OCEAN CITY – Monday evening’s Mayor and City Council regular session had a light agenda, but some matters of consequence were discussed, including the evaluation of three-wheel scooters on the Boardwalk, considering heftier fine for flicking cigarettes out of car windows, a bid for a new shade canopy at the Ocean Bowl Skate Park was… Read more »
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Berlin’s Downtown Culinary Offerings Continue To Expand
BERLIN — Berlin’s growing culinary culture has jumped forward again with the opening of one long anticipated restaurant and the announcement of a second planned for this spring.Owners for both establishments were at the Historic District Commission (HDC) this week requesting signage approval with one of the requests approved and the other tabled due to… Read more »
Salisbury Police Seeking Pilot Program On Tasers
SALISBURY — Another less-than-lethal device could be added to the Salisbury Police Department’s (SPD) force continuum.A 12-month pilot program for Electronic Control Devices (ECD) was discussed by the City Council Monday and will move to a vote at the next legislative session.The pilot program calls for nine ECD devices to be deployed in the field…. Read more »
Mysterious Armed Robber Nabbed
WEST OCEAN CITY — An Ocean Pines man is being held on armed robbery, assault and other serious charges after first allegedly portraying himself as a police officer at a West Ocean City gun store and later threatening a female victim with a rifle at an ATM near Ocean Pines.Around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Maryland… Read more »
OC Shooter Enters Plea In Last Summer’s Incident; Sentencing To Come After Investigation
SNOW HILL — A Reading, Pa. man charged with attempted murder and assault following last summer’s shooting in Ocean City was found guilty this morning and now awaits his fate pending the outcome of a pre-sentence investigation.Elvin Mendez-Espada appeared in Circuit Court in Snow Hill on Tuesday to face multiple charges, including attempted second-degree murder… Read more »
Rare Blue Lobster Joins National Aquarium
OCEAN CITY- A rare blue lobster hauled in off the coast of Ocean City by a commercial fishing vessel in June 2012 found a permanent home at the National Aquarium on Baltimore this week.In June 2012, Captain John Gourley and mate Tim Aulinskis aboard the “Pot Luck” out of the commercial harbor in West Ocean… Read more »
New Memoir Document Engh’s Life Journey
OCEAN CITY — From a rather inauspicious childhood in the resort area to the founder and president of one of the nation’s leading advocates for positive and safe sports opportunities in America and across the globe, long-time Ocean City resident Fred Engh has led a remarkable life he details in his newly-released memoir “You Gotta… Read more »
Mixed Emotions At OCPD Officer of Year Banquet
OCEAN CITY — There were mixed emotions at the Ocean City Neighborhood Watch Association’s annual Officer of the Year banquet this week including joy for the newest OCPD officer to join the club tempered with the solemn remembrance of those officers who perished in 2013.At the culmination of the annual awards dinner at the Roland E…. Read more »
Plea In Mortgage Fraud Scheme
SALISBURY — An Eastern Shore woman now faces 30 years in prison after pleading guilty this week in U.S. District Court to bank fraud in connection with a scheme she carried out with her brother to obtain mortgage loans in the names of family members and using the proceeds for their own benefit.According to the… Read more »
Annual Prayer Breakfast Set For Next Friday
OCEAN CITY – Robert Douglas will bring his suicide awareness message to Ocean City this month at the Annual Ocean City Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast.The 24th Annual Ocean City Mayor’s Breakfast will take place on Friday, Jan. 17, from 7-9:15 a.m. at the Clarion Resort Hotel.Douglas, founder and executive director of National Police Suicide Foundation (PSF),… Read more »