Keep Family Fun ImageEditor:My family are property owners and operate a family pizza restaurant on the Boardwalk. We rely on the public bathrooms to stay open and not to close while the families are still on the Boardwalk late into the evening.The town advertises the Boardwalk as a destination for family friendly fun. Closing the… Read more »

Open Boardwalk RestroomsEditor:Twenty-five boardwalk property and business owners attenDed the downtown neighborhood watch meetings on Sept. 27, Oct. 20 and Nov. 11.One of the issues they were concerned about was the Boardwalk public restrooms need to stay open until midnight during the tourism season. They complained that the Boardwalk stores cannot adequately accommodate bathroom needs… Read more »

Questions To ConsiderEditor:Part 1: Inflated property values: My question to the public and city council is, do you only want wealthy property developers to build in Ocean City? The reason for my question is that with bigger price tags on inflated property values equals more taxes. The result is higher costs for tourists that come… Read more »

OC Should Consider 2-Cent Tax DecreaseEditor:Just recently, we learned that seven months into Fiscal Year (FY) 21, the Mayor & City Council (M&CC) of the Town of Ocean City are sitting with $10,153,634 in General Fund Balance Reserves over and above their stated policy of a 15% Reserve Fund. That excess reserve amount is the equivalent… Read more »

OC Campus Plan’s Rising Cost Should Concern AllEditor:After months of trying to obtain answers to costs involved in the massive construction project at Ocean City’s Public Works Complex known as the “Campus Plan”, I am now making progress. While not all of my questions have been answered, I have a better understanding of this very… Read more »

Remembering Mr. SmackEditor:It was with considerable sadness that I read of the passing of John Dale Smack, Jr.I was Town Attorney for Berlin during the time in which Mr. Smack served on the Berlin Council, from 1980 to 1988. As has been noted, Mr. Smack was the first African-American to serve on Berlin’s Council. During… Read more »

Outdated Liquor Laws Need Changing In Md.Editor:I read with interest Shawn Soper’s Dec. 22 article “Petition Effort Underway Against Big Box Stores Selling Alcohol.” The petition effort described by Ms. Elliot-Carr, executive director of the Worcester County Licensed Beverage Association, is another grab by opponents to keep outdated and outmoded liquor laws on the books… Read more »

Reform Concerns InflatedEditor:It is disappointing to read the inflated concerns of the Worcester County Sheriff with regards to the several legislative police reforms bills in Maryland.Rather than express reservations and denials that exist in our law enforcement departments across the nation, it would be more receptive and productive to collaborate with the law makers and… Read more »

Remembering Gene ParkerEditor:In the fall of 1985, Chase Manhattan Bank purchased Merritt Savings & Loan that owned several assets in Worcester County — hundreds of acres of vacant land in Ocean Pines including a whole section zoned for mobile homes, the sewer company that serviced Ocean Pines, the vacant land at 120th Street called Heron… Read more »