OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week signed off on a $25,000 request to fund basketball court flooring at the convention center for a tournament in June, but not before a larger debate about subsidizing private-sector special events with seed money.During Tuesday’s work session, the Tourism Advisory Board (TAB) recommended approval supplying $18,000 to Premier… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The major rehabilitation of the aging wooden cart bridges at the municipal Eagle’s Landing golf course was expected to wrap up soon under budget.During a committee meeting this week, Recreation and Parks Director Susan Petito announced the cart bridge rehabilitation project at Eagle’s Landing was expected to be completed by the end… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week endorsed a state Tourist Area and Corridor (TAC) signage program identifying major attractions in and around the resort area.The TAC concept, which will design, create and install highway signs for tourist-based attractions around the state, was first pitched at least four years ago, but the project was stalled… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week signed off on a roughly $300,000 unanticipated expenditure to cover the city’s share of replacing four underground fuel storage tanks at the public works complex near 65th Street.For the last year and a half or so, the city’s main public works campus on the bayside roughly between 64th… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — A smoke alarm is being credited for allowing residents of a home in the Little Salisbury community to escape unharmed from a house fire early Monday morning.Just before 5 a.m. on Monday, the Ocean City Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire at a home on Caribbean Drive. Upon arrival,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The future of the downtown recreation complex was debated anew this week as resort officials agreed it was time to start moving on the redevelopment of the vast park between 3rd and 4th streets.During a committee meeting on Tuesday, Recreation and Parks Director Susan Petito outlined some of the progress on the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Although there are details to work out and approvals to be gained, a qualifying event for the world-renowned Nathan’s Fourth of July hot dog eating contest on the Fourth of July could come to Ocean City.During Tuesday’s Recreation and Parks Committee meeting, Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs Ocean City Boardwalk franchisee Russell Laurenzano… Read more »