WEST OCEAN CITY — While the federal criminal case against a West Ocean City business owner continues to plod along, a national bank this month filed a complaint in U.S. District Court seeking to seize the long-shuttered property.The U.S. Bank on Tuesday filed a complaint seeking emergency injunctive relief against West Ocean City business owner… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — When it comes to reaching out to potential guests and consumers online, Ocean City does it better than any other city in Maryland.Google named the resort the 2015 eCity of Maryland award winner. Google, the omnipresent Internet search engine, this week announced Ocean City businesses do a better job than any other… Read more »
BERLIN — Eighty-five-year-old Gerta Stover got her holiday shopping done early this year, and she didn’t even have to leave her apartment.“I do all my shopping, and everything else online,” said the Gull Creek Senior Living Facility resident in her wonderfully thick German accent. “Why would I want to go to the stores and deal… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — After 37 years serving Ocean City, first at the Potato Shack and then J/R’s, Jack Hubberman, the founder and owner, has officially retired.In 1977, Hubberman and his late wife Jackie came to Ocean City and opened The Potato Shack on 3rd Street and the Boardwalk. The Potato Shack wasn’t just a French… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The town’s amusement overlay district will be expanding despite a last-ditch effort by a downtown property owner to have one of the parcels proposed for inclusion left out.The Mayor and Council on Monday approved on second reading an ordinance amending the amusement overlay district, which allows certain uses not permitted in other… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City Recreation and Parks officials were generally pleased with the look of some potential playground structures for the beach, but concerns about the cost of maintaining them continue to be an issue.On Tuesday, the Recreation and Parks Committee viewed some of the potential playground structures for the beach at North Division… Read more »
SNOW HILL – While most parents are eager for the time and space a child going off to college provides, Matt and Laura Impink weren’t so sure it was for them.To address their concerns, the Ocean Pines couple didn’t go out and find a hobby. They found a family.The Impinks have taken two boys, one-… Read more »
SNOW HILL – Ocean City officials are again seeking a tax differential from Worcester County.Early this month, the Town of Ocean City submitted a formal property tax differential request. County officials have agreed to set up a meeting with municipal officials and in the meantime will attempt to study the issue.“In the budget we did… Read more »
FENWICK ISLAND – In spite of public concerns, a protest petition and potential legal challenges, the Fenwick Island Town Council approved an ordinance that will allow the Sands Motel to be rebuilt and expanded.Last Friday, Dec. 11, the town council voted 5-2 to approve an ordinance that would allow one room per 600 square feet… Read more »
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va – James Yungel has been flying the same stretch of Greenland since 1993 when scientists started to hear about a trend some were calling “global warming.”Yungel is the Program Manager for Wallops Island Remote Sensing Team and he says the mission in the early years was to determine whether Greenland’s glaciers were… Read more »