BERLIN – Berlin officials approved a contract with a Washington D.C.-based firm this week to handle the town’s strategic plan.Councilmembers agreed to spend close to $15,000 to hire Christine Becker Associates to begin the strategic planning process.Mayor Gee Williams said now is the perfect time for the town to begin planning its future projects.“We’ve been… Read more »
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Route 50 Drawbridge Fix Likely Next Month
OCEAN CITY — State Highway Administration (SHA) crews were out working on a sidewalk project on the west end of the Route 50 bridge this week in advance of a larger repair likely next month to repair an issue that caused the draw span to be stuck up last summer.On Tuesday, SHA crews began replacing… Read more »
Berlin Wants Building Design Standards In Place
BERLIN – Members of the town’s planning commission took what they hope is the first step toward putting commercial architectural design standards and guidelines in place this week.The planning commission voted 5-0 to approve an ordinance that makes it clear that the commission will ensure that proposed commercial development fits in with the town’s historic… Read more »
Quiet Storm Taking Surf, Turf Concept To Fenwick Island
FENWICK ISLAND – Quiet Storm is looking to fill a void in the local community by opening a sporting goods store in combination with surfing gear at a new Fenwick Island location.Quiet Storm Surf and Turf will be opening on Feb. 1 in Fenwick Island at the former Ruddo’s Golf location on the east side… Read more »
25-Year Sentence For Store Robbery, Forgery Schemes
SNOW HILL — An Ocean City man arrested in July in connection with a strong-armed robbery of a West Ocean City store along with other crimes pleaded guilty this week in Worcester County Circuit Court and was sentenced to a combined 25 years in jail.Around 4 p.m. on July 3, Worcester County Sheriff’s deputies responded… Read more »
Seven Juveniles Charged In Afternoon Robbery, Assault
SALISBURY — An elderly man was brutally beaten and robbed by a group of as many as seven juveniles on a Salisbury street last Saturday afternoon.Around 3:30 p.m. last Saturday, Salisbury Police responded to the area of Camden Ave. and Monticello Ave. for a reported robbery. Salisbury Police officer met with an 83-year-old male victim… Read more »
Cop Nearly Fires Gun After Being Charged By Knife-Wielding Man
OCEAN CITY — After what turned out to be a tense and dicey situation, an Ocean City man was arrested on first-degree assault and other charges early Wednesday morning after first threatening to kill another man with a knife and later setting his sights on an OCPD officer who nearly had to shoot the suspect.Around… Read more »
Report Shows Home Listing, Sales Prices Heading Up
BERLIN – Home listing prices and sales prices are on the rise in the Tri-County area, according to the latest figures from the Coastal Association of REALTORS® (CAR).The November 2014 CAR Local Housing Statistics reflect an 11.5-percent jump in the average listing price and an 11.3-percent spike in the average sales price of single family… Read more »
Tix Still Available For Tenors Show
OCEAN CITY — The Texas Tenors will bring their southern charm in the “Deep in the Heart of Christmas” show to the all-new Ocean City Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13.With their hit TV special now airing across the US and a Billboard Top 10 album, “You Should Dream”, it’s easy… Read more »
Boardwalk Military Banners To Return Next Summer
OCEAN CITY – Ocean City will continue to honor its local home town heroes next summer through a military banner program.On Tuesday afternoon, Pat Riordan of the OC Elks Lodge Veterans Committee requested of the Mayor and City Council permission to continue the Ocean City Elks Hometown Heroes Military Banner Program in 2015.The program was… Read more »