BERLIN – Not many people ever see the piping plovers on Assateague Island, but with numbers increasing, visitors may get a glimpse of the threatened shore bird in the future.Maryland’s piping plover population on Assateague Island has nearly quadrupled since the birds were first protected in 1986, from 17 breeding pairs to 64 in 2006.North… Read more »
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Monday, August 13 – Official White Marlin Open Results
OCEAN CITY – The 34th Annual White Marlin Open is officially in the books. Here’s a look at all the top fish and the payouts.White Marlin: 83 pounds, John Frankos (Virginia Beach, Va.), “Rebel” (Nags Head, N.C.), $1,394,480; 78 pounds, Rhett Bailey (Jensen Beach, Fla.), “Viking 54” (New Gretna, N.J.), $137,427; and 76 pounds, Gregory… Read more »
Leaderboard Shaken Up In White Marlin Open
OCEAN CITY – Minutes after the scale opened for day four of the 34th Annual White Marlin Open around 4 p.m. yesterday, a new leader emerged and a new fortune was possibly won, but hundreds of boats still out in the canyons off the coast last night and about 150 more still fishing today, it… Read more »
Water System Connection Backed
SNOW HILL – Plans to connect the Ocean Pines and Glen Riddle water systems were endorsed by the County Commissioners this week.The Ocean Pines Service Area Advisory Board backed the plan in a mid-July memorandum. The 12,000-resident, year-round community needed more water, but another well would have cost too much, said Advisory Board Chair Dart… Read more »
Report: Ocean City, Assateague Water Quality Fine
OCEAN CITY – Water quality at beaches across the country were deemed unsafe for swimming for a record number of days last year and the number of no-swim days more than doubled from the year before, but the waters around coastal Worcester County including Ocean City generally received a clean bill of health with one… Read more »
Proposed Hotel Gets Green Light To Build In OC
OCEAN CITY – At a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on Tuesday, it was unanimously agreed to approve the proposed Clipper Hotel, after the commission agreed that it was an ideal project for the downtown area.The proposed three-story structure, which will be located at 1107 North Baltimore Avenue, will consist of seven hotel suites and… Read more »
Planning Comm. Holds Off Vote On New Plant Discharge
SNOW HILL – The new wastewater plant planned for Berlin on the old Tyson chicken processing site will discharge treated effluent to a local creek for 10 years, Worcester County planning officials heard last week, a practice that the town hopes will be countered by better nutrient management in other areas.Plans for an expansion of… Read more »
OCPD Restrictive Order Sails Past Council
OCEAN CITY – The general order outlining restricted duty status for sworn police officers of the Ocean City Police Department was passed unanimously at Monday’s City Council meeting.General order 500 H-3 addresses restricted duty status, and the positions offered to those injured in the line of duty as well as those injured outside of the… Read more »
Council Wants Close Look At Transit Concerns
OCEAN CITY – The ADA paratransit services came under scrutiny at Monday night’s City Council meeting, ending with the unanimous decision that the issue needs to be examined more closely.Robert Melvin came before the Mayor and Council to voice his concern over the transportation provided from Ocean City to Berlin. He made specific reference to… Read more »
Cops Seek Armed Robbery Suspect
OCEAN CITY – Resort police this week are looking for a suspect in an armed robbery at a downtown hotel early Monday morning.Shortly before 5 a.m. on Monday, Ocean City Police were called to the Stowaway Grand Hotel to investigate an armed robbery. According to police reports, the suspect confronted the desk clerk with a… Read more »