BERLIN- With the state championships in the books, the nets cut down and the celebrations over, the Bayside South Conference this week announced its post-season accolades for boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball and Decatur was recognized for remarkable seasons with a couple of top honors.On the boys’ side, Decatur’s Keve Aluma was named Bayside South… Read more »
BERLIN- Ocean City’s own Eagle’s Landing last week was named the top golf course in Maryland by Golf Advisor magazine in a customer review-driven survey.Golf Advisor magazine, a national publication, each year rates golf courses across the country in a wide variety of categories based on customer reviews, similar to the approach used by Trip… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- Resort officials this week continued to keep a close eye on legislation in the General Assembly that would tighten regulations for online short-term rental operations such as Airbnb, for example, but it appears the bills might not pass this year.Ocean City officials for over a year have been monitoring the proliferation of short-term… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team’s dream of the school’s first state championship since 1970 ended last week with a 74-44 loss to Poly of Baltimore in the 3A title game.Last year, the Seahawks reached the state championship game but fell to C.M. Wright in a dramatic last-second loss in overtime. Almost immediately after… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- After considerable debate, Ocean City officials this week agreed to help offset the cost of new digital sign at the Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center on Route 50 in West Ocean City.The Mayor and Council had before them on Tuesday a request to help pay for a new state-of-the-art digital… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- A Georgetown, Delaware man was arrested on heroin distribution charges last week after an investigation revealed he provided the drugs that caused a local man to overdose before being revived.Last Tuesday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to a residence on Old Landing Road in reference to a CPR in progress which… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- A discussion on Tuesday about potentially increasing the towing rates in Ocean City quickly spun around to a larger debate about whether the resort should remain in the towing business at all.Back in October, a unified group of towing industry representatives approached the Ocean City Police Commission about a proposed across-the-board rate increase… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- Ocean City tourism officials this week began a preliminary debate about hiking the room tax rate to increase revenue and offset the city’s costs, which spurred a larger debate about the potential for pricing the resort out of the market.During Monday’s Tourism Committee meeting, Council Secretary and committee chair Mary Knight broached the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- Ocean City officials were in Annapolis this week to testify on behalf of a bond bill filed by Senator Jim Mathias (D-38) for state funding for the next phase of the expansion of the Roland E. Powell Convention Center.Mathias, along Delegate Mary Beth Carozza, his counterpart in the House, are championing five different… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- One week after the House of Delegates passed a stringent version of a bill requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to most employees, the State Senate on Thursday passed an amended version that should be more palatable to the resort business community.The Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, cross-filed in both the House… Read more »