SNOW HILL – In a stunning turn of events this week, prosecutors dropped all charges against the Ocean City woman charged with first-degree murder in the death of her newborn child sometime in 2004 after the state Medical Examiner’s Office reported there was inconclusive evidence the fetus, or any of the other three fetuses found… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The controversy surrounding sexually-oriented businesses in Ocean City resurfaced this week as the Mayor and Council were presented with a plan for zoning and licensing sexually oriented businesses. The re-emergence of the issue resulted in the unanimous decision to extend the current moratorium on the sex shop trade for another four months…. Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The saga of the Trimper’s tax bill continued this week with the news of a reduction in the assessed value of several of the family’s 24 properties, but those that did not see any change include perhaps the most visible symbol of Ocean City – the land where the amusement rides sit… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The arrival of another Labor Day weekend signals the symbolic end to another summer in the resort and provides the perfect opportunity to reflect on some of the top stories that captured the attention of residents and visitors alike since a new season dawned back on Memorial Day just a few short… Read more »

BERLIN – A former local resident who allegedly absconded with over $200,000 in embezzled funds nearly a decade ago before heading out west and assuming a new name and a new life is on his way back to Worcester County this week to face a 24-count, six-year-old warrant charging him with theft, forgery and illegal… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – With a declining tourism trend evident and competition increasing for the vacation dollar, a local business organization has proposed a room tax increase program that would significantly increase the amount of money the resort can spend annually on advertising.After several attempts by the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association (OCHMRA) to obtain further funding… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Aug. 3 marked the 21st anniversary of an Ocean City tragedy that left four people dead and one beach stand operator injured. Twenty-one years later, the memory of that day holds strong for Drew Haugh.“It was real sunny and the storm seemed to come out of nowhere. I had a group of people… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Roughly 500 sleek sport fishing boats will compete in next week’s 33rd White Marlin Open and most will successfully head out to the canyons off the coast of the resort and return safely, but there is always the possibility of misfortune for some of the vessels participating.In each of the last two… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – It has often been said that you don’t really know someone until you walk in their shoes. Well, on Sunday, I did just that and those shoes belonged to Ocean City Beach Patrol (OCBP) Crew Chief Jason Konyar. After spending a full day shadowing Konyar, an eight-year veteran of the OCBP, a… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Six Ocean City Police Department officers as well as the town of Ocean City this week were named defendants in a 93-count civil lawsuit seeking nearly $19 million in damages for an incident last July alleging assault, battery, excessive force and false imprisonment among others in a bizarre situation that started with… Read more »