OCEAN CITY — Serious crime in Ocean City continued to decline to “historic” lows in 2018, according to the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) annual report released this week.OCPD Chief Ross Buzzuro presented the annual crime report for 2018 to the Mayor and Council on Tuesday and the weighty tome revealed crime rates in most… Read more »
BERLIN – Less than two years after his arrival, the Ocean Pines Association has parted ways with its general manager.On Tuesday, the Ocean Pines Association (OPA) released a statement regarding General Manager John Bailey.“The Board of Directors of Ocean Pines Association, Inc. and its General Manager John Bailey have mutually decided to part ways,” the… Read more »
QUANTICO – With plans to open a drug treatment center in a vacant correctional facility, officials in Wicomico County presented last week their visions of what could become of the space.Since last July, Wicomico County has spearheaded efforts to convert the shuttered Poplar Hill Pre-Release Unit, a state-owned correctional facility in Quantico, into a residential… Read more »
BISHOPVILLE — Three local residents were hospitalized after an early Monday morning residential fire destroyed a home in Bishopville.Around 3:30 a.m. on Monday, firefighters from Bishopville, Berlin, Showell, Ocean City and Ocean Pines along with several volunteer companies from neighboring Sussex County responded to a reported residential fire on Salt Point Road in Bishopville. First-arrivers… Read more »
