OCEAN CITY — The downtown Ocean City skyline could be getting a not-so-subtle change after town planners last week approved a site plan for a three-story elevation of the Park Place Hotel on the Boardwalk between 2nd and 3rd Streets.The Ocean City Planning and Zoning Commission last Tuesday approved a site plan for a significant… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Delegate Mary Beth Carozza (R-38C) this week continued to go to bat for historic Boardwalk arcade owners battling increased regulations, this time testifying in front of the Governor’s Regulatory Reform Commission at a meeting in Cambridge.Last year, the Lottery and Gaming Control Agency proposed new regulations that would apply fees and other… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The future of a new Starbucks in Ocean City could hinge on the availability of short-term parking spaces on a public street, but resort officials on Wednesday were reluctant to make a special accommodation and change as many as seven spots.Harrison Group representatives G. Hale Harrison and Mark Mayers came before the… Read more »
SNOW HILL – County officials are continuing to investigate ways to lower the costs of retiree benefits.At the request of the Worcester County Commissioners, Stacey Norton, the county’s human resources director, presented ways the county’s OPEB (Other Post Employment Benefits) costs could be reduced last week. The presentation came after several commissioners in recent months… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY — There is new hope for the dilapidated 70-foot commercial vessel scuttled for years along the bulkhead at the commercial harbor in West Ocean City as much of the ship’s steel will find a home on one of the artificial reef sites offshore.A few years back, the owners of the New Hope… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week got a first look at renewed plans to renovate the Ocean City Fire Department headquarters on 15th Street along with a proposed plan to relocate the existing fire station at 74th Street to the parking lot of the Public Safety Building on 65th Street.Citing a variety of factors,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The tedious process repairing sections of a failing concrete surface on the underbelly of the Route 50 Bridge began this week, forcing single-lane closures that will resume next week.State Highway Administration (SHA) crews on Tuesday began systematically chipping away at the underside of the Harry Kelley Memorial Bridge, removing chunks, or in… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The downtown Ocean City skyline could be getting a not-so-subtle change after town planners last week approved a site plan for a three-story elevation of the Park Place Hotel on the Boardwalk between 2nd and 3rd Streets.The Ocean City Planning and Zoning Commission last Tuesday approved a site plan for a significant… Read more »
BERLIN — Tips from concerned citizens are being credited for multiple significant drug and weapons arrests in separate incidents this week, reinforcing the importance of the adage “if you see something, say something.”Around 11:30 a.m. last Thursday, Berlin Police responded to the Bay Terrace Apartments on Bay Street in response to a concerned citizen’s tip… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Rising tides, road closures and power outages could not keep a local couple married during the peak of last week’s Nor’easter from getting their new lives off to a memorable start on Friday.The new Mr. and Mrs. Josh Kotis had their wedding as planned on Friday at Harrison’s Harbor Watch, but that… Read more »