The Ocean City Mayor and Council’s majority opposition to cell towers in residential areas was most likely worthless this week. That’s why Ocean City Councilman Dennis Dare’s approach would have been a good idea.During the discussion of Crown Castle planning to place Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) in dense residential areas, such as Montego Bay, there… Read more »
The beach photography business in Ocean City has been hurting for many years as a result of increased use of digital cameras and cell phones to capture vacation memories. There will come a time when Ocean City will no longer have this franchise. It’s a question of when, not if, in my opinion.When the bids… Read more »
Although the new owner of the property at the corner of Talbot Street and Baltimore Avenue in downtown Ocean City is taking some heat for demolishing the landmark structure, the criticism is unfair in my opinion.If there is any shade to throw around in this situation, it should go on previous ownership who allowed this… Read more »
Some new election data was released Tuesday with absentee and provisional ballots being counted. I had a couple thoughts on the official results.First, final election numbers confirm interest continues to grow in early voting. According to the State Board of Elections, 661,276 voters turned out during the eight-day early voting period compared to 307,466 in… Read more »
At last week’s organization meeting, the Ocean City Mayor and Council resembled the Worcester County Commissioners. The commissioners routinely make decisions in private before the issues are even discussed privately. The majority of the council did just that last week.The vote for the council president was clearly orchestrated beforehand. Before outlining his position that Councilman… Read more »
This week’s election was a fascinating one, and here are some of my thoughts.•Mary Beth Carozza is the story of this election on the local front.When asked over the last few months my prediction on the State Senate District 38 race, I simply said I thought it would be tight and the winner may not… Read more »
In a candidate forum with WBOC’s Steve Hammond Tuesday night, Senator Jim Mathias and Delegate Mary Beth Carozza were given the opportunity to ask each other a question. Mathias lobbed a softball first to Carozza asking her why public service was her chosen profession. When it was Carozza’s turn, she went hard at Mathias asking… Read more »
The political games continue in Berlin regarding the fire company’s funding.The good news is the town council approved in a 3-1 vote a contract to provide funding for the Berlin Fire Company — $250,000 for fire and $355,000 for EMS. That commitment represents a $205,000 increase from last fiscal year. Dollars were already included in… Read more »
Ocean City Council candidate Mark Paddack, who is retiring from the Ocean City Police Department this month after 28 years, did not weigh in officially on the upcoming Ocean City referendum. The career firefighters/paramedics in Ocean City are seeking to add binding interest arbitration to their current collective bargaining rights with the city. One day… Read more »
Despite Ocean City and Worcester County officials actually agreeing it should be a priority, the dualization of Route 90 is basically a pipedream at this time.For at least five years, Ocean City has been trying to convince Worcester County and the state to prioritize Route 90 ahead of the Route 50 Bridge replacement project. There… Read more »
