OCEAN CITY — As expected, sparks flew, tempers flared and a proverbial line was drawn in the sand for the fight over what it should cost to operate a cab in Ocean City. At day’s end on Tuesday, the cost to acquire a so-called “medallion” will be $1,500 per car, with only 160 medallions to… Read more »

BERLIN – Hundreds of thousands of pounds of food, water and medical supplies from all over the world are heading the earthquake ravaged Haiti this week including a vast amount of material from right here on the lower shore, thanks in large part to a “Herculean” effort by the local community to rally in support… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Following an emotional trial in Snow Hill on Wednesday, a Worcester County Circuit Court judge struck a compromise of sorts, sentencing the man accused of striking and killing a local teen on Route 50 in West Ocean City last May to six months in jail.“What if?” was a question raised often during… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The town of Ocean City received unanimous concurrence from the state’s Board of Public Works on Wednesday to expand the size of the Roland E. Powell Convention Center, after months of patient political positioning and preliminary project planning.Mayor Rick Meehan, Council President Joe Mitrecic, City Engineer Terry McGean and Greg Shockley, owner… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Mayor Rick Meehan will be the first to tell you that he is looking forward to a new calendar year, and he firmly believes that 2010 can and will be a good one for the resort, despite fiscal projections that forecast a similar rough road as the one traveled upon in 2009.So,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A mysterious, glowing hot object fell from the sky and landed on the beach in Ocean City last week, but it remains uncertain this week just what it is and from where it came.Early last Tuesday morning, an Ocean City cab driver was walking down the Boardwalk in the area of 22nd… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Town officials are concerned that the city’s most famous landmark is long overdue for a massive renovation and soon they expect to know just how massive that project might be.Monday’s bid openings for a projected six figure deck replacement job between 12th and 13th streets on the Ocean City Boardwalk may just… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — After the list of potential cost cutting and revenue enhancement options was released last week, one item in particular reportedly sparked a number of calls down to City Hall: the idea of establishing a taxi franchise.Albeit the fact that it is simply a conversation and a bullet point in a list of… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Motorists hoping to park at Ocean City’s Inlet lot will have to dig a little deeper next year, as City Council unanimously approved a rate increase on Tuesday.Although it’s been debated and talked about in recent months, leading many to believe that a rate increase at the Inlet parking lot was perhaps… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Congressman Frank Kratovil’s mouth literally hung open as he stared at what the so-called “storm of the decade” had washed away from the shoreline of Ocean City.  In that moment, he summed up what locals have already been saying since the sun came out and the storm had passed: “can you imagine… Read more »