OCEAN CITY – Designated smoking areas in Ocean City’s parks will be considered, despite lighting up recently being banned.During a Recreation and Parks Commission meeting on Tuesday afternoon, Recreation and Parks Director Susan Petito brought attention to a discrepancy between the Town of Ocean City’s smoking regulations in parks passed in 2011 and the law… Read more »
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Community Mourns Teacher’s Death In Boating Accident
BERLIN — The Lower Shore community is mourning the tragic loss of a local middle school teacher early this week after his body was recovered from the Potomac River following an apparent boating accident on Sunday.Around 9 a.m. on Sunday, Doug Romano, 51, of Salisbury, left home for an excursion to search for fossils along… Read more »
Greene Turtle, Buddy Trala Win RAM Awards
OCEAN CITY — The Restaurant Association of Maryland (RAM) last weekend doled out its annual Stars of the Industry Awards, representing the best in hospitality around the state, and again the local area was represented on the winners list.RAM last Sunday hosted its special Havana Nights Gala at the Hyatt in Cambridge during which it… Read more »
Suspension Lifted With Lazy Lizard Changing Hands; Dead Freddies Operators Take Over
SNOW HILL – The group behind Dead Freddies Island Grill will move forward with plans to take over de Lazy Lizard after receiving approval from the Worcester County Board of License Commissioners (BLC) this week.The board agreed to lift the liquor license suspension that had been placed on de Lazy Lizard after the restaurant’s new… Read more »
Proposed OC Budget Includes Small Tax Hike
OCEAN CITY – City Manager David Recor presented a balanced budget plan with a slight tax increase this week as the Mayor and City Council head into budget meetings for the next week with staff.On Tuesday afternoon, a special meeting was held for Recor to formally introduce the Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Proposed Operating Budget.“I… Read more »
Md. Court Confirms Controversial Aquaculture Lease Can Move Ahead
SOUTH POINT — A controversial aquaculture lease for a vast oyster cultivating operation off South Point appears to be closer to reality this week after an appeals court confirmed an earlier ruling approving the application.Since 2009, the battle over a proposed lease of three, 16-acre areas in the coastal bays near South Point has been… Read more »
OC Looking Toward Another Powell Center Expansion; Feasibility Study Eyed As First Step
OCEAN CITY – Just months after the second phase of the Roland E. Powell Convention Center’s most recent expansion project was completed, Ocean City is requesting the state partner up in studying the potential of Phase III that will expand the exhibit hall.Before the Mayor and City Council on Tuesday, City Engineer Terry McGean explained… Read more »
Fed Grand Jury Indicts Business Owner For Minor Abuse
WEST OCEAN CITY — A West Ocean City resident and business owner, arrested in December for sexual solicitation of a minor, was formally indicted in U.S. District Court last week and now faces as much as life in prison.The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland announced on Monday a federal grand jury has indicted… Read more »
Ocean Drilling Opposition Mounts With Md. Attorney General Joining In
OCEAN CITY — With the federal government holding information sessions along the coast on a proposed lease of a vast area off the mid-Atlantic coast for offshore oil and natural gas drilling, the momentum continues to build against the idea from several sectors locally.In January, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced a… Read more »
Berlin, Ocean Pines Chambers Both Seeking New Directors
BERLIN – For the second time in less than a year, the Berlin Chamber of Commerce finds itself without a director.Jim Volk, the chamber’s administrator for the past five months, submitted his resignation last week. His last day will be April 17.“The reason is just differing points of view between myself and the direction the… Read more »