OCEAN CITY — The north end of Ocean City is due for a major milling and repaving project on Coastal Highway next spring, but State Highway Administration (SHA) officials this week assured resort leaders the work would be completed before Memorial Day.SHA District Engineer Donnie Drewer and Assistant District Engineer Dallas Baker this week briefed… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The battle over the property tax rate in Ocean City was sent back to Worcester County last week after a federal judge dismissed a suit filed in U.S. District Court by the Ocean City Taxpayers for Social Justice on several grounds and remanded the case back to Circuit Court.In June, the Ocean… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City planners last week reviewed a couple of pending documents that will chart the future direction of growth in the resort.The Ocean City Planning Commission received update from staff on two documents in the works, including the 2014 annual report to the Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) and the revision of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — While the Ocean City Reef Foundation continues one of its most prolific times ever, with tons of material going down on the vast network of artificial reefs off the coast of the resort, it continues to get a major contribution from an unlikely source.For about six years, Parkside High welding instructor Biazzio… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — As part of the major rebuilding of a high-voltage transmission line connecting Berlin and Ocean City, Delmarva Power crews last week began construction of new ducts under the bay that will ultimately house electric wires.In an effort to enhance service in Worcester County, Delmarva Power has been rebuilding a nine-mile, 69,000-volt transmission… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Although only in its infancy, Ocean City officials this week began a discussion about possible banning or at least regulating environmentally harmful Styrofoam in the form of plates, cups and carryout trays.Several progressive communities across the country are already banning polystyrene in the form of Styrofoam cups, plated and carryout boxes, for… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City planners this week approved a final site plan for a major downtown hotel redevelopment project after many of their concerns with the original version were allayed.On Tuesday, the Ocean City Planning Commission approved the site plan for a redevelopment of the old Royalton Hotel on the Boardwalk at 11th Street…. Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The tedious chipping away at sections of failing concrete under the Route 50 Bridge that has caused single-lane closures for the last month continues this week, but the project is nearing the finish line.Crews contracted by the State Highway Administration (SHA) last month to chip away at the underside of the Harry… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Although the debate got a little chippy at times, cooler heads prevailed this week in the latest attempt to tweak Ocean City’s ordinance regulating Boardwalk street performers.The Boardwalk Task Force met on Wednesday to take into consideration some of the concerns voiced during a public hearing last month on the city’s busker… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Although the debate got a little chippy at times, cooler heads prevailed this week in the latest attempt to tweak Ocean City’s ordinance regulating Boardwalk street performers.The Boardwalk Task Force met on Wednesday to take into consideration some of the concerns voiced during a public hearing last month on the city’s busker… Read more »