BERLIN — Though the controversy over drinking in public at Berlin events had quieted following a string of successful and trouble-free festivals, a majority of the Mayor and Council voted Monday not to allow a local restaurant the privilege of operating an outside bar during New Year’s Eve.“From my perspective, I just have a problem… Read more »
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Trail Campaign Wins State Award
SNOW HILL — A local partnership to promote wineries and breweries on the lower shore earned statewide recognition at an awards ceremony earlier this month.Worcester County Tourism, the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association and D3Corp collaborated to create “Toast Our Coast, Delmarva’s Wine and Ale Trail,” and their efforts earned them the Marketing Partnership Award at… Read more »
Tip Helps OC Police Foil Planned Armed Robbery
OCEAN CITY — Confidential information obtained by the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) allowed officers to proactively avert an attempted armed robbery at a downtown business on Monday night and eventually subdue the suspect with the use of a Taser.On Monday afternoon, Ocean City Police detectives received confidential information that a male suspect, later identified… Read more »
Salisbury ‘Nuisance’ Demolished
SALISBURY — One unruly property that has been a black hole for city services and demanded regular police attention was finally demolished Tuesday.The Thrift Travel Inn, located at 603 N. Salisbury Blvd., has been a “thorn in the city’s side for years,” according to Mayor Jim Ireton.“It’s been condemned multiple times and year after year… Read more »
Retired Water Taxi Ready For Sinking Off Coast
OCEAN CITY — The newest addition to Ocean City’s rapidly growing artificial system could be heading to the bottom any day now with the planned sinking of a 50-foot water taxi from Baltimore about five miles off the coast.The Ocean City Reef Foundation is planning to sink the former water taxi as soon as a… Read more »
Of Rare Jetty Beach, Army Corps Says, ‘You’ll Probably Never See It Again’
OCEAN CITY — A rare, if never-before-seen, anomaly appeared at the Ocean City Inlet this week in the form of a wide, flat sandy beach on the south side of the north jetty in an typically under water and pounded by waves.In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which plowed through the resort area in late… Read more »
Lockhart Piece Added To University’s Shore Collection
SALISBURY — Dr. Carol Wood, interim dean of the Samuel W. and Marilyn C. Seidel School of Education and Professional Studies at Salisbury University, recently accepted the seventh addition to the Artists of the Eastern Shore Collection established by Dr. Amy Stephens Meekins and family of Cambridge.The collection is displayed in the Teacher Education and… Read more »
Changes Ahead For Ocean City Surf Beaches?
OCEAN CITY – Following in the footsteps of Ocean City’s body boarding and skateboarding laws being changed to keep up with the times, a Surfing Beach Committee will be formed to take a look at how the resort handles its designated surfing beaches.During a department update this week, Recreation and Parks Director Tom Shuster presented… Read more »
Berlin Still Weighing Change To Plant Own Tree
BERLIN — Though the idea of a living Christmas tree that could be planted in Berlin received a good deal of attention last year in the hopes that it could happen in 2012, Berlin decided once again to go with the more traditional practice of a cut tree.However, Community and Economic Development Director Michael Day… Read more »
NEW FOR THURSDAY: Proposed Beach Music Festival Delayed Till 2014
OCEAN CITY – The much-anticipated High Tide Music Festival has been postponed for the second year in a row and has taken a turn toward boot stomping versus fist pumping.After an update on the scheduled High Tide Music Festival for this summer was postponed twice, Tom Russell of Founders Entertainment was present for this week’s… Read more »