OCEAN CITY — Business owners across Maryland will see a significant reduction in unemployment insurance taxes beginning next year, which is welcome news in the resort area where seasonal workers are hitting the unemployment rolls in droves and in Worcester, which typically has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state.Governor Larry Hogan last… Read more »
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Why Is Ocean Pines Not A Municipality? More Negatives Than Positives, Pines Officials Say
BERLIN– Ocean Pines.Home to more than a quarter of Worcester County’s population, the community at the north end of the county has its own post office, police station, library and community center. The Census Designated Place has two fire stations, several parks and even a farmers market. What it doesn’t have is municipal standing.It’s easy… Read more »
Council Approves Changes To Vehicle Towing Order
OCEAN CITY — In the wake of proposed changes to the resort’s ordinance regarding trailer parking during special events, the Mayor and Council on Tuesday approved a revision of the Ocean City Police Department’s general order regarding the towing of vehicles.OCPD Captain Greg Guiton, who presented the proposed changes to the department’s general order, told… Read more »
Pines Evaluating Bridge Options
BERLIN – In an effort to ensure some sort of improvements can be made in the coming year, the Ocean Pines Association continues to research both repair and replacement options for the community’s aging bridges.Bob Thompson, general manager of the association, told OPA’s board of directors this week that repair permits were being applied for… Read more »
Airport’s Plane Parking Fees Hiked To Address Loss
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City officials this week approved increases in the parking fee structure for planes at the municipal airport in an attempt to make the chronic “loss leader” closer to profitable.During budget deliberations last April, the Mayor and Council expressed interest in changes to the various fees charged at the Ocean City Municipal… Read more »
Tuesday’s Salisbury Election Is First With New Five-District System
SALISBURY — Regardless of the outcome, Salisbury’s city government will look dramatically different after Tuesday’s municipal election, the first under the city’s new five-member district system.Salisbury will hold its municipal elections Tuesday, Nov. 3 and there will almost certainly be a significant change in the dynamics for the Mayor and City Council. For example, current… Read more »
Baltimore Shares OC’s Offshore Drilling Opposition
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City got an unexpected ally in its opposition to a federal proposal to open a vast section of ocean off the mid-Atlantic coast for seismic testing and offshore drilling this week when the city of Baltimore passed its own formal measure opposing the measure.The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)… Read more »
Schultheis’ Death Shocks Community
SALISBURY — The Lower Shore community lost a valued leader last weekend when Rob Schultheis was struck and killed by a pick-up truck while running.Schultheis, 37, was well known in the resort area and across the shore for his tireless dedication to Salisbury University and as a district sales manager for Sysco Eastern Maryland, where… Read more »
Bishopville Pond Project Complete
After more than a year of work and a decade of planning, the Bishopville pond project is now complete. The pond, before restoration, had a spill way that prevented fish from the St. Martin’s River reaching and spawning upstream. Now, with the spill way gone and “fish ladders” installed, fish and eels can swim further… Read more »
County’s Mayne Will ‘Miss The People’ In Retirement
SNOW HILL – County government will lose a long-time employee as Worcester County Board of License Commissioners investigator Jeff Mayne retires this month.After more than four decades of working to make sure local businesses adhere to alcoholic beverage laws, Mayne, who turns 65 in December, will spend his last day as a county employee Oct…. Read more »