OCEAN CITY — The resort’s parking task force is recommending a plan to hike some rates during the peak season while offering free parking during the shoulder seasons, while expressing no desire to expand paid parking.The parking task force, a panel made up of elected officials, business owners, residents and other stakeholders, met last Thursday… Read more »
SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Commissioners approved a bill designed to regulate short-term rentals this week.On Tuesday, the commissioners voted 4-2 to approve Bill 19-3, which imposes occupancy limits and parking requirements on properties rented on a short-term basis. Commissioners Chip Bertino and Jim Bunting, who opposed the bill, said it didn’t address all… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Homeless individuals and weekend visitors sleeping in public areas in and around the resort highlighted this week’s meeting of the Ocean City Police Commission.On Wednesday, officials with the resort’s public works department came before the Ocean City Police Commission to highlight the growing number of homeless individuals sleeping at transit facilities and… Read more »
BERLIN – Trimper’s Rides. Frontier Town. The White Marlin Open. The arson fires of the 1970s.These are just a few of the places and events featured in local author Bunk Mann’s new book “Ghosts in the Surf.”Available online and in retail stores by Oct. 26, “Ghosts in the Surf” is a companion to Mann’s first… Read more »
DEWEY BEACH – A longtime resort physician says he is lucky to be alive after a windsurfing trip last week left him stranded in a Delaware bay for hours.Last Thursday evening, Victor Gong – an Ocean City emergency physician for 30 years – went windsurfing off Dewey Beach. But his hour-long excursion soon turned into… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY – A local developer’s plan to donate 10 acres to the Lower Shore Land Trust has stalled as a result of county policy on sewer capacity in West Ocean City.Local developer John H. Burbage Jr. offered earlier this year to donate 10 acres of commercially zoned land on Route 611 to the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Free family fun returns to Ocean City over the next two weekends for the 8th Annual O.C.Toberfest,Over the next two weekends, Oct. 19-20 and 26-27, experience all the thrills of the giant Halloween Beach Maze in downtown Ocean City. Children of all ages can enjoy a pleasant scream as they meander the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The owner of a popular resort cafe will retire this month after more than four decades in the restaurant industry.On Sunday, Oct. 20, Sahara Cafe will open for its last day of the 2019 season. It is also when owner Jay Whitmeyer will finish his 20th and final year at the establishment.“It’s… Read more »
FENWICK ISLAND — A proposal last week to swap an area of the Fenwick Island State Park to the developer of a proposed offshore wind farm in exchange for millions of dollars in amenities has rankled homeowners in the neighboring community.One week after proposal to swap an area of the Fenwick Island State Park to… Read more »
BERLIN — The enforcement plan intended to make sure people aren’t living in White Horse Park full-time is being challenged a week after it was approved by county officials.Attorney Hugh Cropper, who represents the group of White Horse Park residents fighting the county’s restrictions against year-round occupancy in that community, submitted the first of five… Read more »