OCEAN CITY – The town’s chief financial health report was presented this week, and it showed a spike in revenues as well as an increase in expenditures from the previous fiscal year, but overall Ocean City’s general fund remains in a healthy state, financial officials report.This week Ocean City Finance Administrator Martha Bennett presented the… Read more »
Monthly Archives: December 2012
OC’s Newest Marketing Tool Preparing To Hit Road
OCEAN CITY – After almost three years, the town’s new marketing tool, OC Experience, is ready to hit the road to spread the word on Ocean City and all it has to offer.The final product of OC Experience is a travel show booth that will physically exhibit to attendees the value to be found in… Read more »
Judge To Rule On Hudson Farm Case By End Of Year
BERLIN — After three years of often tense legal wrangling, closing arguments were heard last Friday in the landmark civil suit filed against a Berlin farm family and Perdue over alleged pollution violations dating back to 2009.Testimony ended in mid-October in the civil suit pitting the defendants, Berlin’s Hudson Farm and Perdue, against an environmental… Read more »
Former Baltimore Water Taxi Added To Russell’s Reef
OCEAN CITY — The ever-growing artificial reef system off the coast of Ocean City got its newest addition last Friday when a 50-foot retired water taxi from Baltimore was sunk on a picture-perfect late November day.The water taxi was the third of its kind donated to the Ocean City Reef Foundation in the last year… Read more »
Blue Angels Scout Ocean City In Advance Of 2013 Air Show
OCEAN CITY — In preparation for their first-ever official appearance in Ocean City next summer, members of the Navy’s Blue Angel jet demonstration team visited the resort Friday to meet with officials and get a lay of the land.“We haven’t been here before and we’re always looking for new show events to go to,” said… Read more »
Authorities Outline Holiday Shopping Safety Tips
BERLIN — With Black Friday and Cyber Monday now a fading memory, local residents and visitors are flocking to area shopping centers, prompting local law enforcement officials this week to issue a few common sense reminders to ensure they, and their packages, make it home safely.With the calendar changing to December last weekend, the holiday… Read more »
Announcements
Cook-MitryOCEAN CITY — Jacob Dean Cook and Erika Mitry were married Oct. 20, 2012 at Buckingham Presbyterian Church in Berlin. Rev. Matt Trask and honorably retired Rev. Gary Baer performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Shaker and Aggie Mitry of Summit, N.J. The groom is the son of Paul and Debi Cook of… Read more »
20 Years For Burglaries
SNOW HILL — A West Ocean City man arrested in April on first-degree burglary charges after a concerned citizen noticed a shattered glass door and a large-screen television located just inside the door pleaded guilty last week and was sentenced to 20 years in jail.On April 4, a citizen walking to a West Ocean City… Read more »
We Remember Those We Have Lost
John H. Fields BERLIN — Born Aug. 9, 1923, John H. Fields passed away on Nov. 26, 2012. He was the beloved husband of Ethel Fields and devoted father of Jo. A. Fields. John Fields was a retired lieutenant in the Baltimore City Police Department. In lieu of flowers, donations would be kindly accepted at… Read more »
Things To Do Around Town
Every Saturday: Pancake Breakfast8 a.m.-noon, Ocean City Airport. To benefit the Ocean City Aviation Association’s Huey Memorial Display restoration and continuous maintenance fund. For more information, 410-641-6888 or 410-213-2471.Every Sunday: Morning Worship8 a.m. & 11 a.m., Traditional Worship; 9:30 a.m., Contemporary Worship; St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, E.L.C.A, 10301 Coastal Hwy., O.C. For more information, 410-524-7474.Open… Read more »