OCEAN CITY – The Mayor and City County granted approval to submit a Legislative Action Request that would move the town forward in possibly receiving relief from Worcester County through a tax differential that comes to about $17 million.According to City Manager David Recor, in 2012 Maryland Municipal League (MML) Legislative Committee Chair Bruce Williams… Read more »
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Wet Weather Questioned As Reason For Slow Summer Start
OCEAN CITY – At the conclusion of this week’s Mayor and City Council legislative session, Councilman Brent Ashley brought up the decreasing tourism stats so far this summer and the possibility of it being related to rainy weather.“Our demoflush and room tax collection numbers have been substantially down for many months. The Smith Travel Report… Read more »
Major Biker Events Merge; Bike Fest Promoter Buys Delmarva Bike Week
OCEAN CITY – After a couple years of having two competing motorcycle events in the region, OC Bikefest and Delmarva Bike Week have become one.On Monday evening, Cliff Sutherland of OC Jams LLC came before the Mayor and City Council to give a brief update on the upcoming event, OC Bikefest, scheduled for Sept. 12-15.During… Read more »
OC Officers Fondly Remembered
OCEAN CITY — The tragic plane crash late last Sunday afternoon left the entire resort community and the local law enforcement family struggling for answers as they continue to come to grips with the loss of two beloved OCPD officers, including one who was posthumously promoted to Private First Class on Wednesday.Around 4 p.m. last… Read more »
Manhole Cover ‘Popped Up’ Causing Vehicle To Flip Over
OCEAN CITY — More details emerged this week on the single-vehicle accident on northbound Coastal Highway last Thursday afternoon involving a small car hitting a dislodged manhole cover in the area of 48th Street causing the vehicle to flip onto its roof.Just before 2 p.m. last Thursday, Ocean City Fire Department units were dispatched to… Read more »
Assateague’s History Rich With War Activity; Military Cache Discovery Not Unusual For Island
ASSATEAGUE — Last week’s discovery and planned detonation of over 100 pieces of World War II era military ordnance on Assateague, and the subsequent clean sweep conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers last weekend, recalled the once-remote barrier island’s rich history as wartime military test range and its genesis into a national park visited… Read more »
Abele Honored With Osprey Award
WEST OCEAN CITY — Longtime area environmentalist and advocate Bob Abele last week was awarded the Osprey Award by the Maryland Coastal Bays Program for his extensive work over nearly two decades on behalf of the local estuaries and ecosystems.Abele, who has served on the Maryland Coastal Bays Program in various capacities since its infancy… Read more »
‘It Crashed On Its Belly … And Sank Instantly’
OCEAN CITY — A small plane crashed into the ocean about a quarter mile off the 130th Street beach last Sunday afternoon, claiming the lives of two Ocean City Police officers, one a veteran and avid aviator who was piloting the aircraft and another who just joined the force full time last year.Sometime between 3:30… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
Fireworks are not for my kids, at least at this age.That’s fine by me because the thought of keeping my kids, 5 and 3 years old, respectively, up on the Fourth of July till the fireworks and beyond does not excite me all that much.Beckett, 5, usually starts his day each morning by telling me… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
Support For Veto Editor:While I applaud the Mayor for refusing to sign the paid-parking ordinance, he now looks askance at those who continue to oppose this ill-advised legislation, questioning their motives, etc.The more direct approach of invoking his veto power would have effectively killed the ordinance since there were not enough votes to override his… Read more »