OCEAN CITY – Despite final pleas from some, the Mayor and City Council passed the upcoming fiscal year budget based on a tax rate of 47.8 cents per $100 of assessed property value.On Monday evening, the council was presented the Fiscal Year 2016 Operating Budget for approval in its second and final reading.The budget is… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Two falls from balconies in Ocean City within 24 hours last week resulted in the death of a local man and left a West Virginia man in critical condition.Around 6:30 p.m. last Thursday, OCPD officers responded to a hotel in the area of 25th Street and Baltimore Ave. after a 23-year-old West… Read more »

BERLIN – Berlin officials praised recent budget negotiations with the Berlin Fire Company but stressed that there was room for improvement in the coming year.Representatives from the Berlin Fire Company presented town officials with a $663,000 funding request Monday during the town’s final budget work session. Berlin Mayor Gee Williams expressed appreciation for the detailed… Read more »

SNOW HILL – County leaders expressed concern over growing funding requests from local non-profits at a budget work session this week.As the Worcester County Commissioners began tackling the county’s $22 million budget shortfall — going through the budget proposals from most county departments Tuesday — several questioned the $791,000 set to go to local social… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Police Commission is forwarding a favorable recommendation to the Mayor and City Council to change the management of town funding for feral cat veterinarian services from local cat coalitions to Animal Control.During Monday’s Police Commission meeting, the discussion of adopting an animal control ordinance in regard to feral cats and the… Read more »

BERLIN – Seven Ocean Pines residents have filed to run for the two seats available on the homeowner’s association’s board of directors.Ocean Pines Association officials announced this week that candidates for the board in this summer’s election included Thomas Herrick, Cheryl Jacobs, Carol Ludwig, Terri Mohr, Slobodan Trendic, Ray Unger and Bill Zawacki.“We were pleased… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – An amendment to the law regulating the local taxi industry was approved this week in advance of Uber’s arrival in Ocean City.On Monday evening, an ordinance came before the Mayor and City Council on second reading that makes a list of changes to Ocean City’s taxicab law as well as including language… Read more »