BERLIN – With the Maryland General Assembly moving into the meat of its 2008 session, several bills of local importance have been dumped into the hoppers on both sides of the aisle, including a handful introduced last week that deal with a potential expansion of Ocean City’s convention center, a Homestead Cap extension and a… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association 34th Annual Spring Trade Expo in the Roland E. Powell Convention Center is just where you want to be on March 2-3. You can place orders for everything you need to keep your business stock up to date, and attend free seminars to better your business.In addition… Read more »

BERLIN – Maryland insurance regulators this week announced Allstate had not violated any laws when it decided last year not to write any new homeowner policies in coastal areas of the state including Ocean City and parts of Worcester County, but a bill introduced in the General Assembly last week could help rectify the situation.Maryland… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Resort police this week are looking for suspects in three separate liquor and beer store break-ins early last Sunday morning that appear to be related.Shortly after 3 a.m. on Sunday, Ocean City Police officers were called to Brewski Brothers at 133rd Street and Coastal Highway for a reported burglary. Witnesses told police… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Town of Ocean City, along with the Maryland Coastal Bays Program, is making efforts to include the Coastal Bays in proposed legislation that, if passed, would provide financial assistance to the protection of the Chesapeake Bay.The City Council unanimously approved a motion to send a letter to the legislators this week… Read more »

SNOW HILL – While the major Ocean City airport expansion is still pending, the facility plans to add some capacity to the current configuration with a new hanger.The town of Ocean City went before the Worcester County Planning Commission for a site plan review of a five-unit, 19,355-square-foot box hanger on Feb. 7. Box hangers… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – This year’s King and Queen candidates are currently hosting their individual events in the hopes of raising the most money for the Ocean City Parrothead Club’s Mardi Gras Carnival.This year’s Kings are Adam Osborn, Mike Cobo, Chris Hall and Mike Rutledge. The Queen candidates are Patti Miller, Veronica Donaldson, Lisa Tilghman and… Read more »

BERLIN – Berlin Town Council member Ellen Lang said this week she wants to settle ethics questions from her constituents over her participation in votes on issues brought before the council by going before the town ethics committee.The council member said there had been some questions from Berlin citizens over her involvement with OC Law… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A Columbia, Md. woman implicated in a staged armed robbery at a resort hotel last summer was found guilty this week on all charges and now faces up to 15 years in jail for the conviction. In District Court this week, Brady Ashley Greer, 21, pleaded not guilty to theft plus $500,… Read more »

BERLIN – Trees in Berlin need to be protected, the Berlin Planning Commission agrees, but discussions this week revealed that there is little concurrence on the method. “We definitely need some kind of tree thing where substantial trees can’t be cut,” said Newt Chandler, newly elected chair of the Berlin Planning Commission. Guidelines, not a new… Read more »