Ocean City is a safe and clean family beach resort, but it doesn’t happen by accident.Despite the massive population surges four months of the year, Ocean City is committed to keeping its beach and public places clean. For the most part, those efforts are evident daily on the beach, Boardwalk, the parks and public streets…. Read more »
The Long and Short View of Chesapeake’s IslandsSMITH ISLAND- A few autumns ago, I took the students in my Chesapeake Bay class at Salisbury University to Smith Island to discuss how rising seas, accelerated by a warming climate, will threaten such low-lying communities before the end of this century. I didn’t have to teach much… Read more »
The Mayor and Council have a very important decision to make in the coming weeks concerning the summer housing issue and much of it comes down to not-so-simple math.If they get it wrong, it could pave the path for the proliferation of overcrowding, which is an issue that has plagued the summer housing, and particularly… Read more »
With all the allegations and passion on both sides of the issue, it’s a good thing to see the Career Firefighters/Paramedics union filed an unfair labor practice charge against the Town of Ocean City.This way there will be some resolution on the matter to some degree. The comments made at this week’s meeting at City… Read more »
For now, there is harmony on the street performer front, but rest assured it won’t last for long.There are bound to be complaints about the system approved this week once the summer rolls around and, like all matters related to street performers, it will be driven by the dollar.While they may hide behind constitutional issues… Read more »
Who knew it would take this long and be this difficult to finally put a once bountiful “cash cow” out to pasture?This is the image we think of during the arduous effort to get Worcester County out of the booze business despite claims from the County Commissioners that they are, in fact, executing a calculated… Read more »
From time to time, I think it’s imperative to reach out to readers and give a state of the newspaper update.Six months ago, we announced some major changes in our newsroom in the form of a significant reorganization.To recap, after the departure of our former Ocean City beat reporter for a government job, two promotions… Read more »
It was encouraging news to hear there is a private-public partnership being planned to help with musical bookings at the Performing Arts Center at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center.The status quo — serving as an added value amenity to existing conventions with a few concerts a year — is simply not enough and was… Read more »
It was welcome news this week to hear the Town of Berlin is seeking some sort of “fair” compensation from the consultant that unnecessarily cost the municipality about $435,000.Berlin Mayor Gee Williams reported as much this week and intimated the town would go to court if necessary to recoup some of the money the town… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- Journalists get desensitized sometimes and can often be criticized by their own family members for acting like cynical skeptics and curmudgeons.If you work long enough in this business, at some point, you will have an editor in some market (usually the larger ones) walk up to your desk and say with a straight… Read more »