OCEAN CITY – It came to light last week a New Jersey-based alternative energy company is exploring the possibility of developing a wind farm off the coast of Ocean City, following the lead of its already approved projects in Delaware, New York and Rhode Island.Bluewater Wind, one of the nation’s leading developers of offshore wind… Read more »

SNOW HILL – The way is now clear for a half percent hike in the Worcester County room tax after the County Commissioners passed enabling legislation this week raising the tax’s upper limit.The legislation raising and putting into effect the actual tax on hotel room and condominium rentals will be considered on Nov. 6, at… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A brief crime analysis of the 2007 summer season was given at a Police Commission meeting last week, with the conclusions the numbers were as expected.Ocean City Police Chief Bernadette DiPino and Corporal Glen McIntyre, who will be acting as a crime analyst for the department, made the presentation to the Police… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Resistance to possible slot machines at Ocean Downs Racetrack may keep the popular one-armed bandits from descending on Worcester County en masse, but local fraternal organizations have just begun lobbying to bring them into their lodges in a small way.Commissioners Bobby Cowger, Jim Purnell and Virgil Shockley reported to their fellow commissioners… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Rivendell project seems to have reached the end of its contentious journey this week, with the City Council voting unanimously to accept the favorable recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission to approve the amendments to the project. The 88-unit Rivendell condominium project, located between 80th and 81st streets on the… Read more »