BERLIN – Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture removed 290 Canada geese from the community last week.Ocean Pines Association (OPA) officials announced on Friday that the homeowners association had contracted with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Wildlife Services for the removal of resident Canada geese. The geese, which… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A group of Boardwalk business owners and concerned citizens asked the Mayor and Council this week to intercede on their behalf over the impacts of spray paint fumes on the Boardwalk, but no immediate action was taken.During the public comment period of Monday’s regular meeting, concerns were raised over certain street performers… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Fourth of July fireworks show in downtown Ocean City will have a traditional patriotic soundtrack after all on Wednesday after resort officials made the last-minute change from the planned modern theme.After last year’s Fourth of July fireworks display in the downtown area, some on the Mayor and Council expressed a desire… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A new program is targeting addiction among hospitality industry workers.The Worcester County Health Department (WCHD) has launched a new campaign, “Addiction in the Workplace,” that is aimed at raising awareness of substance abuse at places of employment. The initial stage of the campaign focuses on the area’s hospitality industry.“We wanted to be… Read more »
BERLIN — The small plane that crashed on a West Ocean City golf course early Friday morning, injuring two occupants, came in low across the course, took a nose dive on the eighth hole fairway and burst into flames, according to a witness who was first on the scene and pulled the two victims from… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — While the civil suit challenging Ocean City’s topless ordinance moves through the court system, the plaintiffs in the case late last week filed a motion seeking a preliminary injunction allowing women to immediately go bare-chested in the same public areas where men can.A little over a year ago, the Ocean City Mayor… Read more »
BERLIN – A small twin engine plane crashed on the Assateague Greens golf course Friday morning, hospitalizing its two occupants.According to Ryan Whittington of the Ocean City Fire Department (OCFD), crews from the OCFD responded to the eighth hole of the Assateague Greens golf course off Route 611 just after 9 a.m. Friday for a… Read more »
FENWICK ISLAND – Officials in Fenwick Island confirmed a Portuguese man-of-war washed up on the beach this week.Tim Ferry, captain of the Fenwick Island Beach Patrol, said a Portuguese man-of-war was found in the sand at Houston Street on Wednesday afternoon.The Portuguese man-of-war is classified as a species of siphonophore with a balloon-like float and tentacles… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Two people were injured and transported to the hospital last weekend after the rented scoot coupe they were riding in swerved to avoid a vehicle, hit the curb and collided with a business sign at 92nd Street.Around 11:42 a.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to the area of… Read more »
(The following results from the Maryland Board of Elections does not include absentee and provisional ballots, which will be counted in the near future. Total voter turnout for Worcester County was 26.9% with 8,264 of the registered 30,687 voters turning out.)Governor DemocraticGov. Larry Hogan was unopposed on the Republican side and will face the Democratic… Read more »