OCEAN CITY — The lone bid for replacing the motors on the Ocean City Fire Department’s fire-rescue boat came in slightly under budget.The town received just one bid for replacing the department’s fire-rescue boat’s inboard motors with twin outboards. Typically, if there is only a single bid for a capital project, the council rejects the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Efforts to rein in scofflaw short-term vacation rentals that are not acquiring rental licenses and remitting the appropriate room tax were renewed this week with approval of a draft ordinance intended to strengthen the rules.For years now, Ocean City officials have been monitoring the proliferation of short-term vacation rentals in the resort… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — After decades of acquiring piecemeal properties for the proposed model block redevelopment, the Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC) this week pitched a proposal for a mixed-use, multi-purpose seasonal workforce housing project.For about 20 years, the OCDC has been working on a redevelopment plan for the model block. There have been multiple land… Read more »

ASSATEAGUE — Providing further evidence man’s interactions on Assateague Island are comparatively short-lived, scientists at the Smithsonian have confirmed a fossilized blue crab claw found on the barrier island could be as many as two million years old.Earlier this year, an intrepid hiker was walking the beach at Assateague as she typically does, picking up… Read more »