OCEAN CITY – Federal, state and local officials this week took the opportunity to promote boat safety ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.On Tuesday, officials with the U.S. Coast Guard, Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) joined local representatives at Bayside Boat Rentals to remind everyone of… Read more »
BERLIN — Ocean Pines is still on track to remove the remaining portion of the White Tail Sanctuary crabbing pier.The floating portion of the pier was removed last November by Fisher Marine Construction Inc. The Ocean Pines Board on Oct. 20, 2018 voted unanimously to authorize the work.Then, on May 4 this year, board members… Read more »
What should be the punishment for someone who causes another person’s death while drunk driving? Should it matter if the motorist has a habit of driving impaired?We need to look no further than earlier this year to learn about a possible sentence in this case if Cockeysville resident Todd Pivec, 41, is convicted of what… Read more »
BISHOPVILLE — A Bridgeville man faces multiple charges this week after running off the road and colliding with a Maryland State Police vehicle conducting an unrelated traffic stop on Route 113 near Bishopville.Around 8 a.m. last Friday, a Maryland State Police trooper pulled over a commercial dump truck on Route 113 just south of Bishopville… Read more »
(Editor’s Note: The following is a series on the men and women who have spent their summers protecting all those who came to Ocean City for fun and safe vacation.)OCEAN CITY — When Nan Keppeler (née Plato) joined the OCBP in 1982, it was still pretty much a boys club. Susie Kane had become the… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY — Ground was broken Tuesday morning on a new pedestrian and bicycle-friendly shared path between Route 611 and the Route 50 bridge in West Ocean City, the latest link in the resort area’s aggressive Walk Smart program chain.After a rash of fatal pedestrian collisions about six years ago, Ocean City and the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Always finding ways to improve the tournament, the White Marlin Open is adding a few new wrinkles for the 2019 event set for the first week in August.The White Marlin Open will be held in Ocean City from August 5 through August 9 and the payout this year is expected to reach… Read more »
Lunch Box GovernanceEditor:Recent actions taken by the Ocean City Council will impose two new taxes on businesses and second homeowners. More importantly, the frenzy of gift-giving to our resort employees, who rank among the highest paid across all municipalities, has been put on steroids with the council’s recent adoption of defined benefit retirements (“DBR’s”) for… Read more »
It was a crazy scene over Ocean City Wednesday afternoon. While it’s not the first time it’s happened, it was still a sight to behold for many as two helicopters on different ends of town responded to incidents needing air transport requests almost simultaneously.Although most details were not known yesterday, two traumatic injury incidents occurred… Read more »
James Brooks BoundsNEWARK — James Brooks Bounds, age 69, passed away Thursday, June 20, 2019.Born in Salisbury, he was the son of the late Thomas W. Bounds of Newark Maryland. He is survived by his mother Mary Louise Bradford Bounds of Newark Maryland, son Eric Bounds (Janet Rogers) of Newark Maryland, daughter Kim Phillips (Brad)… Read more »