OCEAN CITY – The transportation department stood strong this week as all of its department heads attended this week’s Mayor and City Council meeting to answer concerns over bus ridership issues.Councilman Joe Hall has expressed concern over the bus ridership and the level of customer service being provided. He said starting on Cruisin’ weekend he… Read more »
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Performers Banned From North Division Street
OCEAN CITY – Street performers are officially banned from North Division Street and the Boardwalk, as the Mayor and Council moved its decision into law through an emergency ordinance.The town and the buskers have been battling it out on where, when and how the performers can perform for some time now. The original ordinance to… Read more »
Area Store License Suspended After Underage Alcohol Sales
SNOW HILL — The sale of alcohol to minors recently cost several Worcester County businesses a combined total of $7,250 in fines. Additionally, one business will have its license suspended for 30 days during the busiest time of the year.While the fines were distributed between five businesses, the store hit hardest by the Worcester County… Read more »
Resort Resident Held On Attempted Murder Charge
OCEAN CITY — An apparent dispute over $10 at a north-end convenience store last Thursday afternoon has left one local man fighting for his life and another in jail facing attempted first-degree murder charges.Around 12:20 p.m. last Thursday, Ocean City Police responded to a reported fight at the 7-Eleven convenience store on 139th Street. The… Read more »
OC Lighting Changes Move On
OCEAN CITY – As a result of a few problem properties in town, government officials are looking to become more restrictive on lighting standards.“The staff and the planning commission has been working on improving our outdoor lighting standards for a couple months now,” Planning and Community Development Director Jesse Houston said.Houston explained the current code… Read more »
Jury Finds Man Guilty Of First Degree Murder
SNOW HILL — After three days of dramatic testimony, a Worcester County jury on Wednesday found a Texas man guilty of first-degree murder in the death of the Delaware woman reported missing near Pocomoke in November 2007 whose remains were discovered buried on the grounds of a bed-and-breakfast in Snow Hill over two years later.Justin… Read more »
Five Injured In Fiery Accident
OCEAN CITY — Five people were injured, including one with serious burns, after a fiery crash involving three vehicles in the area of 67th Street and Coastal Highway early Monday morning.Shortly after midnight on Monday, Ocean City police responded to the area of Coastal Highway and 67th Street for a reported multi-vehicle collision. The investigation… Read more »
Peace Corps Eyes Sammy Sports Effort
OCEAN CITY — The Sammy Wilkinson Memorial Foundation’s Global Gear Drive, an effort to collect new and used sporting goods from in and around the resort area to ship to less fortunate children around the world. reached another milestone recently with a partnership with the Peace Corps.Sammy Wilkinson died tragically when he fell through the… Read more »
Letters To The Editor
Treatment QuestionedEditor:I am and have been a summer resident of Ocean City for many years. The rest of the year I reside in Florida.On a morning in September 2010, I pulled my white pick-up truck out of a side street at a traffic light on North Philadelphia Ave. I was pulled over on North Philadelphia… Read more »
Looney Actions Cloud Best End Result
by Steven Green
Looney Actions Cloud Best End ResultAfter the Ocean City Mayor and Council reversed course, voting 4-3 not to fund a gas marketing campaign two weeks after it was approved by the same vote, confusion is running rampant in town.Subsequently, the council has embarrassed itself and the town, though the end result — the likelihood that… Read more »