OCEAN CITY – The Cruisin’ and Oktoberfest events combined with sunny and warm weather attracted thousands to the resort area last weekend, and Ocean City is looking to continue to the great start to the fall season with another popular event coming up this weekend.Looking ahead to the weekend of Oct. 12-14, there are plenty… Read more »
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Thursday, October 4 – West Ocean City Immigration Raid Nets Six
OCEAN CITY – Six illegal aliens were taken into custody last week after an early morning raid at two restaurants and a private residence in West Ocean City.Armed with three federal search warrants, Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, with the assistance of local law enforcement agencies, raided the Mikayo Sushi and Seafood Buffet on Route… Read more »
Wednesday, October 3 – Suspected Missing Person Turns Up Fine
OCEAN CITY – Many of the details are still unknown about the boat theft in West Ocean City early Tuesday morning and the vessel’s apparent collision with the Route 50 bridge before running aground, but several sources have confirmed the alleged missing person associated with the case, John Edward Cropper, is alive and well.The U.S…. Read more »
Tuesday, October 2 – Charity Cookout To Help Coastal Bays
OCEAN CITY – Fager’s Island on 59th Street in Ocean City will be holding their 2nd Annual Charity Cookout to benefit the Maryland Coastal Bays Program on Sunday, Oct. 7 from 4-8 p.m.The blowout includes a $6 barbeque dinner, live music, live animals and a host of local celebrities who will be gallivanting about the… Read more »
Thursday, September 27 – WOC Movie Theater Out; Major Retailer In
WEST OCEAN CITY – The Fox Theater at the White Marlin Mall in West Ocean City showed its final movie last weekend and is now being prepared as a site for one of the latest major chain retailers in the area.The Greenberg Gibbons Commercial Corporation, owners of the White Marlin Mall along Route 50 in… Read more »
Friday, September 28 – OP Man Succumbs To Injuries In High-Speed Chase
OCEAN PINES – An Ocean Pines man died this week after slamming his car into a tree early Tuesday morning during a high-speed chase through the community.Shortly before 3 a.m. on Tuesday, two Maryland State Police troopers working radar in the area of Route 90 and St. Martin’s Neck Rd. observed a vehicle driven by… Read more »
Wednesday, September 26 – Coastal Highway Resurfacing Work Begins
OCEAN CITY – This week marked the beginning the Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration’s (SHA) resurfacing project, which will be affecting traffic along Coastal Highway for the next few months. The $1.4 million project will call for the resurfacing of more than two miles of MD 528 (Coastal Highway) between the north and… Read more »
Monday, September 24 – Plenty Of Events Fill Out Calendar For Fall
OCEAN CITY – The first day of autumn arrived on Sunday, bringing with it a number of special events for the season’s weekends. Here’s a look at some of the events being planned:Sept. 28-29: Winefest on the Beach, Inlet Parking Lot: Wine samplings, arts & crafts, live entertainment & food. Admission. Friday and Saturday, 11… Read more »
Tuesday, September 25 – Home Invasion Suspect(s) Wanted
WEST OCEAN CITY – Maryland State Police are looking for a suspect or suspects that burglarized a townhouse in West Ocean City late Monday night.Shortly before 11 p.m. on Monday, Maryland State Police troopers from the Berlin barrack received a call from a resident at a townhouse in the Water’s Edge community along Golf Course… Read more »
Thursday, September 20 – A Timeline Of Christy Freeman’s Case
OCEAN CITY – It has been a wild six weeks for Christy Freeman, who was released from jail yesterday after a first-degree murder charge was dropped by State’s Attorney Joel Todd.Freeman, an Ocean City business owner, resident and mother of four, went from facing life in prison in late July to a free woman yesterday… Read more »