BERLIN – With an overwhelming show of support at the polls, voters elected Councilman Zack Tyndall to replace incumbent Gee Williams as Berlin’s mayor.Tyndall, who’s served on the town council for the past four years, earned 69% of the 1,226 votes cast for mayor in Tuesday’s municipal election. Council candidates elected Tuesday included Jack Orris… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — There will be at least two new faces on the Ocean City Council after next month’s municipal election after incumbents Mary Knight and Dennis Dare did not file for re-election ahead of Tuesday’s 5 p.m. deadline.This year, the mayor’s seat is up for election along with four at-large City Council seats currently… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — While they didn’t flat out reject the idea, resort officials this week were lukewarm on the idea of allowing the Big Wheel attraction introduced at Trimper’s Rides this summer to encroach over the public right-of-way at the south end of the Boardwalk.For the first time this summer, Trimper’s Rides introduced the Big… Read more »
MAYOR (Total Votes: 1,226)Jennifer Allen: 49 (4%)Ron Bireley:36 (3%)Bill Todd:111 (9%)*Zack Tyndall: 846 (69%)Gee Williams (I): 184 (15%)COUNCIL AT LARGEJay Knerr: 606 (55%)Tony Weeg:495 (45%)COUNCIL DISTRICT 3Shaneka Nichols:199 (83%)Daniel Packey: 41 (17%)COUNCIL DISTRICT 2Jack Orris (unopposed and no results released)
OCEAN CITY — As federal officials continue to butt heads over another COVID-19 stimulus package, the hospitality industry nationally, and even locally to some degree, continue to wither on the vine with hundreds of small business closures likely along with thousands of employee layoffs.For weeks, the Democratic-led House and the Republican-led Senate, with the Trump… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A local man is being held without bond after allegedly setting fire to an unoccupied and condemned apartment building he was in the process of buying near the base of the Route 50 bridge early last Tuesday morning.Around 3:50 a.m. last Tuesday, the Ocean City Fire Department was dispatched to the Bridgeview… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — There might be a Knight on the Ocean City Council after the Nov. 3 municipal election, but it won’t be Mary.With Tuesday’s filing deadline looming, the field of candidates for the Mayor and Council Election is rounding out with a few question marks remaining. The year, the mayor’s seat is up for… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — One of the hottest car shows on the East Coast, the 23rd Annual Endless Summer Cruisin Car Show, will return to Ocean City this week, Oct. 8-11.The four-day automotive event continues to be one of the eastern region’s best fall car shows with hot rods, cool classics, customs and more, according to… Read more »
BERLIN – The town council voted unanimously to pursue a grant that would fund the demolition of the old processing building at Heron Park.On Monday, the council approved plans to apply for a $100,000 grant to fund façade improvements and streetlights as well as a $500,000 strategic demolition grant. The demolition grant would allow the… Read more »
BERLIN – Councilman Elroy Brittingham will step down this month after 32 years of representing his community.Brittingham, who was elected to the Berlin Town Council in 1988, is in the final days of his eighth term as a councilmember. Mayor Gee Williams and the rest of the town’s elected officials honored Brittingham for his service… Read more »