OCEAN CITY — With declining ridership and persistent recruiting challenges, resort officials this week voted to hike the pay rate for municipal bus drivers, solid waste department drivers and supervisors, potentially staving off a planned walkout.Last week, the Transportation Committee reviewed early summer season ridership numbers for the municipal bus system and the continued challenges… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Fourth of July fireworks in Ocean City, a staple of the summer season for decades, will not happen again this year as a labor shortage for the vendor has postponed the annual event, resort officials announced on Tuesday.In 2020, the annual Fourth of July fireworks show was postponed during the height of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – U.S. Coast Guard members rescued four people Monday when their vessel began taking on water 15 miles offshore of Ocean City.Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region watchstanders received a distress alert from a Digital Selective Calling feature aboard the fishing vessel Hot Pursuit. After making contact, the captain of the vessel stated… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The local Saltwater Mid-Atlantic Lacrosse Club enjoyed a highly successful last weekend,bringing home first-place trophies in various age and gender brackets in area tournaments.The Aloha Lacrosse Beach Lax Festival was held at venues all over northernWorcester County last weekend. Saltwater Mid-Atlantic boys’ 2031 team won the championship, going 4-1 in their division. The… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity baseball team was well-presented when the All-Bayside South Conference post-season awards were announced this week.The Seahawks went 17-2 in the regular season and won the Bayside Conference championship with a win over St. Michael’s last month. Named to the All-Bayside South First Team from Decatur were Shawn Rosemond, Logan Tapman, Ryan… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The second phase of Ocean City municipal airport rehabilitation project got a fiscal shot in the arm this week with the announcement of $3.6 million in federal funding for the project.Maryland’s delegation in Washington, including U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, along with Congressmen Andy Harris and David Trone, on… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The second annual ladies-only Tuna and Tiaras Tournament is set for this weekend based out of the Ocean City Fishing Center.Registration and a captain’s meeting was held on Thursday, but the real action for the Tuna and Tiaras Tournament gets underway on Friday, the first of two fishing days. The offshore action continues… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Resort planners last week advanced a pair of code amendments that would clean up certain arcane sections of the town’s code that do no permit certain uses in certain areas.The Ocean City Planning Commission last Tuesday held public hearings on two different code amendments that would provide opportunities for different activities in… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – With the OC Air Show in the rearview mirror and the peak season rapidly approaching, the Boardwalk tram operation continues to face challenges, but there is reason for optimism.Like most town departments, along with the private sector business community, the Boardwalk tram operation continues to deal with a decline in personnel, including… Read more »
BERLIN – Three species of endangered colonial nesting birds in the coastal bays are showing signs of rebounding thanks to an innovative floating island project that has created nesting habitat.Three of Maryland’s state-listed endangered colonial nesting water birds, including the common tern, the royal tern and the black skimmer, have seen their numbers in the… Read more »