OCEAN CITY — After Ocean City’s firefighter paramedic union president made an impassioned plea for help from the town’s elected officials on Monday, Ocean City Fire Chief Chris Larmore fired back with a detailed explanation why an ambulance crew is no longer being sent to every automatic fire alarm.On Monday, Career Firefighter Paramedics Association of… Read more »
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Rehabbed Seal Set Free In Ocean City
OCEAN CITY — With a big crowd watching, a fully-rehabbed male juvenile harbor seal reluctantly peaked out of his temporary cage on the beach at 40th Street on Thursday morning and then made a beeline straight to his ocean home.On a picture-perfect Thursday morning in June, “Marmalade” was released from the beach at 40th Street… Read more »
OC Council Relaxes Morning Start Time For Hotel Construction
OCEAN CITY — Satisfied potential noise issues won’t become problematic, resort officials agreed to bend the rules and allow an earlier start time for a mid-town hotel construction project.The Mayor and Council on Monday had before them a request to relax the ordinance that prohibits construction work around Ocean City before 9 a.m. during the… Read more »
OC Firefighter Union Issues ‘Call For Help’ From Elected Officials; Recent Reduction Of Services Cited
OCEAN CITY — The ongoing dispute over the cause of unfilled firefighter-paramedic shifts spilled over to Monday’s Mayor and Council meeting with the firefighter-paramedic union making an impassioned plea for help from the town’s elected officials.The Ocean City Fire Department has reported a vast number of shifts listed as unfilled in the department’s schedule, first… Read more »
County Approves $190M Budget; Commissioner Critical Of OC’s Treatment
SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Commissioners approved a $190 million budget for the coming fiscal year this week.The commissioners voted 6-1, with Commissioner Joe Mitrecic opposed, to approve the budget after lengthy discussion regarding the county’s practice of providing grants to certain nonprofits.“This budget has been very hard…,” Commissioner Diana Purnell said. “We’ve done… Read more »
Berlin BZA To Hear Revised Recovery House Location
BERLIN – The town’s board of zoning appeals is set to consider a request that would pave the way for a recovery house on Old Ocean City Boulevard in Berlin.On Wednesday, the Berlin Board of Zoning appeals is set to consider a conditional use request from Hope4Recovery Inc. for the property at 10226 Old Ocean… Read more »
Airport Project Bid Exceeds Budget, But OC Accepts Due To No Alternative
OCEAN CITY — A wetlands mitigation project at the Ocean City Municipal Airport came in with just one acceptable bid at $1.4 million, or over two times budgeted, resort officials learned this week.As part of the town of Ocean City’s capital improvement plan for its municipal airport, a two-phase project to expand the facility and… Read more »
Union Contends Shift Change To Blame For Schedule Woes; City Maintains ‘Not The Full Story’
OCEAN CITY — It’s clear the Ocean City Fire Department is facing scheduling challenges, but resort officials and the firefighter-paramedic union certainly differ on the reasons for the vast number of unfilled shifts.A couple of internal emails circulated throughout the Ocean City Fire Department over the last several weeks illustrates numerous shifts listed as unfilled… Read more »
Berlin Bike Path Effort Moves Forward
BERLIN – Plans for a bike path along the railroad tracks through Berlin continue to move forward.On Monday, the Berlin Town Council voted unanimously to seek a grant to aid in construction costs for the first phase of a bike trail that would run beside the railroad track through town. As designed, the 1.8-mile trail… Read more »
60-Foot Barge Added To Offshore Reef Site
OCEAN CITY — The ever-growing artificial reef system off the coast of Ocean City got its newest addition last Friday when a 60-foot barge was sunk on an established reef site about 10 miles offshore.The Ocean City Reef Foundation (OCRF), with the help of support vessels, towed the 60-foot barge offshore to the Bass Grounds… Read more »