OCEAN CITY — An Annapolis man plead guilty this week to driving under the influence and was sentenced to serve 45 days in jail after a high-profile incident last winter.Around 2:20 a.m. on March 4, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers were dispatched to the area near the base of the Route 50 Bridge and… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2019
Creative Solution Could Expand Ocean City’s Dog Park
OCEAN CITY – With creative planning and financing, Ocean City’s diminutive dog park at 94th Street could triple in size with little out-of-pocket expense.Over the last year or so, the town has been exploring ways to expand the narrow dog park on 94th Street. The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department last year submitted a… Read more »
Ladies & Sons Of Italy Organization Hosts Special Dinner For 40 Students
Worcester County Republican Central Committee Presents Aris T. Allen Award To The Republican Women Of Worcester County
New Youth Sports Complex Study In Early Stages
OCEAN CITY — The highly anticipated study to determine the feasibility of sports complex to help rebrand Ocean City as a youth sports destination has taken its first early steps with preliminary interviews with resort tourism officials.During Monday’s Tourism Commission meeting, a discussion of the town’s tourism strategic plan and the effort to expand tourism… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – July 12, 2019
The Alaska Stand was founded by Benjamin Givarz in 1933 on the Boardwalk at Wicomico Street. Not only did Mr. Givarz overcome economic problems associated with the Great Depression but also lost a prime week of the tourist season that year to the hurricane that created Ocean City’s Inlet. The Alaska Stand survived both to… Read more »
Proposed Berlin Park Renaming Public Hearing Set For Aug. 12
BERLIN – Citizens will have the chance to share their thoughts on the proposed renaming of Berlin Falls Park at a public hearing next month.On Aug. 12, the town council will host a public hearing regarding the renaming of Berlin Falls Park to Heron Park. The name change was recommended by the Berlin Falls Park… Read more »
We Remember Those We Have Lost – July 12, 2019
Susan Wheeler Brasher DavisOCEAN CITY — Susan Wheeler Brasher Davis passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, June 22, 2019, at University of Maryland Medical Center after a 5-year battle with metastatic lung cancer. The daughter of Kate Bunting and Larry Brasher and step-daughter of Coleman Bunting, Sr. she was born at PRMC… Read more »
OCBP Alumni Of The Week, Warren Williams, Like Father Like Son
(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 — Thule, Greenland was never much of a beach town. So, after four years there while serving in the Army, Warren Williams was ready… Read more »
Officials Review Downtown Park Redevelopment Plan
OCEAN CITY — A conceptual plan for improvements to a large section of the downtown recreation complex were reviewed this week, but there is no rush to move forward with it until plans are finalized.During Tuesday’s Recreation and Parks Committee meeting, Recreation and Parks Director Susan Petito presented a conceptual plan for the west side… Read more »