OCEAN CITY – During a closed session on Tuesday afternoon, the much talked about gas promotion, supposed to hit the streets by the 4th of July, hit a dead end as a majority of the council voted it down.The promotion was approved by a majority vote of the council a couple weeks ago. Councilman Brent… Read more »

SNOW HILL — After delivering a 30-minute dissertation on how much he cared for his late elderly mother and how much money he spent on that care, a Pennsylvania man last Friday was sentenced to 25 years in prison for repeatedly running her over on a rural road in northern Worcester County last August.Steven Frederick… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Street performers are officially banned from North Division Street and the Boardwalk, as the Mayor and Council moved its decision into law through an emergency ordinance.The town and the buskers have been battling it out on where, when and how the performers can perform for some time now. The original ordinance to… Read more »

OCEAN CITY =- A proposal to double the tolls on the William Preston Lane Memorial Bridge, or Chesapeake Bay Bridge complex, this year and triple the rates by 2013 moved closer to becoming a reality last week when Maryland Transportation Authority board members endorsed the hike, prompting local officials to gauge public opinion on the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The excessive heat that plagued the area for much of the week and soared past the 100-degree mark throughout much of the region yesterday was likely to blame for a power outage in much of Ocean City and West Ocean City.Shortly after noon on Thursday, electric power service went out across much… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City man was being held on an attempted first-degree murder charge late Thursday afternoon after a hit-and-run incident at a north-end convenience store parking lot earlier in the day.Around 12:20 p.m. on Thursday, Ocean City Police responded to the area of 139th Street and Coastal Highway for a reported hit-and-run… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A free gas giveaway promotion and a golf advertising co-op were approved this week in one fell swoop through a compromise made among City Council members.Councilman Brent Ashley began the discussion by proposing to have an assessment completed on Ocean City’s summer seasons to examine data collected on its visitors. For example… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Police Department was instructed to stand back from enforcing recently proposed regulations restricting Boardwalk performers over Memorial Day weekend and that will continue to be the case until the Mayor and Council decides on a course of action later this month.Boardwalk street performers protested over Memorial Day weekend by… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The number of visitors to Ocean City this past Memorial Day weekend were record breaking, creating a brighter outlook for the resort area over the months ahead.According to Communications Manager Donna Abbott, this year’s demoflush population calculations for the holiday weekend saw an estimated 281,895 people, which is well over last year’s… Read more »

FENWICK ISLAND — Delaware Marine Education Research and Rehabilitation (MERR) Institute officials late yesterday were investigating the cause of death of a roughly 25-foot minke whale that beached itself and later died along the shoreline in Fenwick Island.Shortly after 9 a.m. yesterday, a roughly 25-foot minke whale was discovered in the surf at the shoreline… Read more »