OCEAN CITY — One local man is dead and another behind bars today on manslaughter and other charges after an altercation last weekend outside a downtown Ocean City bar.Around 1:30 a.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Police and paramedics responded to the area of Somerset Street in reference to a male individual who was found unconscious… Read more »
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Voices From The Readers
Berlin Reflections Editor:I had the unfortunate experience of attending an exercise in futility – the public hearing on the Berlin stormwater utility. It was a standing-room only meeting. There were quite a few people who spoke against the stormwater utility, I was one. Those that spoke in favor of it were mostly people who wanted… Read more »
Marylanders Do Not Need More Taxes
The Maryland legislature reconvened this month and it only took about a week before talk of tax increases started dominating the headlines.The state’s budget situation in Annapolis is much improved over previous years when significant structural deficits had legislators scratching their heads on how to raise new revenues while lowering expenses. In most cases, the… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
In Ocean City, it’s going to be interesting to see how the re-emergence of the town’s subcommittees works out in the long term.At this point, it’s known subcommittees will be formed once again in Ocean City after being abruptly abolished in October of 2010. The previous council disbanded all of them for the most part… Read more »
We Remember Those We Have Lost
James Philip CouillardPITTSVILLE — James Philip Couillard, 16, of Pittsville, passed away after a long illness at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.Born in Salisbury, he is survived by his father, Gordon James Couillard, II, and his mother, Tammy Webster Couillard, and his brother, Jack Aaron Couillard, all of Pittsville.James was a student at Parkside… Read more »
Who’s Playing When And Where
19th hole bar & Grille, the 410-213-9204 Corner of Rte. 611 & Sunset Ave., West OC Friday, Feb. 1: Dave Sherman Saturday, Feb. 2: Walt Farozic28th Street Pit and Pub 410-289-2020 28th St. & Coastal Hwy. Friday, Feb. 1: Galaxy Collective Every Thursday: DJ JeremyAdolfo’s 410-289-4001 13th St. & The Boardwalk, In The Beach Plaza… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
There’s been too much dancing at the house for me.Anytime music comes on at the house Carson demands in his own non-verbal way for his mom and dad to join him in busting a move.It doesn’t even have to be a song. It can be a television jingle, a toy making some sort of sound,… Read more »
Open Houses Of The Week
WEST OCEAN CITY Bay Point Plantation Rt589/Gum Point Rd Daily 10-5 Waterfront Estate Lots in 142 Acre Preserve Kevin Decker The Fritschle Group/ Condominium Realty 443-235-6552OCEAN CITY Sunset Island 67th St & The Bay Sat & Sun Condos, Townhomes, Single Family Homes Luxury Resort Living Terry Riley Vantage Resort Realty 443-880-0512OCEAN CITY Makai Condominiums 42nd… Read more »
Resort Burglar Sentenced
OCEAN CITY — The second of two Berlin residents arrested last summer after police connect him to a series of break-ins in the resort pleaded guilty this week to two counts of theft less than $1,000 and was sentenced to 18 months, all of which was suspended in favor of probation and a fine.The Ocean… Read more »
Council Wants Committees Back; Specifics Will Be Decided
OCEAN CITY – The Mayor and City Council voted to move ahead in re-establishing the committees and commissions that were dissolved over two years ago with future discussions promised to set specifics.Councilman Joe Mitrecic brought up the idea last month to re-enact the committee structure the town had in place prior to the organizational meeting… Read more »