OCEAN CITY — When it comes to public safety and patrolling the beach, Ocean City gets more bang for its buck than most neighboring resort communities with its lifeguards, but filling out the ranks late in the season continues to create some challenges.Long-time Ocean City Beach Patrol Captain Butch Arbin on Monday presented his department’s… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials on Tuesday got their first look at a new high-capacity articulating bus, referred to as street sweepers or vacuum cleaners for their ability to absorb many more riders in a short amount of time then the traditional buses.At Tuesday’s Transportation Committee meeting, committee members got a firsthand look at one… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A three-year extension for the fall Endless Summer Cruisin’ was approved this week after updating the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) reflecting the changes made since the event was last held.The Mayor and Council on Monday approved a request to extend the Endless Summer Cruisin’ event through October 2018. The event was approved… Read more »
BERLIN — The extreme wacky weather this week, with snow on Monday and temperatures dipping into the low 20s midweek wreaked havoc on agriculture across the Lower Shore, including an iconic family peach orchard in Sussex County that lost its entire crop.A cold front passed through the region early this week, causing a surprising light… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City officials this week unveiled the proposed fiscal year 2017 budget at around $122 million including a modest tax cut for resort property owners.City Manager Doug Miller, who is presiding over his first budget process since taking over the position this winter, and Budget Manager Jennie Knapp outlined the proposed $122… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Army Corps of Engineers dredge boat Murden arrived in Ocean City on Tuesday for the semiannual dredging of the ebb shoals near the Inlet and, perhaps more importantly, finish the quick-fix emergency project completed by its sister ship Currituck last month.From March 6-12, the Army Corps’ hopper dredge Currituck worked practically… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Mayor and Council on Monday ratified a new contract deemed a “placeholder” representing the last, best and final offer for the resort’s Fire/EMS union, although there appears to be a thaw somewhat in the impasse over proposed shift changes.On Feb. 29, the clock expired on negotiations between the town… Read more »
BERLIN — A local company that has quietly been providing custom orthotics to professional, collegiate and Olympic athletes for decades last week hosted an NFL team at a special reception as part of the Ed Block Courage Awards in Baltimore.Foot Management, a small but highly successful custom orthotics company based in Pittsville, has been hobnobbing… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City officials this week approved a stopgap measure for the R-1 single-family residential neighborhood issue, but it appears with a new season quickly approaching at least some of the rental cows have left the barn. Resort officials have been wrestling with the issue of vacation rentals in some of Ocean City’s… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Grim pictures of stacked bunk beds, blocked windows and doors and narrow egress paths provided the perfect backdrop this week for the ongoing discussion of proposed tweaks in the occupancy calculations for seasonal workforce housing.Ocean City’s current calculation calls for 40 square feet of bedroom space for each occupant in seasonal employee… Read more »