BERLIN – Berlin’s mayor says progress toward a contract for services with the Berlin Fire Company has slowed as the town continues to wait for requested information from the organization.Municipal leaders met in closed session Monday to discuss the contract for services with the Berlin Fire Company (BFC) that has been in the works for… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Concerned with the impact on the downtown area of a new Public Works facility at St. Louis Avenue and 2nd Street, resort officials are again asking the State Highway Administration (SHA) to install a new traffic signal at 3rd Street and Philadelphia Avenue.Last year, the town and its Public Works Department began… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A variety of events, including new attractions, are planned for this year’s Ocean City Jeep Week, which gets underway Thursday and runs through the weekend.Event partners Chris Cropper, Will Lynch and Brad Hoffman have spent months planning this weekend’s event and creating new, starting with the new 50-acre Jeep Jam Obstacle Course… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The inaugural Jellyfish Festival next June took a big step forward this week with a promise from the promoters to bring an event “bigger and stronger than anything we’ve ever seen in Ocean City.”In April, the Mayor and Council approved a roughly $198,000 investment in the proposed Jellyfish Festival slated for June… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Gov. Larry Hogan joined state and local dignitaries last week to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Trimper’s Rides.At a ribbon-cutting ceremony held in front of the park’s iconic Herschell-Spillman carousel last Friday, the governor, Comptroller Peter Franchot, local representatives and town officials recognized Trimper’s Rides for 125 years of operation.“This is not… Read more »
BERLIN – A new initiative at Atlantic General Hospital is providing students with disabilities with job skills through hospital internships.Last week officials from Worcester County Public Schools, Atlantic General Hospital (AGH), the Worcester County Developmental Center and the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) Division of Rehabilitation Services gathered at AGH to celebrate the Eastern… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Positive outcomes, issues and concerns relating to the Inlet parking lot’s new pay-by-plate system were presented to a resort committee this week.On Tuesday, City Engineer Terry McGean presented the Ocean City Transportation Committee with an evaluation of the resort’s new Parkeon payment system at the Inlet.Prior to the start of the summer… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Surfers Healing returned to the beaches of Ocean City this week for a day-long surfing camp designed for children with autism.On Wednesday, 200 children with autism, their families and surfers from Hawaii, California, Puerto Rico and New Zealand gathered on the beach in front of Castle in the Sand Hotel for Ocean… Read more »
OCEAN PINES – As the school year quickly approaches, officials with CMA Kids Care, a division of Chesapeake Martial Arts, are encouraging parents to sign their children up for one of CMA’s child care programs.Owner Jim Heaney said CMA Kids Care is now enrolling students for before-school and after-school care, half-day pre-K and all-day child… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Days after Ocean City filed a motion in federal court seeking to prevent a preliminary injunction allowing women to immediately go topless in the resort, the plaintiffs this week fired back with a motion in response that calls into question the town’s “family-friendly” reputation.On July 27, the Town of Ocean City filed… Read more »