OCEAN CITY — With the clock now ticking on the spring Cruisin’ event, the Mayor and Council last week advanced an ordinance requiring registered participants to purchase a permit for parking oversized trailers on city streets to second reading as an emergency ordinance at the request of the show’s producer.As part of the ongoing effort… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — One week after the deadline for a new labor contract between the Town of Ocean City and its firefighter union expired with an impasse over proposed shift changes, the issue continued to boil over at a chippy Mayor and Council meeting on Monday.Last week, the deadline on the town’s new contract with… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City officials this week approved a plan to increase trash collection on the south end of the Boardwalk during the season, but had to find a creative way to fund the new vehicle and crew to accomplish it.On Tuesday, Procurement Manager Catrice Parsons explained to the Mayor and Council the pending… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The deadline for a new labor contract between the Town of Ocean City and its firefighters union expired at midnight on Monday with no break in the impasse over the proposed work schedules, resulting in the town’s “best and last offer” becoming the new contract by default.Since late January, the Town of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — All is relatively calm on the Ocean City street performer front after the Mayor and Council this week agreed to accept task force recommendations tweaking the controversial busker ordinance.Throughout a process that was chippy at certain times and downright nasty at others, the Boardwalk Task Force, appointed by the Mayor and Council… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The deadline for a new labor contract between the Town of Ocean City and its firefighters union expired at midnight on Monday with no break in the impasse over the proposed work schedules, resulting in both sides walking away and the town’s “best and last offer” essentially becoming the new contract by… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The federal Army Corps of Engineers late this week is expected to begin an emergency dredging of the Ocean City Inlet that shoaled in even further during Winter Storm Jonas in late January although a long-term solution has not yet been reached.An already challenging shoaling problem in the Inlet was exacerbated during… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Inlet parking lot will be getting a workout throughout the month of March with the Ocean City Police Department conducting extensive SUV training for its officers after the Mayor and Council approved the proposal.OCPD Chief Ross Buzzuro and Lieutenant Todd Wood came before the Mayor and Council on Feb. 16 to… Read more »
FENWICK — Still reeling from the late January winter storm that walloped Delaware beaches and coastal communities, Governor Jack Markell last week submitted a formal request to President Barack Obama seeking $2.5 million in federal relief funds to begin to repair the damages.In late January, Winter Storm Jonas hit the mid-Atlantic region and much of… Read more »
SALISBURY — While Worcester County stuck true to its post-Labor Day school start last week, neighboring Wicomico County and most other jurisdictions are not interested in following suit, at least for the next school year.Last week, the Worcester County Board of Education unanimously approved a 2016-2017 school calendar that once again features a post-Labor Day… Read more »