The Plimhimmon Hotel fire was one of the biggest ever fought by the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company and threatened the downtown area in the early morning hours of Nov. 21, 1962.The Plimhimmon was the town’s largest hotel and at the time of the fire was being further enlarged. Built in 1894, the big wooden… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Renowned international speaker John Kennedy will be featured at the Ocean City Performing Arts Center at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center on May 10, from 2-4 p.m.This event is free and open to the public. Join tourism professionals, business owners, managers, front line employees and other business professionals for a time… Read more »
BERLIN – A new book on Berlin is expected to educate and entertain visitors and residents alike.Joanne Guilfoil’s new book, “Berlin Maryland ABCs,” highlight’s the town’s colorful past and contemporary activities by taking readers through the alphabet.Guilfoil said each letter of the alphabet corresponds to a location, activity, historical figure or event in Berlin. The… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Two juvenile seals rescued from local beaches in the last month or so and admitted to the National Aquarium’s Animal Care Center are on the mend, but, sadly, a third perished this week.In late March, the juvenile Harbor seal was rescued from the beach in Ocean City by the National Aquarium’s Animal… Read more »
Students from Mrs. Rash’s class at Pittsville Elementary and Middle School worked with the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance to paint a mural near a storm drain at their school. They wanted to make sure people knew that what they do on the land runs off and ends up in the Chesapeake Bay.
BERLIN – Atlantic General Hospital announced its Wound Care Center recently became a nine-time recipient of the Robert A. Warriner III, M.D., Center of Excellence award, the only wound care center in the United States to do so.To be awarded the Center of Excellence, a wound care center must excel in two of three key… Read more »
FENWICK ISLAND – A new auditing firm is expected to benefit Fenwick Island.Last week, the Fenwick Island Town Council selected PKS & Company as the town’s new auditor.Mayor Gene Langan said the decision to select a new town auditor came at the recommendation of the town’s Audit Committee.“This came about as a recommendation from one… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) will be hosting the second series of the “Discover Your Watershed” program, Saturday, May 12 at the Lizard Hill Restoration site from 10 a.m.-1 pm.Originally a large sand pit, Lizard Hill is now a spectacular 30-acre Atlantic white cedar community, a once common ecological community of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — With an eye on tapping potential unrealized revenue, Ocean City officials this week voted to form a task force to begin exploring an expansion of paid parking in certain areas around the resort.During budget deliberations, the Mayor and Council directed staff to do an analysis of expanding metered parking on the public… Read more »
BERLIN – Plans for a spa in a historic Berlin home are expected to move forward following a board of appeals hearing this week.On Wednesday the Berlin Board of Zoning Appeals voted 2-1 to grant 509 S. Main St. a special exception for a conditional business use in the residential district. Though there was concern… Read more »