OCEAN CITY — For at least the third time in recent weeks, a license plate reader at one of the entrances to Ocean City resulted in a positive alert for a stolen vehicle on Wednesday afternoon.Around 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, a License Plate Reader (LPR) on eastbound Route 90 alerted on a stolen vehicle entering… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Pennsylvania woman succumbed to injuries sustained after being struck by a vehicle last Saturday.Around 8:50 p.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Police were dispatched to the area of 28th Street and Philadelphia Avenue for a reported pedestrian collision in the southbound lane. The pedestrian, later identified as Lorena D. Merris, 56, of… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY — A local man drowned while apparently attempting to pump out water from his boat on a creek in West Ocean City last weekend.Around 11:40 a.m. last Sunday, Maryland State Police troopers from the Berlin barrack responded to a waterfront area near Waterview Drive in West Ocean City for a reported deceased… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — While Ocean City officials continue to grapple with the short-term rental issue, at least one of the companies providing the service in the resort and across Maryland this week reported a banner year in 2018.For well over a year, Ocean City has been monitoring the proliferation of short-term vacation rentals in the… Read more »
BERLIN — Driven largely by significant redevelopment in West Ocean City, properties values in the north end of Worcester County increased substantially in the latest reassessments announced late last week.The State Department of Assessment and Taxation (SDAT) last week announced the results of a triennial assessment of residential and commercial real estate values across Maryland… Read more »