OCEAN CITY — The Town of Ocean City and its firefighter-paramedic union reached an agreement Tuesday on a new contract that somewhat reflects a compromise on the controversial shift change, but at least one of the parties is not entirely pleased with all aspects of the new deal.Last year, the deadline on the town’s new… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A well-known block in Ocean City will look entirely different come this spring as seasoned bar owner is branching out and expanding his offerings.Doug Buxbaum, owner of Buxy’s Salty Dog Saloon, will open Dry Dock 28 – a fast, casual eatery – next door to his bar on Coastal Highway. The goal,… Read more »
BERLIN – Uncle Ned’s electric shoes. The “treasure chest” behind the Treasure Chest. Calvin B. Taylor’s desk.They represent just a few of the fragments of the past on display in Berlin’s Taylor House Museum. The historic home, saved from demolition in the early 1980s, is full of 19th century furniture and exhibits depicting the various… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — After 2015 set a 25-year low benchmark for crime rates in Ocean City, the figures dropped again significantly in 2016, according to the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) annual report released this week.OCPD Chief Ross Buzzuro presented the annual crime report for 2016 to the Mayor and Council on Tuesday and the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials on Tuesday approved a complicated deal to create a hybrid, state-of-the-art trash collection truck called a “game changer” for how Ocean City collects the mountains of trash each night from the iconic blue barrels on the beach.Last year, the Mayor and Council approved the purchase of a beach trash collection… Read more »
BERLIN – It all started with a new home and a can of paint. Now a Berlin couple is teaming up with business owners from a successful custom furniture store in Lewes to open a second location in downtown Berlin.Corey and Andrea Canon, Baltimore-area natives and new residents to Berlin, are partnering with Brynn Byerly… Read more »
BERLIN – Michael DeLeon, a national public speaker from New Jersey, spends most of his year visiting schools and community organizations around the country, speaking to kids and adults about the growing drug epidemic.Next week local nonprofit Growing Hope will bring DeLeon, founder of the national addiction education and prevention organization Steered Straight, to the… Read more »
SNOW HILL – The county’s board of license commissioners approved alcohol privileges for a new Ocean City restaurant but not before cautioning its connections.On Wednesday, the Worcester County Board of License Commissioners (BLC) granted a beer, wine and liquor license to the Cluckin Crab, a restaurant set to take over the former English’s location at… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The weekly fireworks shows in downtown Ocean City will continue to go off at 10 p.m. as they have in years past after a tense Mayor and Council debate over possibly moving the start times to accommodate certain Boardwalk merchants.While most agree the value-added special events on many summer nights throughout the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The night sky over Ocean City will see a major change this summer after the Mayor and Council on Tuesday approved a special events package that includes the proposed 100 Nights of Lights series after an often terse discussion over expenses.Two weeks ago, TEAM Productions, which produces many of the value-added special… Read more »