OCEAN CITY – The City Council expressed a consensus this week to amend the Code to make up for a potential lack of flood insurance once new flood maps for Ocean City are approved.“A couple of years ago, the federal government through FEMA began the process of remapping the Town of Ocean City Flood Maps…. Read more »
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Tenants Displaced After Downtown Ocean City Fire; Four People Injured In Three-Alarm Resort Blaze
OCEAN CITY — Four people, including two Ocean City firemen, were injured in a Tuesday morning blaze at a downtown restaurant and brew pub that sent billowing smoke across the area and shut down the downtown area for hours.Around 9:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Ocean City Communications received a call on a reported fire at de… Read more »
‘Fast Pizza’ Restaurant To Open Across From Walmart On 50
BERLIN – When David Crocetti says fast pizza, he’s not talking delivery.When the Ellicott City restaurateur uses the term, he’s referring to pizza sold in the increasingly popular fast casual restaurant atmosphere — think Chipotle meets pizza. Crocetti will open the first such restaurant on the Eastern Shore this spring.“It’s a really unique concept I’m… Read more »
City Defends Budget Amendment Through Process Review
OCEAN CITY – In response to ongoing public concerns, town officials presented this week a thorough presentation of the budget and its process this week to try and dispel accusations of wrong doing.Last week Ocean City residents Ellie Diegelmann and Vince Gisriel questioned the passage of Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Amendment #1 resulting in City… Read more »
Ocean City Mulls Changes To Inlet Parking Lot Booths
OCEAN CITY – After evaluating backups at the Inlet Parking lot, the Transportation Commission is recommending a reconfiguration of the exit booths.In 2010, the town switched from having four attended cash/credit pay-to-exit booths at the Inlet Parking Lot to three attended cash/credit booths and one unattended credit card only booth.“We went to a credit card… Read more »
Watch Associations Honor Resort Detective
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s eight Neighborhood Watch Associations last weekend named Detective-First Class James Rodriquez the Ocean City Police Department’s 2014 Officer of the Year.The resort’s Neighborhood Watch Associations held their annual OCPD Officer of the Year banquet at the Stowaway Grand Hotel. Roughly 150 guests gathered to recognize the OCPD personnel who had… Read more »
Salisbury Considers Occupancy Enforcement Policy
SALISBURY – The City of Salisbury Department of Neighborhood Services has proposed an Occupancy Enforcement Policy due to an increase in over-occupancy violations.The ordinance before the council on Monday evening stated, “The Department of Neighborhood Service and Code Compliance is experiencing a rise in over-occupancy violations, and due to this rise in over occupancy, there… Read more »
OC Summer Events Approved
OCEAN CITY – Several upcoming events received approval this week, including the OC Air Show, the Wicomico Street Winter Festival and the White Marlin Festival and Crab Soup Cook Off.Brian Lilley of the OC Air Show submitted the annual special event permit to hold the OC Air Show June 13-14 for staff review per the… Read more »
Decade Later, Ocean City Homicide Still A Cold Case; Investigation Remains Open
OCEAN CITY — Ten years ago this week, a Virginia man was apparently murdered in his family’s uptown Ocean City condominium, but the victim’s remains have never been found and the case is still an open investigation.Eduardo Masoller, then 52, of Springfield, Va., was reported missing by his family on Feb. 3, 2005, just three… Read more »
County OKs $113M Capital Project Plan
SNOW HILL — Emphasizing it was merely a planning document, the Worcester County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a five-year Capital Improvement Plan that calls for expenditures over $113 million through 2020.The County Commissioners approved the five-year CIP after holding a public hearing on the planning document on Tuesday.“Before we go any further, it’s important to… Read more »