OCEAN CITY – With the expansion of the Ocean Bowl Skate Park and the construction of the Downtown Recreation Complex officially on hold, the Recreation and Parks Department has decided to take a closer look at the quality of the current skate park. In a Recreation and Parks meeting Tuesday morning, Tom Shuster, director of… Read more »

BERLIN – Growth has outpaced Berlin’s stormwater systems, overloading insufficient-sized pipes, inadequate ponds, low ground and high water tables, the town learned Tuesday night from the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) stormwater analysis.The long anticipated, three years in the making, Berlin stormwater study results were finally presented to the Berlin Mayor and Council this week…. Read more »

SNOW HILL – Public comments may soon come to a County Commissioner meeting, but citizens should not expect to see a change in the public comment policy at next week’s commissioner meeting.One commissioner said this week there might be changes in the near future. “I can see the commissioners taking time before lunch at 11:45, and… Read more »

ANNAPOLIS – With state funding for projects large and small under question given Maryland’s current financial crisis, it was uncertain if the Board of Public Works this week would approve the requested $203,000 latest installment in the state’s share of the ongoing Ocean City beach replenishment project, but the grant was approved without any wavering… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The 9th Annual K-Coast/Reef Surf Challenge drew 105 of the top surfing competitors from Florida through New York to compete for a trip to Barbados and more than $10,000 in prizes at 35th Street in Ocean City last Sunday. A solid chest to head-high north swell with light sideshore winds created excellent… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Friends of Walkers Pond and the Montego Bay Civic Association came before the City Council last Monday night to thank them for its success and to provide an update on the status of the pond that has been undergoing a facelift of sorts for the past couple years. Vera McCullough represented Friends… Read more »

BERLIN – More work needs to be done to a proposed tree removal ordinance presented to the Berlin Planning Commission Wednesday night, the commission concluded.The draft ordinance is the result of a discussion by the Berlin Mayor and Council in late October on protecting large old trees from being cut down on a whim.“It hurts… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – While there has been considerable debate about the impact of closing the Route 50 Bridge for five weeks in January and February from a traffic standpoint, little has been said or written about the closure of the span to marine traffic, but the U.S. Coast Guard announced this week a public comment… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Dog Playground, now in the final stages of completion, will be seeing some changes before it is open to the public, including modifications to the price and access. At a Recreation and Parks meeting Tuesday, Tom Shuster, Director of Recreation and Parks, reported the city is currently installing the… Read more »