OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week said Worcester County including grant funding to the town of Ocean City for providing paramedic service to unincorporated West Ocean City signaled a thawing of sorts in the often-frigid relationship between the two jurisdictions.For years, Ocean City has been providing ambulance service to unincorporated West Ocean City in… Read more »
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Charges Filed After Two Separate Assaults
OCEAN CITY — A Pennsylvania man was arrested on first-degree assault charges last weekend after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend once and then choking her to the point she could not breathe when she called him abusive.Around 8 a.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to a hotel on the Boardwalk at 2nd… Read more »
Committee Advises Against Shuttle Service To Events
OCEAN CITY — With modified rules and regulations in place for two of Ocean City’s signature events this year, the city’s Transportation Committee this week recommended not providing the typical shuttle service to the venues.On Tuesday, the committee reviewed the upcoming White Marlin Open in the first week in August and the O.C. Air Show… Read more »
Delegate Recaps Shortened Legislative Session’s Highlights
OCEAN CITY — Delegate Wayne Hartman (R-38C) this week provided a briefing on the abbreviated 2020 General Assembly session including some good news and some rather grim news.The 2020 General Assembly session ended abruptly on March 18 as the COVID-19 pandemic started to ramp up to its peak in Maryland. In the months since, most… Read more »
First White Marlin Prizes Awarded
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week awarded the town’s $5,000 check to the angler who caught and released the first white marlin of the season this year back on May 23, the earliest ever in the storied history of marlin fishing in Ocean City.Each year, the Mayor and Council offers a $5,000 prize to… Read more »
Swim Team Honors Graduating Leaders
OCEAN PINES — Although the setting was a little unconventional, the Ocean Pines Swim Team (OPST) last week honored two of its graduating seniors who missed out on what would have been their last summer season with the club because of COVID-19.Like many student-athletes in the area, the last few months of their high school… Read more »
33rd Annual OC Tuna Tournament Set For This Weekend
OCEAN CITY — The 33rd Annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament is underway with dozens of boats and hundreds of anglers searching the canyons off the coast of the resort in search of the burly behemoths.The tuna bite has been excellent summer, setting up what should be a memorable 2020 Ocean City Tuna Tournament. The event… Read more »
Pa. Man Sentenced In Last June’s Boardwalk Stabbing; He Has Served 13 Months To Date
SNOW HILL — A Pennsylvania man found guilty in February of two counts of reckless endangerment for stabbing two juveniles on the Boardwalk during a fight last summer was sentenced this week to a combined 10 years with all but three years suspended.For three days-plus in February, a Worcester County jury heard testimony in the… Read more »
Thunderbirds Commit To Next Month’s OC Air Show
OCEAN CITY — The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will join an already-loaded lineup during the rescheduled O.C. Air Show in mid-August, event officials announced this week.Last week, O.C. Air Show officials announced the event originally scheduled for June 13-14 but postponed because of the ongoing COVID-19 situation had been rescheduled for August 15-16. Last week,… Read more »
Committee Recommends No Boardwalk Tram This Summer
OCEAN CITY — Evoking a “health before wealth” mantra, the Ocean City Transportation Committee this week opted to forward a recommendation to the full council not to run the Boardwalk trams this summer.Over the last couple of months, resort officials have been debating if and when to resume running the Boardwalk tram. Back in May,… Read more »