OCEAN CITY – The City Council is looking to create a building inspector task force in order to check off a list of properties in town that are in need of repair and maintenance.City Engineer Terry McGean last week presented the Mayor and City Council with good news that Ocean City’s building department rate given… Read more »
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Washed Up Fish Likely Dumped
OCEAN CITY — The hundreds of dead fish that washed up on the beach from Ocean City to Lewes last weekend were likely dumped by a commercial fishing vessel and did not perish in the ocean because of some water quality issue, state environmental officials said this week.Last Saturday, officials in Delaware resort towns started… Read more »
Chamber Poll Finds Toll Increases Too Much, Too Fast
OCEAN CITY =- A proposal to double the tolls on the William Preston Lane Memorial Bridge, or Chesapeake Bay Bridge complex, this year and triple the rates by 2013 moved closer to becoming a reality last week when Maryland Transportation Authority board members endorsed the hike, prompting local officials to gauge public opinion on the… Read more »
Chamber Poll Finds Toll Increases Too Much, Too Fast
OCEAN CITY =- A proposal to double the tolls on the William Preston Lane Memorial Bridge, or Chesapeake Bay Bridge complex, this year and triple the rates by 2013 moved closer to becoming a reality last week when Maryland Transportation Authority board members endorsed the hike, prompting local officials to gauge public opinion on the… Read more »
Outdoor Seated In OC Debated
OCEAN CITY – The Planning and Zoning Commission continue to deliberate how far outdoor seating of restaurants can go before it becomes considered indoor dining, which will then require additional parking.The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on Tuesday concerning the definition of unenclosed outdoor dining space for restaurants that is included in… Read more »
Royalton Undergoes Temporary Repairs To Maintain Stability
OCEAN CITY – Although the Royalton Hotel has faced minor setbacks in its renovations recently and has made temporary repairs in order to make it through the summer season, come September the building may face demolishment.According to Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC) Executive Director Glenn Irwin, the old hotel with Boardwalk fronting retail stores was… Read more »
CVS Eyes West OC Relocation
SNOW HILL — A proposal for the relocation of a West Ocean City CVS Pharmacy received the unanimous approval of the Worcester County Planning Commission last Thursday. Questions were raised, however, about the future design of the store.“We have trouble in defining architecture,” admitted Commission President Brooks Clayville.Though Clayville maintained that it wasn’t the commission’s… Read more »
Commissioners Divided Over Propose Waste Changes
SNOW HILL — Possible changes to transfer station rules split the Worcester County Commission Tuesday.“It’s going to be a tough transition,” admitted county Enterprise Fund Comptroller Jennifer Savage.Savage outlined 12 policy changes to solid waste services in Worcester, most of which had already been discussed with the commission. However, one of the 12 alterations caught… Read more »
Gas Promotion Likely To Run By Month’s End
OCEAN CITY – Creative minds are coming together as a concept for a free gas giveaway promotion is in the works, sending Ocean City through a publicity whirl wind.Last week, a majority of the City Council approved $100,000 of the city’s advertising budget be allocated towards a free gas giveaway.The promotion will provide free gas… Read more »
Adventure In Fatherhood
Over dinner one night, I was kindly reminded by my wife to write some nice things about our kids every now and again.Of course, this was around 9 p.m. after the kids had been put to bed and we had time to make our own dinner. We learned a while ago it’s best for us… Read more »