SALISBURY – The city continued efforts this week to complete the Salisbury Bike Route effort by approving the Fitzwater Street portion on first reading.Before the City Council for consideration on Monday evening was a proposed ordinance establishing a bike route to extend the developing city bike route system from the downtown area to the west… Read more »
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Higher Court Overturns Dismissal Of Burglary, Assault Charges
SNOW HILL — A suspected burglar who terrorized a local couple and their 7-year-old child before ultimately getting Tased by police will stand trial in Worcester after a Maryland appeals court this month reversed an earlier dismissal of the charges against him.In September 2013, Ryan Hallihan, now 25, of Rosedale, Md., broke into a condominium… Read more »
Concerns Lead Berlin Council To Table Sidewalk Sale Request
BERLIN – After more than 60 years, the future of the annual August sidewalk sale is uncertain following concerns voiced by some Berlin merchants.While one faction of business owners is looking forward to taking part in the sidewalk sale that’s been held downtown for decades, another would rather see the town promote a similar event… Read more »
Ocean Pines Hoping To Restart Natural Gas Talks
BERLIN – Ocean Pines Association officials have reopened contract negotiations with Sandpiper Energy, the company expected to bring natural gas to the community.Though contract negotiations between the two parties stalled this winter and Sandpiper has since moved on to other areas of the county as a result, members of the Ocean Pines Association Board of… Read more »
Designated Smoking Areas Eyed For Northside Park
OCEAN CITY – Smoking in all city parks will become illegal except for two designated smoking areas in Northside Park — at least for now.On Monday evening, Recreation and Parks Commission Chair and Councilman Dennis Dare presented the Mayor and City Council with the commission’s final recommendation regarding smoking in city parks.In April, Recreation and… Read more »
New Approach Eyed For Post Labor Day School Start Legislation After Bills Fizzled This Year
OCEAN CITY – Following an uneventful legislative session for the proposed state-mandated post-Labor Day start for public schools this year, the Ocean City Tourism Commission went back to the drawing board last week to start strategizing for the next legislative session.The post-Labor Day school start bills, cross-filed in the House and Senate over the winter,… Read more »
Committee, State Tour West OC To Discuss Bike, Pedestrian Safety
WEST OCEAN CITY — Determined to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety in the increasingly dense West Ocean City, leaders of a grassroots citizens group this week toured the known trouble spots with a state transportation official to begin exploring potential projects.Formed this spring, the West Ocean City Pedal and Pedestrian Committee has met on several… Read more »
Extra Officers Added To Monitor Water-Based Music Festival
BERLIN – An on-the-water music festival planned for Fourth of July weekend could bring as many as 10,000 people to the Isle of Wight Bay.The Boaters Aid Music Festival, set for July 3-5, will bring acts like Jo Dee Messina, Heart by Heart and The Guess Who to a barge stage just off the Isle… Read more »
Teen Charged As Adult For Flashing Gun Twice In OC
OCEAN CITY — A West Virginia teen has been charged as an adult for first-degree assault and other charges after twice flashing a loaded handgun during separate altercations in Ocean City last weekend.Around 11:25 p.m. last Saturday, an OCPD officer on bike patrol in the downtown area observed a group of teens walking north on… Read more »
High-Rise Fire Damage Limited By Sprinklers
OCEAN CITY — A potential disaster was averted on Sunday evening when a sprinkler quickly extinguished a kitchen fire at a 25th-floor unit in a north-end high-rise condominium.Shortly before 11 p.m. on Sunday, the Ocean City Fire Department responded to a fire alarm activation resulting from a fire in a unit at the Century I… Read more »