OCEAN CITY — The resort’s parking task force met this week for the fourth and final time before the summer season and closed with all proposed options still on the table including expanding paid street parking in other areas of town.From the beginning, task force members asserted the point of the exercise was not to… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — With an abundance of caution and more questions at this point than answers, Ocean City officials this week gave conceptual approval to bringing the World Punkin Chunkin championships to the Inlet area in November.For decades, the World Championship Punkin Chunkin Association hosted the iconic annual fall event in rural areas of neighboring… Read more »
I hear we had a kind of mixed bag of weather in and around Ocean City today with a cool, cloudy morning followed by partly sunny skies this afternoon even followed by some fog close to the water later this afternoon. I say “I hear” because I was in Wachapreague, VA today where it was… Read more »
BERLIN – An annual jazz and blues festival will return to Berlin this weekend with a new event and a new name.On Saturday, May 4, the Berlin Maryland Chamber of Commerce will hold a Jazz & Blues, Wine & Brews Festival on Main Street.Event organizers said this year’s event is a new twist on the… Read more »
BERLIN – A local student has been named the state champion for a simulated stock market game.Stephen Decatur High School junior Chris Kaufman won first place in this year’s Stock Market Game as a member of the after-school Investment Club. Over the course of the game, he earned a 20% return on a $100,000 virtual… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A new ninja-style obstacle course for kids and adults of all ages is starting to take shape at the downtown recreation complex.The Mayor and Council in February approved a one-year lease with an option for subsequent years for the Woodward WreckTangle obstacle course. The ninja-style obstacle course is being set up in… Read more »