OCEAN PINES – Ocean Pines Director Tom Janasek announced his resignation from the association’s board this week, leaving five remaining directors to appoint two new board members to fill vacant positions.In a special meeting on Monday, the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors voted by way of secret ballot to appoint candidates Josette Wheatley and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The holiday weekend brings with it the 24th Annual Endless Summer Cruisin Car Show.The four-day automotive event began Thursday and remains one of the eastern region’s most attended fall car shows with hot rods, classics, customs and more. Headquarter for the event will once again be the Inlet parking lot with activities… Read more »
BERLIN – Plans for a mural honoring the Rev. Dr. Charles Albert Tindley are going back to the drawing board following input from a local board.Members of the Berlin Historic District Commission (HDC) voiced concerns this week with a mural of Tindley, the gospel music icon born in Berlin, planned for the Parker building on… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — With last month’s pop-up car rally in the rear-view mirror, resort officials and citizens had an opportunity to weigh in on the event with all agreeing it was tamer than recent years.Two weekends ago, the Town of Ocean City, its police department and its allied agencies and the community were bracing for… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY — One of the offshore wind energy project developers announced on Wednesday it was developing a major operations and maintenance facility along the harbor in West Ocean City.Ørsted, whose Skipjack 1 project is making its way through the federal approval process, is planning to build Maryland’s first emissions-free offshore wind operations and… Read more »
BERLIN – A new partnership among three area agencies is expected to reduce unsafe living conditions.On Wednesday, the Chesapeake Housing Mission (CHM), Atlantic General Hospital and the Worcester County Health Department announced the launch of its “Healthy Homes Initiative,” a three-pronged approach to reducing unsafe and unhealthy living conditions in homes across Worcester County.Officials say… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — There are still more questions than answers as to whether an Ocean City councilman’s disparaging comments on a local resident’s social media page were his true sentiments, or if he was hacked, but the issue flared up again during Monday’s meeting.The issue arose two weeks ago when Councilman Mark Paddack commented on… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The public got a first look at the alternatives for the redevelopment of the Baltimore Avenue corridor with an open workshop last Thursday.In recent years, a major renovation of the streetscape along the Baltimore Avenue corridor from North Division Street to 15th Street including undergrounding the utilities and widening the sidewalks, has… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The resort community has lost an icon with the passing of Dough Roller Restaurant patriarch Bill Gibbs, a successful businessman and a familiar face on the Boardwalk for decades.Gibbs grew up in Ocean City and began his first restaurant job at the age of 14, serving pizza at a local shop downtown…. Read more »
OCEAN PINES – A special meeting to consider redoing the 2021 board election concluded this week with the resignation of Director Camilla Rogers.In a special meeting held Thursday, the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors voted 4-3, with Directors Tom Janasek, Doug Parks and Rogers opposed, to hold a new election of the three eligible… Read more »