Students in Karin Lertora’s third grade class celebrate the 100th Day of School at Showell Elementary. Pictured, from left, are Coilin Gallagher, Sergio Braco-Cocone, M.J. Gilmore, Chloe Waggonner, Clara Robinson and Sarah Cooke.
OCEAN CITY — All is relatively calm on the Ocean City street performer front after the Mayor and Council this week agreed to accept task force recommendations tweaking the controversial busker ordinance.Throughout a process that was chippy at certain times and downright nasty at others, the Boardwalk Task Force, appointed by the Mayor and Council… Read more »
BERLIN – A storyteller used the song and dance of his native Uganda to take Buckingham Elementary School students on a virtual trip to Africa as they celebrated Read Across America Day this week.On March 2, African storyteller Ssuuna performed for students in all grades at Buckingham Elementary in Berlin. Within minutes of being introduced… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The deadline for a new labor contract between the Town of Ocean City and its firefighters union expired at midnight on Monday with no break in the impasse over the proposed work schedules, resulting in both sides walking away and the town’s “best and last offer” essentially becoming the new contract by… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – It took more than 13 years of planning and litigation to demolish the Royalton Hotel on the Ocean City Boardwalk, but now its owners are hopeful that rebuilding one of the resort’s mainstay oceanfront hotels will only take 13 months.The 38-unit hotel on 11th street and the Boardwalk was torn down on… Read more »
FENWICK ISLAND – Town officials opted to delay a decision on whether to increase parking permit fees until April budget discussions.During a Feb. 26 meeting, members of the Fenwick Island Town Council agreed to take more time to consider whether there was a need to increase the cost of parking permits, which were set at… Read more »