SNOW HILL — A Baltimore man, one of 21 arrested last year following a local allied law enforcement agency drug distribution investigation, pleaded guilty last week to distributing heroin and cocaine and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.Last November, the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) Narcotics Unit, along with the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement… Read more »
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Message To Motorized Events: Welcome To OC, Drive Safely, Fines Doubled
OCEAN CITY — Plans for how best to utilize the freshly-minted special event zone and other initiatives aimed at curbing illicit activity associated with the motorized special events in the resort were unveiled during a task force meeting on Wednesday.After a troublesome motorized special event season last year, resort officials formed a special task force… Read more »
Ocean City Government Bracing For Paid Sick Leave Bill’s Fiscal Impact
OCEAN CITY — The presumption all along has been the paid sick leave bill would impact the town’s hospitality industry the most, but it was learned last week it could have a big fiscal impact on government, too.The Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, or paid sick leave bill, requires a business with over 14 employees… Read more »
Short-Term Fixes For Inlet To Continue; Five-Year Study Ahead
BERLIN – While planning continues, a long-term solution to Inlet depth concerns is at least five years away.In a meeting last Thursday, representatives from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Army Corps of Engineers reviewed with local representatives the process for study and design of a major project to address the shoaling… Read more »
Agencies Wrap Up Fatal Plane Crash Recovery Effort; Woman Remains Missing
BERLIN – The following is the full text of a press release dated Friday, March 16 from Maryland State Police.State and military underwater recovery teams have concluded their operations off Ocean City in response to the fatal plane crash there earlier this month.The multiple underwater recovery operations conducted resulted in the recovery of one. The… Read more »
OC Contingent Endorses Special Event Zone Bill In Annapolis
OCEAN CITY — A bill introduced in the General Assembly creating special event zones with enhanced penalties aimed at deterring activities associated with the resort’s motorized special events had its first hearing in a Senate committee this week, but no action has yet been taken.On Tuesday, Senator Jim Mathias, along with Ocean City Mayor Rick… Read more »
44th OCHMRA Trade Show Set For Sunday, Monday; Annual Event Offers 400-Plus Exhibit Booths
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City is getting down to business as the 44th Annual Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association Trade Expo takes place in the Ocean City Convention Center March 4-5.Filling three halls of the Convention Center, the expo has grown to be one of the area’s premier industry events. Attendees have the opportunity to see, touch, taste… Read more »
North OC Entertainment Complex Expansion Moving Ahead; City’s Planning Commission, Council Differ On Project Details
OCEAN CITY — Approval for a proposed expansion of an uptown entertainment complex proved to be somewhat of a moving target this week and in the process created friction between governing bodies.In early February, the Ocean City Planning Commission had before it a request to expand the conditional use approval for a large parcel on… Read more »
Offshore Drilling Officially Opposed
OCEAN CITY — Reiterating a position it has held for decades, the Mayor and Council this week passed a resolution in opposition to proposed offshore oil and gas drilling and exploration off the resort coast.In January, the Trump administration announced a plan to open roughly 90 percent of the nation’s coastline to potentially dangerous offshore… Read more »
Area Addiction Concerns Remain Despite Deaths Declining
BERLIN – Health officials say cooperative efforts among a variety of local entities are responsible for the recent drop in drug and alcohol deaths.This month, overdose figures released by the Maryland Department of Health showed a decrease in total drug and alcohol related intoxication deaths in Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties. In Worcester County, officials… Read more »