OCEAN CITY – The owner of the empty lots located between Old Pro Golf and World Gym on 67th Street has gotten the go-ahead to pursue construction from the Planning and Zoning Commission this week.Van Metre Companies owns the property, which is currently used as spare parking and is adjacent to Coastal Highway.The final site… Read more »
Monthly Archives: January 2011
OP Medical Office Building Gains Sewer Approval
SNOW HILL – A public hearing was held by County Commissioners Tuesday to discuss an amendment to the Worcester County Water and Sewage Plan as well as an expansion of Ocean Pines Sanitary Service. The hearing was brief, with only one commissioner finding any issue with the applicant’s proposal.“This is sort of like a piece… Read more »
School Budget Uncertainty Looms
NEWARK – School board officials this week introduced a draft fiscal year 2012 budget totaling just over $90 million, but with the level of state funding a major question mark and hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional cuts still to be made, the finished product could look much different.The proposed budget includes $89.8 million… Read more »
Homeland Security Grant To Fund Bomb Squad Vehicle
OCEAN CITY – Ocean City could soon be getting a bomb squad vehicle, along with other items, thanks largely to this year’s Homeland Security Grant.Special Projects and Grant Coordinator Wayne Pryor presented the Mayor and City Council with the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Homeland Security Grant on behalf of the public safety group.“They are the… Read more »
Report Confirms State Wine Industry Growing
BERLIN – While hardly synonymous with Napa or Sonoma, for example, Maryland’s budding wine industry, including a growing number of wineries on the Lower Shore, is starting to show signs of increased popularity and growth, according to a report released this week.The State Comptroller’s Office this week released its annual alcohol and tobacco tax report,… Read more »
Jim Hall: Compromises On City Ordinances Possible
OCEAN CITY – Although the mayor’s vetoes have brought controversial ordinances to a halt for now, Council President Jim Hall is in the works to keep the momentum moving.Jim Hall has been pushing for some movement in decreasing town employee’s pay and salaries for at least the last two years. Now with colleagues Joe Hall,… Read more »
Next Step Is Open Dialogue Over OC Changes
by Steven Green
As members of the media, we find current affairs at City Hall in Ocean City these days to be entertaining. However, for property owners in the resort, visitors to his beach town and business operators who depend on a healthy resort economy to make a living, the extreme divisive nature of the current Mayor and… Read more »
Decision Could Impact Regional Hospice Care
Editor:Those of us in the hospice care community are concerned with the recent decision to omit voluntary advance care planning consultations as part of a Medicare beneficiaries’ annual wellness exam.Having this option as part of an annual exam and providing payment to physicians for taking the time to educate patients about advance care planning could… Read more »
Between The Lines
by Steven Green
Regarding the ongoing Liquor Control Board for Worcester County (LCB) situation, one thing I have learned over the last decade with this issue is the public, in general, does not have a lot of interest in this story. However, I do believe it should.As a result of the proposal on the table to allow businesses… Read more »
Things To Do
Jan. 21: Holy Savior/KC BingoDoors open 6 p.m.; games begin, 7 p.m.; 9901 Coastal Hwy., O.C. Re-freshments will be on sale. For more information, 410-524-7994.Jan. 22: VFW Pancake Saturdays9 a.m.-noon, VFW Post 8296, 104 66th St., Bayside, O.C. All-you-can-eat pancakes for $5 or have 2 pancakes, 2 eggs, and 2 bacon for $5. Coffee included… Read more »