisory Board Created
OCEAN CITY – At this week’s Mayor and City Council meeting, the division among the council showed its face once again, upon a report given by the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce and the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association (OCHMRA).During the Mayor and City Council organizational meeting, held a few weeks ago following the election, a… Read more »
Mathias’ Lead Grows In Shore Senate Race
BERLIN – While stopping well short of conceding anything, Republican challenger Michael James this week acknowledged the growing gap between he and Democratic candidate James Mathias for the vacant District 38 State Senate seat could be too large to overcome as the process of counting absentee ballots continues.When the dust settled after a whirlwind General… Read more »
City Council Moves Ahead With Business Without Commissions
OCEAN CITY – A few weeks after the City Council voted 4-3 to dissolve all subcommittees, City Solicitor Guy Ayres explained on Tuesday what would have to be voted on to change a charter or ordinance to remove the Mayor and/or City Council members from them.The six sub-committees that require changes to the charter and/or… Read more »
Shockley’s 91-Vote Lead Likely Seals District 4 Race
BERLIN – With more votes counted this week, incumbent Worcester County Commissioner Virgil Shockley (D) seems to have finally defeated challenger Ted Elder (R).“It was a long race,” said Shockley. “I’m glad it only happens every four years.”Shockley, who defeated Elder by a wide margin in the 2006 election, found himself almost dead even with… Read more »
OC Approves Sprinkler Change
OCEAN CITY – Unlike their colleagues in the county and Berlin, the Ocean City Mayor and Council has no problem with a change to the building code requiring fire sprinkler systems be installed in newly built single-family homes.According to a letter written by City Engineer Terry McGean, on Jan. 1, 2010 the state recognized the… Read more »
Plunging For Special Olympics
OCEAN CITY – The first annual State of Maryland’s Chief and Sheriff Association Polar Bear Plunge was held this week, gathering law enforcement officials from all over the state to take the plunge into the frigid water of the Atlantic Ocean.“We all decided to do the first annual polar bear plunge in Ocean City,” Ocean… Read more »
EPA Denies Lead Tackle Ban
OCEAN CITY – The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week denied a petition filed by a coalition of environmental groups seeking a ban on the use of lead in fishing tackle, a measure which, if approved, could have had serious impacts in Ocean City and other fishing communities.In August, a coalition of environmental groups,… Read more »
Fed Support Gives Offshore Wind Farm Hopes A Boost
OCEAN CITY – Plans to construct a massive wind farm off the coast of Ocean City got a significant boost this week when the federal government issued both a Request for Interest (RFI) and a map of an offshore wind leasing area in federal waters just off Maryland’s Atlantic coast.On Monday, the federal Bureau of… Read more »
Drought Designation’s Impact On Farms Unclear
BERLIN – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) declared this week that 22 of Maryland’s counties, including Worcester, would be given natural disaster designations because of the excessive drought and heat that affected crops this past summer.In a press release, Gov. Martin O’Malley expressed his appreciation to the federal government for recognizing the impact the… Read more »