OCEAN CITY – An emergency ordinance was passed this week to bring tax relief to owner-occupied homes in Ocean City by lowering the Homestead Tax Credit to 100 percent, ultimately reducing tax bills by about $80,000.The ordinance amends the Local Homestead Tax Credit Percentage for Ocean City to 100 percent in accordance with the Town… Read more »
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Casual Designs Using Technology To Better Client Experiences
OCEAN CITY – Casual Designs has provided the Delmarva area with quality furniture for over 50 years, and, as the small business has grown, it has transitioned to utilizing modern day technology to provide customers the best experience.Owner Dick Ludlam was born on 3rd Street in Ocean City and was raised in the resort for… Read more »
South Moon Under, Mexico Resort Launch Text-To-Win Contest
BERLIN — South Moon Under and Mexico Grand Hotels announced on Monday the launch of a nationwide text-to-win mobile SMS contest to “Win a Stylish Getaway.”South Moon Under’s fans and customers can enter for a chance to win a five-night, all-inclusive stay for two guests at Hacienda Encantada Resort & Spa in Cabo San Lucas,… Read more »
The Resorter … Revisited
Summer of 1967Volume XIIIEdition 5Issue Highlights• The new Royal Palm Court on the bay at 12th Street was unveiled in an advertisement.• Courtesy of Herbert Berger Ltd. Sportswear of Ocean City, the Lifeguard of the Week was Bill Marshall Jr.• Bailey’s Drug Store on 8th Street was featuring Russell Stover candies, Wilkerson blades, fountain service,… Read more »
OC Development Corporation Holds Annual Clean Sweep Event
The Ocean City Development Corporation held its annual Clean Sweep event throughout the downtown area earlier this month. Above many of the volunteers are pictured on Dorchester Street after canvassing the downtown.
Fall Sports Awards Keep Coming For Seahawks
BERLIN- With the fall high school sports seasons in the books, the accolades keep rolling in for the Decatur student-athletes and their coaches with several named over the last week to All Bayside Conference teams.For the Stephen Decatur varsity golf team, which went undefeated and captured the Bayside Conference and District 8 championships, Danny Parker,… Read more »
AGH, Beebe Partnership Called ‘A Positive For The Patients’
BERLIN – Atlantic General Hospital has joined Beebe Healthcare to participate in a program designed to increase collaboration among local physicians.Atlantic General Hospital has been invited by Beebe Healthcare to take part in the Delmarva Health Network, a Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organization (ACO).“It’s an opportunity for us to collaborate more and coordinate… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
Nearly 60 years of experience in elected office were reflected on this week in Snow Hill, as Worcester County Commissioners Judy Boggs, elected back in 2002, Louise Gulyas, in office since 1998, Jim Purnell, sworn in back in 1996, and Virgil Shockley, elected in 1998, attended their last meeting. Gulyas, Boggs and Purnell are retiring,… Read more »
Officials Defend OC After Another Dangerous Ranking; Report Called ‘Misleading’ And ‘Inaccurate’
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City officials this week again defended the resort’s reputation as one of the most dangerous places in Maryland after a California-based real estate brokerage firm released its rather dubious semi-annual list for the state.Movoto, known for its data-based research into trend and conditions in different areas around the country, on Tuesday… Read more »
Assateague Analyzing Feces To Determine Mares’ Future Pregnancies
ASSATEAGUE — While it certainly isn’t the most glamorous aspect of managing the famed wild horses on Assateague, a biological technician is spending much of November conducting pregnancy tests on many of the mares on the barrier island in an attempt to predict how many if any new foals will join the herd in the… Read more »