SNOW HILL — Worcester County and the town of Ocean City have entered into a 40-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will allow the county to discharge effluent on town property and Ocean City to attach to much needed county water and sewer.It’s a win-win for both sides and a project that has been in… Read more »
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Woman Cracks Own Case After Spotting Stranger Riding Her Stolen Bike In Downtown OC
OCEAN CITY – One Ocean City local’s good fortune of recovering her stolen bikes serves as reminder to seasonal and year-round residents to take precaution to keep their own bicycles safe this summer.For many Ocean City residents, their bicycles are a sentimental object, whether it is a means of transportation or the enjoyment of peddling… Read more »
County-Run Liquor Monopoly Ends July 1, But Open Market Not Expected to Cripple County Department
OCEAN CITY — As the Sunset Provision draws closer, alcoholic beverage license holders across Worcester County are preparing to buy directly from the wholesale market, something that has not been allowed until next month.Experts in the industry, however, do not believe that the sun will be literally setting on the county-run Department of Liquor Control… Read more »
Ocean City’s 150th Façade Project Marked; Officials Praise State, City, Community Partnership
OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC) celebrated with state, local and county officials the completion of the 150th Façade Improvement Project in downtown Ocean City this week.On Tuesday afternoon, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown and Secretary Raymond Skinner of the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) gathered with local officials and leadership… Read more »
‘Typical’ June Weekend Reviewed; Proactive Police Stance Earns High Marks
OCEAN CITY – While early concerns over “College Takeover Beach Week” were that the event would draw an additional crowd of rowdy college students to the typical high school graduates, the results ended up being a typical weekend in June.“I would like to commend and thank all of our officers and those who assisted us over… Read more »
What’s Happening On Route 50 Westbound? Resurfacing Project Will Continue Till August
BERLIN — For the last week or so, residents and visitors traveling on westbound Route 50 from West Ocean City to the Berlin area have experienced lane closures and back-ups with the first phase of the State Highway Administration (SHA) repaving project along the corridor.Beginning last Wednesday, SHA crews began concrete patching on westbound Route… Read more »
18th Annual Mako Mania Underway
OCEAN CITY- The 18th Annual Mako Mania shark tournament got underway today with dozens of boats and teams of anglers participating in the first of three official fishing days.With sharks showing up in good numbers in recent weeks, the early offshore fishing season is starting to heat up just in time for the annual Mako… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann
The Belmont was a landmark on Dorchester Street with its distinctive green and yellow façade for many years.Located just a few steps off the Boardwalk, it had been built by Lambert Ayres in 1897. Lizzie Hearne bought the hotel in 1902 and she and her descendants ran it and later its attached sister hotel, the… Read more »
34th Ocean City Shark Tourney A Big Success
OCEAN CITY- Moving the 34th Annual Ocean City Shark Tournament up to the last weekend in May for the first time ever was clearly a good decision by event organizers with several big sharks weighed at the scale and over a hundred more released over the three days.When the tournament was founded over three decades… Read more »
SD Middle School Dragon Team Give Pencil Holders Made Of Recycled Plastic To Teachers
As part of the Dragon Team’s Service Learning Project, eighth grade Stephen Decatur Middle School students Lizeth Vera Flores, Daniela Mendez Rodriguez and Alexis Cathell place pencil holders made from recycled plastic bottles into teachers’ mailboxes during Teacher Appreciation Week.