OCEAN CITY — Recovery oftentimes takes a long time, but some say that although the real estate market is undeniably showing signs of life again, it may never reach the heights that it did just a few years ago.It didn’t seem that long ago that real estate in Worcester County was booming, as were property… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — When the town of Ocean City established the 25 percent transfer fee for taxi medallions in last month’s controversial ordinance, seemingly no one thought that the town’s take would ever be a quarter.Three taxi medallions have been sold or transferred thus far since March 1 in which the town collected transfer fee… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — When the House of Representatives voted 219-212 on Sunday night to pass the historic Health Care Reform Bill, it capped a year of heated debates and passionate arguments from both sides, but the discourse is sure to rage on for months to come, as those who hold extreme views on both the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — After letting the opportunity slip through their hands last year, the Mayor and City Council were poised to not make the same mistake twice on Monday.It took about a minute and a half for the council to unanimously pass the new Hugh T. Cropper Inlet Parking Lot rates through first reading, and… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — If you think people saw a lot of Rodney the Lifeguard last summer, just wait until this summer.MGH Advertising outlined the upcoming season’s advertising campaign to the Tourism Commission last week and their plans to make the town’s official mascot bigger and better in hopes of drawing more people than ever to… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Despite being something that seemingly no one in the industry wanted, all the taxi medallions sold out on Monday at City Hall.The town of Ocean City sold all 175 available taxi medallions at $1,500 a pop on Monday, thus solidifying the notion that medallions are now the rule of the road, and… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Councilman Joe Hall wanted to spark a conversation about creating a group to discuss the possibility of installing parking meters in uptown Ocean City on Tuesday, but the topic made the rest of the council seemingly uncomfortable and, as a result, uninterested.Hall proposed the formation of a parking commission in order to… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — City Council members and police officials are still divided on whether off-duty cops can carry a weapon while having a drink or if they should just simply leave their guns at home.The Police Commission meeting looked like a chess match that had reached a stalemate on Tuesday, as the two sides continued… Read more »

BERLIN – Now that the latest major winter storm in a series of three epic weather events is behind the region, at least temporarily, the lingering question remains what effects will the mountains of melting snow all over the area have on the environment.The third of three major storms rolled through the area like a… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Ocean City officials have found less deterioration to the infrastructure of the Boardwalk than they had expected to find, but that doesn’t mean that their plan to reconstruct the entire landmark in the next few years has been tabled.After the bid to replace the decking of the Boardwalk between 12th and 13th… Read more »