OCEAN CITY – Around this time last year, two events going on simultaneously brought national exposure to the resort area including a CBS golf reality show and a visit to Ocean City by many of the Miss USA pageant contestants, and while those events did not return this year, there is an upcoming event planned… Read more »
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Chief Defends Police Open Container Approach
OCEAN CITY – Some town officials have expressed their concerns regarding how the Ocean City Police Department handles situations when people are found in public with an open alcohol container, an offense that brings with it a citation, or even handcuffs, depending on the situation.Some say there are too many arrests for such a simple… Read more »
Ocean City Police To Experiment With Taser Guns
OCEAN CITY – Individuals may want to think twice in the future about being uncooperative or combative with resort officers or they could be in for the shock of their life, literally.At the town’s Police Commission meeting Tuesday afternoon, Chief Bernadette DiPino discussed the upcoming experimental use of Tasers in the fiscal year 2008 budget…. Read more »
It Comes Out Fast And Tasty At Jimmy’s Kitchen
OCEAN CITY – At 4:30 a.m. most people are still snoozing away. However, the owner of Jimmy’s Kitchen, Jimmy Mourlas, isn’t like most people. He’s already at work with spatula in hand, prepping food for breakfast before the sun ever touches the horizon.Opening his restaurant in 2001 and going on his seventh summer in business… Read more »
Remembering Those Who Have Passed
Marion Elizabeth Kraus FarmerBERLIN – Marion Elizabeth Kraus Farmer, age 80, died Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Elizabeth Filliaux Kraus. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Ambrose Farmer, in 1998. She is survived… Read more »
Teens Arrested For Robberies
OCEAN CITY – After responding to two reports of robberies where a suspect threatened victims with a knife at various locations in Ocean City last Sunday, Ocean City police officers were soon able to track down the team of robbers with the help of a K-9 unit.OCPD officers were reportedly dispatched to the Boardwalk regarding… Read more »
My Thoughts
For the old guy, there’s a fine line between a beautiful day and a miserable day. Since Insider missed his deadline of Monday at 9 a.m. due to a severe case of writer’s block, there was some extra time to figure out what to write about. Monday was actually one of those days that started… Read more »
“Plight of the Bumblebee”
Beekeepers have been getting a lot of face time on the evening news recently.I only wish that their segment were at the end of the broadcast rather than at the beginning.When stories about animals like the bee end up on the evening news, it’s usually quirky news stories at the end of the broadcast, like… Read more »
Diving Into The Area’s Cultural Activities
An inside look at the regional arts scene through photographs.
West Ocean City – Berlin – Fenwick Island
WEST OCEAN CITYSailor’s WatchGolf Course RoadFri 11-3Sat & Sun 10-4New 3BR, 3.5BALuxury TownhousesColdwell Banker410-723-1000Call for Directions FENWICK ISLANDBaysideOpen DailyCondos, Townhomes & Single Family HomesCarl M. Freeman877-436-9998Call for Directions BERLIN204 Washington StreetSat 1-43BR/2BA VictorianGary WeberNewport Bay Realty410-632-2532Call for Directions TOWNES OF BERLIN400 Williams StreetSun 12 – 1:30Luxury TownhomesChristal MarshallLong & Foster410-726-8192Call for Directions WEST OCEAN CITY10104… Read more »