OCEAN CITY — One year after the Maryland Court of Special Appeals dismissed a discrimination suit filed in November 2008 by an Ocean City Police sergeant, who alleged he was passed over for promotion to lieutenant when he was pressed into active military service, the higher U.S. Court of Appeals last week reversed the decision.In… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City residents may or may not be fazed by the one dollar increase in an all-day bus pass, but only time can tell how summer time visitors may react.In December of last year, the Mayor and City Council voted to increase the Ocean City bus fare for its ride-all-day pass. Starting… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – During this week’s Ocean City Police Commission meeting, Crime Analyst Brandon Reim presented an analysis of 2010’s crime in Ocean City compared to previous years.“We’re looking at time management and crime fighting,” Police Chief Bernadette DiPino said. “We’re really focusing on those two things because it is a win-win.”Between robberies, breaking and… Read more »

SNOW HILL — The first-degree murder trial of a Texas man charged in the death of a Delaware woman reported missing in Pocomoke in 2007 was postponed this week after new DNA evidence in the case recently came to light.The trial of Justin Michael Hadel, 20, of College Station, Texas, was scheduled to get started… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Tips from a few anonymous concerned citizens this week helped the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) nab the suspect in a string of residential burglaries and the burglary of a downtown pharmacy.On Monday, an OCPD detective met with the victim of a burglary on Pacific Ave. that had occurred sometime between Jan…. Read more »

OCEAN CITY — A routine traffic stop in Ocean City last weekend led to the arrest of a Selbyville man wanted in connection with a condo burglary in the resort dating back to 2005.Around 1:30 a.m. last Sunday, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer on routine patrol observed a vehicle leave a north-end convenience… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Discussion over the Race for the Cure event to raise money for breast cancer continued this week during the Police Commission meeting yesterday, and the opportunity opened for comments to be made on the police department’s current hiring freeze.Susan G. Komen’s Race for the Cure received a date hold for April 22,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — While an online poll on the future of Ocean City’s Boardwalk surface rolls on, extensive repairs to the famous promenade continued this week.According to Ocean City Public Works Director Hal Adkins, the town has around $127,000 in its current budget for Boardwalk maintenance and the funding is being used to repair several… Read more »

BERLIN — The Town Creek Foundation recently awarded a $50,000 grant to the Maryland Assateague Costal Trust (ACT).While the foundation has provided funding to ACT in the past, this is the first year that such a large grant has been given entirely to ACT’s Coastkeeper Program.Kathy Phillips, who serves as Assateague Coastkeeper and as ACT’s… Read more »