OCEAN CITY — After helping to shepherd the Maryland Coastal Bays Program through its most prolific times, MCBP Executive Director Dave Wilson last week announced he was stepping down after 18 years with the program.“It’s time to hand the reins to some fresh blood,” Wilson announced last Friday. “I think we accomplished a lot and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — In the calm following a raucous Cruisin weekend, a storm of a different sort was brewing in the resort this week with local residents once again railing against the noise, reckless driving and abuse of the town and officials wrestling with strategic adjustments to the event.Cruisin hit Ocean City last weekend with… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — After two fires in the span of a little over a month this winter, the old Melvin’s Steakhouse and most recently de Lazy Lizard Brew Pub building was torn down on Wednesday.On Feb. 10, a major fire occurred at the historic building on the corner of 1st Street and Philadelphia Avenue, injuring… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — After two fires in the span of a little over a month this winter, the old Melvin’s Steakhouse and most recently de Lazy Lizard Brew Pub building was torn down on Wednesday.On Feb. 10, a major fire occurred at the historic building on the corner of 1st Street and Philadelphia Avenue, injuring… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — One week after the Town of Ocean City passed changes to its taxi cab ordinance, the resort’s very first official Uber driver hit the streets in town this week.Ocean City officials have been wrestling with the potential for the car service, popular in metropolitan areas across the bridge and all over the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Despite failing to even get a committee hearing in either the Senate or the House, the bid for a state-mandated post-Labor Day start to the school year will continue.At the Ocean City Economic Development Committee (EDC) meeting this week, Lower Shore legislators briefed resort business leaders on a variety of issues germane… Read more »
ASSATEAGUE — A multi-agency cooperative effort this week resulted in the successful rescue of a female kayaker who was extricated from a marshy area on Assateague Island on Tuesday evening after becoming lost and disoriented.Around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Worcester County Emergency Services received a 911 call from a 26-year-old female kayaker from Virginia Beach… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Joining the ranks of law enforcement agencies all over the state, the Ocean City Police Department has sent 10 officers and an unspecified amount of other resources to Baltimore, the OCPD announced late Thursday.While the protests and riots in Baltimore have waned after a peak on Monday night, the situation is still… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- Thousands of runners from all over the region descended on the resort last weekend for the 4th Annual Susan Komen Maryland Race for the Cure in Ocean City, turning the downtown area into a sea of pink on Sunday morning.While thousands of individual runners and team runners competed, thousands more family, friends and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — State Highway Administration (SHA) crews this week put the finishing touches on a major repair project on the Route 50 bridge in an effort to avoid a repeat of last summer’s major breakdown.“The crews are finalizing the repairs stemming from the project last month to ensure the smooth operation of the draw… Read more »