OCEAN CITY — The issue of a $1.2 million study to determine a long-term solution to the chronic Inlet shoaling problem arose anew this week and Ocean City officials again weren’t keen on helping to fund it.The Inlet and other channels in and around the commercial harbor naturally fill in and require constant maintenance dredging,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Pennsylvania woman was critically injured in a jet-ski collision in the bay near Ocean City last Saturday evening.Around 5:30 p.m. last Saturday, two jet skis collided in the Isle of Wight Bay in Ocean City. Both watercraft were rented and each was traveling around 30 to 40 knots, according to Maryland… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Beach Lights display has returned to Ocean City, illuminating the sky starting at 9 p.m. nightly on the Boardwalk near North Division Street. Every 20 minutes through Sept. 2, the lights will change creating a new effect, concluding at 11 p.m.In addition, Monday and Tuesday nights starting July 9 and continuing… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – One of Ocean City’s most iconic Boardwalk performers received a key to the city this week.On Friday, the Mayor and Council honored Norman Webb, known by many as “Boardwalk Elvis,” for his years of entertainment to Ocean City’s residents and visitors.In the 1960s, Webb began his entertainment career by walking along the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — State Highway Administration (SHA) crews are putting the wraps on the Coastal Highway median fence and repaving project and are expected to be finished Thursday evening, a day earlier than previously promised.Last Month, SHA officials promised the Mayor and Council the ongoing median fence project and associated repaving would be completed by… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Weeks after getting lambasted over the cost of mailing reminders to every property owner in Ocean City to obtain rental licenses if they lease their homes, it appears the initiative was worth the effort and expense.Over the last two years, Ocean City officials have been monitoring the proliferation of short-term vacation rentals… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — With the arrival of Memorial Day weekend, hundreds of the iconic blue metal trash cans are now lining the beach, but residents and visitors in some areas are getting a first look at some new and larger ones.As of late Thursday, over 550 of the blue 55-gallon trash cans had been placed… Read more »
BERLIN – A farmers market is expected to return to downtown Berlin next month.Town officials said this week that the Berlin Farmers Market will soon be launched on Artisans Green. Though an exact opening date hasn’t been set yet, the market will take place on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.“I’ve wanted a thriving… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — For the first time since the inception of Ocean City’s Adopt Your Beach program, each of the resort’s ocean blocks are assigned after a couple of benefactors scooped up the last ones.In 2016, the Ocean City Surf Club, under the auspices of the Coastal Resources Legislative Committee, or Green Team, initiated an… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A beloved bulldog with special needs, and nearly one million Facebook followers, took his first trip to Ocean City last week.Munster, an 82-pound English bulldog with spina bifida, made his way from Frederick, Md., to Ocean City last week with owner Glenda Mosner and family to get his first glimpse of the… Read more »