OCEAN CITY — After a marathon public hearing, Ocean City planners have recommended an extension of the town’s amusement overlay district to take in a property that will become a high-end, state-of-the-art haunted house at the site of an existing underage nightclub.The Ocean City Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday night approved an extension of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — At least one alternative in Assateague Island National Seashore’s draft General Management Plan (GMP) calls for allowing the barrier island to eventually return to its natural, primitive state, an option that has caught the attention of Ocean City officials.The Department of the Interior is currently considering several options for its GMP for… Read more »
ASSATEAGUE — One of the latest additions to the herd of wild horses has a new proper name after a Phoenix, Md. woman won a contest and chose an appropriate moniker for the sorrel mare.Each year, the Assateague Island Alliance, the friends group of the Assateague Island National Seashore that monitors the wild horse population… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City planners this week approved a preliminary site plan for a major downtown hotel redevelopment project, but not before sending the developer back to the drawing board to make a considerable number of changes in the project.On Tuesday, the Ocean City Planning and Zoning Commission gave a rather reluctant preliminary approval… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Two Montgomery County men, convicted last month on multiple counts of malicious destruction of property after a downtown Ocean City graffiti spree in April, were each sentenced on Wednesday to nearly six months in jail and were ordered to pay thousands of dollars in restitution to the many victims.In the early morning… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Business owners across Maryland will see a significant reduction in unemployment insurance taxes beginning next year, which is welcome news in the resort area where seasonal workers are hitting the unemployment rolls in droves and in Worcester, which typically has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state.Governor Larry Hogan last… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Just one day after a federal judge rejected an attempt to piggyback on a prior case, a collection of Boardwalk street performers late last week filed a formal complaint in U.S. District Court challenging Ocean City’s new ordinance regulating buskers.Last Tuesday, a group of six Boardwalk street performers filed a motion in… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City planners this week approved a preliminary site plan for a major downtown hotel redevelopment project, but not before sending the developer back to the drawing board to make a considerable number of changes in the project.On Tuesday, the Ocean City Planning and Zoning Commission gave a rather reluctant preliminary approval… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — After a marathon public hearing, Ocean City planners have recommended an extension of the town’s amusement overlay district to take in a property that will become a high-end, state-of-the-art haunted house at the site of an existing underage nightclub.The Ocean City Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday night approved an extension of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — In the wake of proposed changes to the resort’s ordinance regarding trailer parking during special events, the Mayor and Council on Tuesday approved a revision of the Ocean City Police Department’s general order regarding the towing of vehicles.OCPD Captain Greg Guiton, who presented the proposed changes to the department’s general order, told… Read more »