OCEAN CITY – Faced with stable, if not stagnant revenues and staggering property tax assessment increases, an Ocean City landmark and the cornerstone of the resort for nearly 120 years is facing extinction and could be preparing for what might be one last summer season.Trimper’s Rides, at the foot of the Boardwalk, was abuzz with… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Individuals may want to think twice in the future about being uncooperative or combative with resort officers or they could be in for the shock of their life, literally.At the town’s Police Commission meeting Tuesday afternoon, Chief Bernadette DiPino discussed the upcoming experimental use of Tasers in the fiscal year 2008 budget…. Read more »

OCEAN CITY – With the summer season on the horizon, it’s that time of year when the city’s budget for the next fiscal year is proposed, and according to City Manager Dennis Dare, it will be the fifth year in a row city officials have been able to lower the property tax rate.“The preparation of… Read more »

The legislation makes Maryland the 20th state to put laws similar to this on their books, something many business owners in the resort area said they have been expecting to happen. Knowing it would eventually pass, some proprietors were beginning to accept the Clean Air Indoor Act since it would blanket the entire state, making… Read more »

ANNAPOLIS – A bill that would prohibit hydraulic dredging for clams and oysters in the coastal bays, which appeared on its way to almost certain approval just a week ago, apparently died this week in the Maryland General Assembly when a veteran local senator exerted his political clout to get the votes to kill it.House… Read more »