OCEAN CITY — Just days after an Anne Arundel County judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the county executive’s ban on limited indoor and outdoor dining in that jurisdiction, the Restaurant Association of Maryland (RAM) filed for injunctions to halt similar executive orders in other jurisdictions around the state.Locally, Worcester County and other jurisdictions… Read more »
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Ocean City Pulls Plug On New Year’s Eve Fireworks Plans
OCEAN CITY — There will be no fireworks show on New Year’s Eve after all after resort officials last week announced they were postponing the event based on guidance from the county health department.The fireworks show planned for Northside Park on New Year’s Eve had been moved from the Fourth of July after the Mayor… Read more »
Exhibition Driving, Fleeing Police Lead To $600 In Fines
OCEAN CITY — A Delaware man, issued 30-plus charges in October including the recently-created exhibition driving charge following a high-speed chase through the uptown area, pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay over $600 in fines.Steven Warner II, now 21, of Lewes, Del., was in court last week to face 32 separate charges stemming from… Read more »
Injured Bicyclist Not Hit By Vehicle
OCEAN CITY — A local man flown to Shock Trauma in Baltimore last weekend for treatment of head and facial injuries was not struck by a vehicle as first believed, but rather fell from his bicycle while intoxicated, according to police reports.Shortly after 10 p.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to… Read more »
Pit-And-Pub Eyes Carryout Expansion; Rooftop Dining Area Included In Plans
OCEAN CITY — Resort planners last week signed off on a popular restaurant’s request to expand its carryout operation and add a rooftop dining area.The Planning Commission had before it Dec. 15 a site plan review from the Pit-and-Pub restaurant on Coastal Highway at 28th Street. The plan calls for a 400-square-foot bump-out near the… Read more »
Second Boardwalk Stabbing Suspect Sentenced
SNOW HILL — The second of five individuals arrested in connection with a stabbing incident on the Boardwalk in June pleaded guilty last week to second-degree assault and was sentenced to 10 years in jail, all but six of which were then suspended.On June 9 between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., Ocean City Police Department… Read more »
Court Denies Appeal In Fatal OC Pedestrian Case
OCEAN CITY — A state appeals court has upheld the conviction of a Waldorf, Md. man sentenced in 2018 for striking and killing a pedestrian while under the influence of alcohol on Coastal Highway.On May 17, 2017, Stanley Faison, now 54, of Waldorf, struck and killed 24-year-old J.R. Ednie with his vehicle as the victim… Read more »
Petition Effort Underway Against Big Box Stores Selling Alcohol
OCEAN CITY — With bills pending in the General Assembly that could allow big-box stores and convenience stores to sell beer, wine and liquor, the local independent stores are circulating a petition against the proposed legislation.In each of the last few years, legislation has been submitted in the Maryland General Assembly that would allow big-box… Read more »
OC’s Bayside Boardwalk Bids Vary
OCEAN CITY — Construction bids for the future bayside boardwalk around the waterfront at the new Cambria Hotel downtown ran the extremes this week.The Cambria Hotel at the foot of 1st Street and the bay opened in August after its certificate of occupancy was delayed because a condition of approval required the developer to provide… Read more »
Effort To Retain Key Employees Weighed
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week signed off on a key senior employee retention program aimed at providing incentives for longtime employees eligible for retirement to continue working with the town.There has clearly been an experience drain at the top of Ocean City’s senior workforce in recent years with retirement ceremonies practically a weekly… Read more »