OCEAN CITY – The Worcester County Humane Society received a pleasant surprise this week from the Mayor and Council when it granted $60,000 to renovate the building.According to Public Works Director Hal Adkins, funding was set aside in July of 2006 by the Mayor and City Council at the time. There was $60,000 allocated in… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — With the onslaught of the latest batch of foreign summer workers near, an international student workforce conference is set for next week to outline everything from the complexities of the J-1 visa and potential impacts of the Affordable Health Care Act to the prevention of sunburns and the dangers of rip currents.With… Read more »

BERLIN — An administrative waiver allowing a developer to opt out of the most recent stormwater regulations raised some hackles during Wednesday’s Berlin Planning Commission meeting.Although the request was eventually approved, the commissioners made it clear the town should tread lightly when granting similar waivers in the future.The administrative waiver will allow developer Main Street… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – How to define Ocean City’s tool to measure tourism and where tourists are coming from was further discussed this week.During a Tourism Commission meeting a couple of weeks ago, Ocean City officials discussed an issue that has been a concern for years — how to measure the amount of tourism passing through… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — A bill that will create a task force to study the issue of moving the start date for public schools across Maryland back until after Labor Day passed both chambers as the General Assembly session expired on Monday.For decades, the public school year in Maryland always started after Labor Day, the symbolic… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – It is out with the old and in with the new when it comes to the town’s transit system as discount coupon books were terminated and a new mobile app is in the works to offer credit/debit card payments on the buses.Finance Administrator Martha Bennett was excited to share with the Mayor… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – City officials are becoming skeptical of next summer’s proposed High Tide Music Festival, asking this week for staff to work closely with the event organizers to get the facts straight.On Tuesday afternoon, Tom Russell of Founders Entertainment presented an update of the long-awaited High Tide Music Festival and asked the Mayor and… Read more »

BERLIN — The 2013 Maryland General Assembly Session closed out on Monday after a whirlwind 90 days during which several weighty, emotional issues were debated and ultimately approved from gun control to offshore wind and from the death penalty to a significant hike in the state’s gas tax.The 2013 session will largely be remembered for… Read more »

BERLIN — Compromise legislation that will allow the Casino at Ocean Downs to serve alcohol until 4 a.m. while moving up the sunset provision in the county’s Department of Liquor Control (DLC) wholesale operation was unanimously passed by both the House and Senate late last week and now awaits the governor’s signature for becoming the… Read more »