OCEAN CITY – Disgruntled property owners that will be impacted by the addition of paid parking on 146th Street continued at this week’s meeting to try and convince Ocean City’s elected officials it was the wrong move.For the past few weeks, Ocean Place Condominium owners on 146th Street have gone to great lengths to persuade… Read more »
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Berlin Administrator Resigns, Accepts Ohio Post
BERLIN — The town of Berlin is in the market for a new town administrator following the resignation of Tony Carson this week.Carson is the second high-profile administrator to vacate his post this spring following Worcester County Chief Administrative Officer Gerald Mason’s retirement announcement last month.Carson will be leaving Berlin to head to Painesville, Ohio… Read more »
Local Teen Injured After Fall From Third-Story Condo Building
OCEAN CITY — Unfortunately, one of the dangerous signs of late spring in the resort area manifested itself last weekend when a local teenage girl fell from a third-floor window at a residence on 52nd Street where an underage party was going on.Around 11:30 p.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Police responded to a residence on… Read more »
Wills Announce Presidential Couple Shows Planned For Fall
OCEAN CITY — William and Sue Wills, who from 1978 to 1997 presented live theatre in Ocean City with the Parker Playhouse and Carousel Summer Theater, were back in town last week end to present “John and Abigail Adams” for the Worcester County Republican Women at the Carousel Hotel.This show is one of 33 presidential… Read more »
Three-School Initiative Involved 60 County Students
SNOW HILL — Worcester County Public Schools took part in a new kind of collaboration this spring when students from three Snow Hill area schools worked together on a project called “Monsters Inside.”“It touched probably 60 students countywide,” said Snow Hill Elementary School Art Teacher Cindy Sullivan.Monsters Inside started with Sullivan’s class where students read… Read more »
Compromise Possible In OC Skate Park Controversy
OCEAN CITY – After hearing from locals turning out against the planned reduction of hours at the Ocean Bowl Skate Park, the Mayor and City Council agreed to work toward a compromise.During a budget wrap-up on April 19, the council voted to have the skate park operate Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend during… Read more »
Army Corps To Let Nature Address Inlet Jetty Beach; No Immediate Action Planned
OCEAN CITY — A rarely-seen “anomaly” in the Ocean City Inlet reappeared this week in the form of a wide, sandy beach on the south side of the north jetty in an area typically under water and pounded by waves.In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which plowed through the resort in late October and other… Read more »
Annual Spring Cruisin Event Kicks Off Next Week
OCEAN CITY — One of the most popular hot rod shows on the East Coast, the 23rd Annual Cruisin Ocean City returns to Ocean City next week.Officially kicking off yesterday, the nationally recognized event attracts more than 3,200 customs, hot rods, street machines, classics and more from over 20 states plus Canada.Cruisin will have more… Read more »
NEW FOR THURSDAY: Army Corps To Let Nature Address Inlet Jetty Beach
OCEAN CITY — A rarely-seen “anomaly” in the Ocean City Inlet reappeared this week in the form of a wide, sandy beach on the south side of the north jetty in an area typically under water and pounded by waves.In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which plowed through the resort in late October and other… Read more »
NEW FOR WEDNESDAY: Compromise Possible In Skate Park Controversy; Committee To Study Operations, Issue Recommendations
OCEAN CITY – After hearing from locals turning out against the planned reduction of hours at the Ocean Bowl Skate Park, the Mayor and City Council agreed to work toward a compromise.During a budget wrap-up on April 19, the council voted to have the skate park operate Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend during… Read more »