Ocean City Councilman Joe Hall found out firsthand last Friday what it’s like to be bitten by the viral world of social media.In his post on the Citizens For Ocean City Facebook page, Joe Hall addressed the town’s consideration of adding paid parking to certain areas of town and the reasoning behind it.In his post,… Read more »
Court Got It Right Editor:The decision by the Appeals Court of Maryland to allow Allstate to stop writing policies along the Atlantic Coast, while unpopular, was done for the right reason (“Court Upholds Hurricane Insurance Decision”, Jan. 27).The Maryland General Assembly’s People’s Insurance Counsel Division’s challenge, that the decision to stop writing policies along the… Read more »
Faced with declining revenues amid growing expenses, as is the case with all governments currently, the Ocean City Mayor and Council is considering adding more paid parking throughout the island.This is a worthwhile discussion to be having this time of year, and the issue has proven to be quite divisive over the years.The major fact… Read more »
It will be quite the photo op come April 2, or the days before, as Pepsi banners, products and vending machines are quickly removed in Ocean City and replaced by those bearing the name of Coca-Cola, which successfully outbid its familiar rival for the town’s beverage franchise this week.Back when Ocean City first went the… Read more »
Opposed To Horseback Rides On Beach Proposal Editor: (The following letter was addressed to the Ocean City Mayor and Council.)We are year-round residents of Ocean City and recently learned of a proposal to allow horseback riding on the beach. We disagree with this proposal.If you allow individuals to ride horses on the beach during the… Read more »
Founders Entertainment Festival Project Manager Tom Russell confirmed this week the two-day beach festival proposed in Ocean City for this June has been cancelled as a result of an inability to land the caliber of entertainment initially sought.It was with much regret that we learned of the cancellation of this summer’s proposed music festival on… Read more »
It’s unknown at this point how far this will go in the near future, but at this point it’s known a group of Ocean City employees are exploring the option of forming a union. The initial effort reportedly began about 18 months ago, but was stepped up early last year amid concerns over the division… Read more »
With a $1 billion deficit to address, good news is going to be difficult to come by from this year’s legislative session in Annapolis.The money has to come from somewhere, and we are starting to get a glimpse at exactly what lawmakers have in mind.Gov. Martin O’Malley’s budget proposal got the ball rolling this week,… Read more »
Ocean City Mayor and Council members were right to quickly dismiss the idea of eliminating the biweekly Monday night meetings.Although you would not know it from Tuesday’s meeting, this proposal was getting some play from the council majority before it went public this week. Fortunately, wisdom prevailed and the ill-conceived notion was quickly shot down… Read more »
Suggestion For Berlin Editor: I really enjoyed ringing in the new year in Berlin, but I have an idea to make the ball drop better.In my opinion (and others around town), the actual ball is a little, well, not so great. I think it would be a great contest for local schools in the area… Read more »