OCEAN CITY — Resort planners last week approved an uptown hotel’s plan to swap out an oceanfront area historically used for dumpsters and trash collection with an attractive amenity for its guests and its neighbors.On Nov. 1, the Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed a site plan for a parcel along the beachfront just to the… Read more »
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Write-In Effort Launched For Former Councilman Gisriel, But OC Election Might Not Permit It
OCEAN CITY — With the clock ticking toward Tuesday’s municipal election, a late write-in effort for a candidate with a familiar name in resort politics has been launched for one of the four City Council seats, but it appears there might be no mechanism in the city election code to pull it off.Supporters have launched… Read more »
Wicomico Council Votes 6-1 To Repeal Impact Fees
SALISBURY – Members of the Wicomico County Council voted 6-1 to repeal impact fees in a meeting Tuesday evening.This vote came after months of discussion among the county’s elected officials, who debated the effects of impact fees on the county’s residents and businesses, and its annual revenue budget.Currently, those building new homes in Wicomico County… Read more »
OC Council Candidates Discuss Motorized Event Problems
OCEAN CITY — During a larger City Council candidate forum on Tuesday, the debate eventually came around to the variety of motorized special events, and the consensus among the candidates was more enforcement was needed and one event in particular should just go away.During the question-and-answer period of Tuesday’s Ocean City Council forum hosted by… Read more »
Poachers Nabbed With Illegal Fish
OCEAN CITY — Acting on tips from the public, Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) officers conducted a plainclothes operation last Saturday night on the Route 50 bridge in Ocean City and issued 14 citations to four Virginia men for possession of undersized striped bass and red drum and exceeding the daily catch limit for striped… Read more »
Decatur Girls Bow Out Of State Playoffs
BERLIN- The Stephen Decatur girls’ varsity soccer team’s up and down season wrapped up last week with a 5-0 loss to Northeast in the state 3A-East Section II tournament.It was a bit of a see-saw season for the young Seahawks, who finished with a 5-8 record overall. The team showed signs of promise and put… Read more »
Seasonal Bus Pass For Young Workers Pitched With Eye On Safety
OCEAN CITY — While most agree finding a way to get some of the thousands of foreign student-workers off bicycles and onto the municipal bus is a good idea, finding a way to make it fair for all young people living and working in the resort in the summer continues to be a challenge.In September,… Read more »
Fatherhood Adventures – November 4, 2016
When it comes to my kids, they don’t understand how lucky they are on Halloween.They live at the Halloween epicenter in this area in my opinion. Annually, we have more than 2,000 trick or treaters come to our stoop along Washington Street. It’s astonishing to me year after year.We always take the time to take… Read more »
Hundreds Compete In Seaside 10 Races
OCEAN CITY- With near picture-perfect weather, the annual Seaside 10 and associated 5K races were once again a huge success with hundreds of runners descending on the resort as a culmination of sorts for Ocean City’s ongoing special events during the month of October.Hundreds of running enthusiasts gathered at the Inlet for the annual 10-mile… Read more »
‘Positive Year’ Reported With New Rental License, Inspections
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week got a report on the new rental license and occupancy policies put in place last year, and while progress was made, it appears there is still much work to be done.In the wake of growing complaints about vacation rentals in some of Ocean City’s traditional single-family home neighborhoods,… Read more »