SNOW HILL — With the arrival of flu season and the first confirmed case of flu in Maryland announced this week, the Worcester County Health Department is urging all residents ages six months and older to get vaccinated and is offering several clinics next week to make the shots available. Seasonal influenza has officially arrived… Read more »
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OC Petition Drives Currently Underway; Effort Seeks To Cap Debt, Reduce Taxes
OCEAN CITY – Following the success of a parking petition earlier this year, the leader of Ocean City Taxpayers for Social Justice (OCTSJ) group is starting a petition drive for two charter amendments aimed at capping Ocean City’s debt and reducing taxes. On Monday evening, OCTSJ spokesperson Tony Christ announced to the Mayor and Council… Read more »
Two Boaters Rescued By Coast Guard After Sailboat Capsizes
OCEAN CITY — The Coast Guard rescued two boaters in the St. Martin River on Monday after their sailboat capsized in the choppy bay. Around 12:30 p.m. on Monday, a Good Samaritan noticed an overturned sailboat in the St. Martin River and notified Coast Guard Station Ocean City. A boat crew aboard a 24-foot Special… Read more »
OC Council Discusses Meeting Decorum After Citizen Ejected Last Month
OCEAN CITY – City Council members squared off this week over last month’s incident involving an Ocean City resident being ejected from council chambers with some members apologizing while others stood behind the decision. At the conclusion of a Mayor and City Council meeting last month, while Ocean City resident Herb Pawlukewicz was at the… Read more »
Resort Convention Center’s Next Expansion Project To Begin
OCEAN CITY – Construction is returning to the Roland. E Powell Convention Center once again with the second phase of the facility’s expansion taking off this week, resulting eventually in a new performing arts auditorium. On Monday evening, Mayor Rick Meehan announced last Wednesday he and City Engineer Terry McGean went to Annapolis to meet… Read more »
Cruisin Weekend Returns To Resort
OCEAN CITY — The 16th Annual Endless Summer Cruisin Car Show returned to Ocean City this week and continues through Sunday. The four-day automotive event is one of the eastern region’s largest fall car shows with more than 2,400 hot rods, street machines customs and more coming to town. Show hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,… Read more »
2nd Manslaughter Trial Postponed
SNOW HILL — A West Ocean City man accused of manslaughter in the death of his longtime friend outside a downtown Ocean City bar last January will have to wait a couple more months to learn his fate after his second trial was postponed this week. George Doran Nottingham, 48, of West Ocean City was… Read more »
OC Businessman Weighing Run At New Delegate Seat
OCEAN CITY — A familiar name and face could join the race for the newly created House District 38C, as resort hotel owner and tourism advocate Michael James is considering throwing his hat in the ring. District 38C was created during the 2012 legislative redistricting process following the last U.S. Census in 2010. It is… Read more »
Ocean City Tourism Report Examines Summer Data
OCEAN CITY – The Town of Ocean City has yet to receive tourism statistics from the State of Maryland, but officials have provided a dashboard of local data that reflects a robust July with numbers dwindling in August.July By The Numbers According to weather information received from the National Weather Service, the average high temperature… Read more »
‘Steady’ Interest In Health Connection, Officials Report
SNOW HILL — Interest in what kind of effect the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will have locally has been “steady,” according to the Worcester County Health Department (WCHD). As WCHD takes point on the information effort for affordable care on the Eastern Shore, Katherine Gunby, program coordinator for the Lower Shore Health Insurance Assistance Program… Read more »