SNOW HILL – An 81-room hotel is expected to replace the well-known West Ocean City building that formerly housed the Wheels of Yesterday museum.The county’s technical review committee took a look this week at initial plans for a Hampton Inn & Suites set to be built where the Wheels of Yesterday museum currently sits. The… Read more »
SNOW HILL — It remains to be seen if a last ditch, national effort to save a semi-domesticated cat snared in West Ocean City as part of a larger investigation into a different cat that tested positive for rabies last month will be successful, but it certainly won’t be for lack of effort.In June, a… Read more »
(Editor’s Note: The following represents the latest installment in an ongoing series diving into the issues associated with drug addiction across the lower shore.)BERLIN — An officer with the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team walks swiftly up to Worcester County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Nate Passwaters driver’s side window at the Maryland State Police Barracks in… Read more »
BERLIN – Town officials agreed this week to pursue a grant to buy land to serve as a platform for the excursion train envisioned for Worcester County.On Monday, the town council gave Economic Development Director Ivy Wells permission to submit an application for a $130,000 Community Legacy grant. If received, the grant through the Maryland… Read more »
By Scott LenoxNow that the Ocean City Tuna Tournament is over….the chunk is on. Some boats were actually chunking as early as last week, but now that the tournament is in the books, chunking will become the preferred method for catching tuna fish. For those of you that may not know what chunking is, it… Read more »
BERLIN – After a heated discussion and a split vote, town officials agreed to cover the water and sewer infrastructure fees for the Dollar General being built on Decatur Street.Mayor Gee Williams provided the tie-breaking vote Monday after the council initially voted 2-2 on a contract to have the town pay the $24,700 water and… Read more »
By Scott LenoxIt has been confirmed by the MD Department of Natural Resources that the 94.6 pound cobia caught by nine-year-old Emma Zajdel of Ocean City has indeed set the new Maryland state record for cobia. Emma caught the big cobia on the evening of June 30 and weighed the fish at the certified scale… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — As promised, the Ocean City Police Department has been writing more citations for violations of the smoking ban on the Boardwalk, but education and outreach remain the enforcement technique of choice for the most part.The Police Commission on Monday got an update on the enforcement efforts of the smoking ban on the… Read more »
By Scott LenoxDay three of the 29th Annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament was pretty busy for having the least amount of boats fishing out of the three eligible days. There was some movement on the leader board as well as there were a couple of big stringers weighed, and if I didn’t see it myself… Read more »
By Scott LenoxIt was another good day at the scales for the 29th Annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament at the Ocean City Fishing Center today as 48 boats fished leaving just over 40 boats left to fish tomorrow. There was some movement in the heaviest stringer category, we now have a three way tie for… Read more »