OCEAN CITY – Officials with the Town of Ocean City are ahead of schedule in hiring transit drivers for the 2017 season.In a Transportation Committee meeting Tuesday, Transit Manager Mark Rickards detailed the department’s successful campaign to recruit bus drivers for vacant positions.As of last week, the town has filled 133 of the 162 bus… Read more »
Monthly Archives: February 2017
We Remember Those We Have Lost – February 17, 2017
Robert Edward PerkowskiBERLIN — Robert Edward Perkowski, age 69, died on Wednesday Feb. 8, 2017 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin.Born in Northport, Long Island, he was the son of late Felix Perkowski and Carmela Buono Perkowski. He is survived by his wife, Ernestine (Genovese) Perkowski; daughter, Francine Brixner and husband Christopher of Hebron; son… Read more »
Two Beach Boys Shows Announced
OCEAN CITY — The Beach Boys have been booked at the Ocean City Performing Arts Center for two shows on Wednesday, Aug. 23, at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.The feelings never get old when The Beach Boys roll out their timeless hits “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” “I Get Around,” “Help Me Rhonda,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice, “California… Read more »
Assateague State Park Changes Planned For Fall
ASSATEAGUE – Officials with Assateague State Park unveiled plans for a two-phased project last week that will relocate campground roads and fortify sand dunes.Park Manager Angela Baldwin said a plan to redesign campground access began six years ago, in an effort to fix the eroding sand dunes and protect what is behind it.“The plan has… Read more »
Fourth Graders At OC Elementary School Learn What Influences Harriet Tubman Had On American History
Mallory Kerrigan, Kathie Maldonado and Avery Scott from Wendy Macrides’ fourth grade class at Ocean City Elementary School are using books to find text evidence that supports what influence Harriet Tubman had on American history.
Board Denies Three Resort Liquor License Requests
SNOW HILL – The county’s board of license commissioners denied requests from three Ocean City businesses that hoped to add liquor to their inventories this week.Though Worcester County is no longer the only entity allowed to sell liquor, the Worcester County Board of License Commissioners (BLC) on Wednesday denied all but one request from retail… Read more »
Negligent Driving Bill Stems From Worcester Tragedy
BERLIN — State Delegate Mary Beth Carozza (R-38C) this week introduced legislation in the General Assembly that would increase the penalties for causing life-threatening injuries while operating a vehicle or vessel in the criminally negligent manner.One year ago this week, a Stockton man drove through a work zone along a roadway in the south end… Read more »
Survey Needed To Determine Treehouse’s Future
BERLIN – A survey will determine the future of a treehouse on Thomas Court.Following a complaint from a neighbor, Berlin Planning Director Dave Engelhart has spent the past several weeks determining how a treehouse on Thomas Court fits into town code. He told officials Monday the structure’s fate would depend on whether it encroached on… Read more »
Officials Hear About Importance Of Supports Culture
OCEAN CITY — Expanding art and culture in Ocean City has always come with challenges, but those barriers are coming down little by little thanks in part to a mobile, diverse theater troupe formed and led by a resort native.For the last few years, Brown Box Theatre has produced several classic plays and other performances… Read more »
Council Hears Update On New $25M Public Works Campus
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week gave tacit approval to the next stages of a major $25 million upgrade and expansion of the town’s vast public works campus and transit facilities along the bayside at 65th Street.The town’s Public Works Department has been working with the Maryland Transit Administration for a decade on a… Read more »