OCEAN CITY – Scoot coupe rentals are warned to obey state law or by next summer Ocean City will take action.Ocean City Police Chief Bernadette DiPino and officers presented the Mayor and City Council on Tuesday with the ongoing issues of scoot coupes, which are three-wheeled passenger scooters resembling a mini car.State law requires scoot… Read more »
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Rescue Swimmers Make Ocean Save
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City Fire Department rescue swimmers pulled an unidentified and unconscious swimmer from the surf last Friday morning before the Ocean City Beach Patrol took their stands for the day.Around 9:15 a.m. last Friday, the Ocean City Fire Department was dispatched to the beach at 61st Street for a reported water rescue…. Read more »
Ocean City Okays Immediate K2 Ban
OCEAN CITY – The drug K2 is to become illegal by early next week as the Mayor and City Council, as well as the county, moves swiftly to ban the product. “On the Boardwalk this summer, it has come to our attention that there is a product being sold, K2, it has various different names,” Police… Read more »
New Twists On Tap For Berlin Peach Festival
BERLIN — The 3rd Annual Berlin Peach Festival will be held on Sunday, Aug. 14, from noon-6 p.m., on the grounds of the Calvin B. Taylor House Museum. Admission is free.The festival, winner of the Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Council Outstanding Event for 2010, promises to be bigger and better in 2011, full of old-fashioned… Read more »
OC Runway Project Not Affected By FAA Issues
OCEAN CITY — Last week’s shutdown and subsequent restoration of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will not have any bearing on a planned runway rehabilitation project at the Ocean City Municipal Airport, but the project is being expedited to avoid potentially losing the federal funding.Thousands of FAA workers and tens of thousands of construction workers… Read more »
Berlin Prepping For Weekend Full Of Special Events
BERLIN — Peaches, baseball and open air painting have Berlin gearing up for an All-American summer weekend.Stretching from Friday through Sunday, the town of Berlin will be hosting a marathon of four events: the 3rd Annual Peach Festival, a sidewalk sale, a “Paint Berlin” plein air painting contest and the first ever Berlin All-Stars Little… Read more »
Body Recovered Day After Boat Fall
OCEAN CITY — Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) early last Sunday morning recovered the body of an Arbutus man who fell off a pontoon boat in Assawoman Bay the night before and drowned.Around 7:30 p.m., Jordan Craig Hock, 23, fell off the bow of a 24-foot pontoon boat in the Assawoman Bay in the area… Read more »
Osborn Leads Westside Grill Through First Summer
OCEAN CITY – Adam Osborn, the owner of West Ocean City’s newest addition, Osborns Westside Grill, is working on making the place his own as he takes a little and gives a little.Osborn previously operated Carrabba’s Italian Grill for 13 years. He said almost a year ago he was given the opportunity to create his… Read more »
Junior Achievement Eyes Worcester Students
BERLIN — A new program is aiming to give students in Worcester County a chance to develop business and financial management skills at an early age.Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore (JA) is a non-profit organization whose three main goals are to promote workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy in young adults.“It’s real skills that… Read more »
52 Years Later, Frontier Town Still Evolving
WEST OCEAN CITY — Put on your hat, hitch up your wagon and step back in time as Frontier Town celebrates its 52nd season with new additions and great specials.Originally built as a Wild West Show in 1959, Frontier Town has since expanded into one of the country’s top family campground and entertainment centers.”Back in… Read more »