OCEAN CITY – The pilot program launched this spring to enhance the beach district will see another year of planting and will also see the addition of bayscape planting, after receiving unanimous approval from the Mayor and Council Tuesday.Gail Blazer, environmental engineer, came before the Mayor and Council Tuesday to convey the success of the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – As predicted, Governor Martin O’Malley included significant cuts to the state’s tourism budget when he announced this week he had slashed roughly $280 million from the state’s general budget, but the impact of those cuts on Ocean City and Worcester County remain uncertain.O’Malley on Tuesday announced $280 million in budget cuts as… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Noise Control Board garnered strength this week after the Mayor and Council agreed to make changes in the noise code that will allow the Noise Board to have a greater impact on repeat noise offenders. Brent Ashley, Acting Chairman of the Noise Board, came before the Mayor and Council… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A landmark Ocean City business that began over 30 years ago with a small corner store in a north end shopping center and has grown to become one of the most recognizable icons in Maryland could be branching out even farther in the near future after company officials this week announced they… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Mayor and Council approved the 3,600-square-foot expansion of the Public Safety Building on Tuesday, nearly two years after the expansion was first proposed. City Engineer Terry McGean came before the council to request approval of the new plan for expansion of the building located on 65th Street.McGean explained the original plan… Read more »

ANNAPOLIS – In what was billed as a necessary first step in the effort to tackle the state’s predicted $1.4 billion structural deficit, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley this week announced over $280 million in fiscal year 2008 budget cuts, most of which were directed at inefficiency and waste, but some state departments got slashed further… Read more »

BERLIN – The Berlin Fire Department is due an apology, the Berlin Town Council concluded this week, over the long running attempts to perform a controlled burn on a deteriorated home on Railroad Ave.“We have to mend some bridges with the fire company,” Council member Ellen Lang said.Strained feelings apparently arose from the several years… Read more »