According to a survey conducted by Movoto.com, a national real estate website, Ocean City is the most dangerous place in Maryland.The survey is clearly flawed and never should have received the attention it did, but multiple media outlets nonetheless took the bait and ran stories on this ridiculous conclusion without even studying its merits.The biggest… Read more »

Major changes to the local liquor industry will take place the first of July when the county’s monopoly over wholesale liquor purchases ends. This has been a long time coming and it’s a good thing overall.With the market opening up July 1, license holders have until the end of the month to submit their intentions… Read more »

The former Ocean City Health Club property just south of the Route 90 Bridge went to settlement at the end of last month. The bank-owned property, totaling about two acres of developable land, sold for $1.6 million after originally being listed for $2.25 million back in June of 2012, according to property records.The site is… Read more »

Last week on these pages a portion of The Baltimore Sun’s recent editorial calling out Ocean City for not being progressive enough and outlawing smoking on the beach was printed.The opinion piece read in part, “The question is no longer whether tourist attractions are in danger of losing business if they ban smoking but whether… Read more »

Ocean City hit a home run on several fronts last summer when it hosted a tall ship for the first time, and it makes good sense for the town to look to expand on that success for the upcoming season.Last year a tall ship was here for about two weeks and created a huge traditional… Read more »

I like the innovative approach the Indian River School District in southern Delaware took this week in dealing with an unusual amount of inclement weather days.Indian River schools have been closed seven days this winter due to snow. As a result, the school system decided to extend the school day by 30 minutes beginning Monday,… Read more »

I feel for the decision-makers within the local school systems and private schools who have to make the calls on school closures. It’s a thankless job to be certain.As far as this week goes, Monday and Tuesday closures were obvious calls. The storm was approaching on Monday and the snow started by 9 a.m. in… Read more »

There was plenty of election news to digest this week because a critical filing deadline passed Tuesday night in Maryland. Here are some thoughts on what took place this week and what could unfold over the next several months leading up to the June primary and the November general election.– In some cases, the races… Read more »

Congratulations to the Worcester County Commissioners for reversing their position on a legislative effort to allow private liquor store sales within the town of Berlin.Earlier this month, in a private meeting, all but one of the commissioners (Bud Church supported it) voted to oppose legislation that would expand the boundaries for to-go liquor sales to… Read more »

A big commercial property of interest on Route 50 went on the selling block this week for $4 million.It’s not a surprise to see the 68,115-square-foot Merial Select property located at the corner of Routes 50 and 818 (N. Main Street) up for sale, but the price is sure to turn some heads and should… Read more »