BERLIN — Using a platform provided by the Labor Day holiday weekend, Maryland Attorney General and likely Democratic nominee for governor Doug Gansler late last week announced support for a renewed effort to significantly raise the minimum wage in Maryland. Early in the 2013 General Assembly session, legislation was introduced by two western shore lawmakers… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann
Columbia Pictures filmed “Violets Are Blue” in Ocean City during the summer of 1985. It was the first Hollywood movie ever made in Worcester County and starred Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline and Bonnie Bedelia. The film was directed by Spacek’s husband, Jack Fisk, and many scenes were shot on location including the Boardwalk, Trimper’s Rides,… Read more »
OC Resident Stops Home Intruder With Gun
OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City resident turned the tables on a would-be burglar last week, holding an intruder who walked into his home with a shotgun until police arrived. Around 11:45 a.m. last Friday, Ocean City Police responded to a residence on Baltimore Ave. near 17th Street for a reported burglary in progress. Communications… Read more »
Guilty Plea In Fed Child Porn Case
OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City man indicted in U.S. District Court on child pornography charges in 2012 after an extensive investigation into his illicit activities dating back to 2010 pleaded guilty last week to one count of receipt of obscene material and now faces five years in jail and a fine of as much… Read more »
Outcry Leads City To Abandon Beach Vehicle Access Plan
OCEAN CITY – The opposing public was heard loud and clear over the last week, leading resort officials to put an immediate halt to the possibility of allowing vehicles drive on the beach in the offseason. Last Tuesday afternoon the Mayor and City Council discussed the possibility of having a one-year trial to allow vehicles… Read more »
OC Beach Crowd Watches Crews Fight Boat Fire; Vessel Sank And Recovery Efforts Continue
OCEAN CITY — Potential tragedy was averted last Saturday when a Good Samaritan arrived and took two people off a burning 46-foot sport fishing vessel that ultimately sank just a quarter mile offshore in front of a big beach crowd. Around 3 p.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Communications received a call for a boat on… Read more »
A Week In Business
New Controller Named SNOW HILL — Jessica Ramsay has been named the new enterprise fund controller within the Worcester County Treasurer’s Office. Ramsay is a certified public accountant (CPA) with over six years of public accounting experience providing audit and tax services to various industries. She earned a dual Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting… Read more »
55th Labor Day Tourney in the Books
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Marlin Club’s 55th Annual Labor Day White Marlin Tournament last weekend was a huge success with a suddenly hot white marlin bite ongoing off the coast of the resort and thousands of dollars in prize money awarded to the winners in several categories. While it might lack the glamour and… Read more »
BFC Rallying For Funding Support; Mayor: ‘It’ll Be Less Than Full Funding’
BERLIN — After more than a year in limbo, town funding to the Berlin Fire Company (BFC) is expected to soon be restored but at what level is the question. The BFC is asking residents to turn out in force as a show of support. However, a display of solidarity will not affect the level… Read more »
Dolphin Deaths Continue To Climb In Region; Two High-Profile Incidents In OC Reported Last Week
OCEAN CITY – An “unusual mortality event” that has not occurred in the past 25 years is the cause for hundreds of dolphins washing ashore in the region and unfortunately in this case nature has to take its course, officials report. Since at least mid-July, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Stranding Network members,… Read more »