BERLIN – In 1985, 24.5 million pounds of fish landed in Ocean City’s commercial harbor.A decade later, that figure had dropped to 12.5 million pounds.Today, less than five million pounds of fish comes into the harbor annually.Those figures from the National Marine Fisheries Service won’t surprise anyone who frequents the docks on Harbor Road in… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — In the wake of arguably the worst motorized special event weekend ever, Ocean City’s elected this week promised bold action and perhaps painful solutions to ensure it doesn’t happen again.While the official H2O International (H2Oi) car show held for years at Fort Whaley west of Berlin was cancelled two weeks ago, thousands… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City Police Chief Ross Buzzuro on Monday issued a statement characterizing the behavior of thousands of visitors associated with the H2O International event over the weekend as “unruly” and “appalling” and praised his officers and their allied partners for their efforts in the face of such adversity.H2Oi officials two weeks ago… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Delaware man was arrested overnight and charged with attempted first-degree murder and other charges after intentionally striking two local law enforcement officers with his vehicle causing officers to fire their guns at him before he fled and was ultimately captured in the bay.The Maryland State Police are investigating an overnight police-involved… Read more »