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Yearly Archives: 2010
Who’s Playing When and Where Musically Speaking
Buxy’s Salty Dog 410-289-097328th St. & Coastal Hwy. Friday, Jan. 8: TBASaturday, Jan. 9: TBACarousel Resort Hotel & Condominiums410-524-1000On the beach, 118th St.Every Friday: DJ Rupe, 7-9 p.m.Clarion Hotel410-524-353510100 Coastal Hwy. Ocean Club:Friday, Jan 8 & Saturday, Jan. 9: Power PlayDr.Unks Bar & Grille410-213-7775 • 9636 Stephen Decatur Hwy., West Ocean CityFriday, Jan. 8: DJ… Read more »
Room, Food Taxes Dip In November
OCEAN CITY – The resort’s room tax receipts dropped 10 percent in November, from $149,162 last year to $134,349 this year, according to the Worcester County Treasurer’s Office.For the first 11 months of 2009, room tax figures are down 2 percent from 2008 but up over 2007 by 8 percent. Through November in 2009, collections… Read more »
One Home Destroyed, Another Damaged In Resort Fire
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 »
Officials Hope To Reverse Tourism Marketing Trend
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 News In Brief
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 »
Local Hotels Make National List
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 »
Legislature Faces Early Bills
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 »
EDC Supports Major Power Project
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 »
Concerns Raised Over Sewer Plant Loan Payments
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 »