OCEAN CITY – After briefly explaining the details of production and funding issues facing it, Ocean City officials and private investors now must decide whether they want to take the risk of investing money in a movie that hopes to film in Ocean City this fall.Last Thursday, writer/director of “Ping-Pong Summer,” Michael Tully, along with… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Judging is currently taking place n the more than 50 entries for the resort’s Song of the Summer contest.As of midnight on Monday, the entry phase for the Ocean City Song of the Summer contest closed with 55 entries received.“I just think that is an incredible response because it is not your… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A moment in history was made last night as the City Council decided to authorize the consolidation of its municipal election with general election day.The question to consolidate Ocean City’s individual municipal Election Day in October with National Election Day in November has been brought up throughout the town’s history, as recently… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – After briefly explaining the details of production and funding issues facing it, Ocean City officials and private investors now must decide whether they want to take the risk of investing money in a movie that hopes to film in Ocean City this fall.Last Thursday, writer/director of “Ping-Pong Summer,” Michael Tully, along with… Read more »
BERLIN — Work is moving faster than expected for the much anticipated installation of a natural gas network in Worcester County.According to County Commissioner Judy Boggs, who has led the charge to bring natural gas to the area, Chesapeake Utilities is nearing the final stages of laying a transmission line, which will feed natural gas… Read more »
SNOW HILL — The Worcester County Board of License Commissioners (BLC) cited a “lack of public need” last Friday when denying two Ocean City applications — one for a new liquor license and another for the expansion of an existing liquor license.Both license applications are located within a block of each other. The first, an… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley delivered bookend speeches to the Maryland Municipal League (MML) convention in Ocean City this week with remarks often long on rhetoric and short on substance.State and federal leaders were all over the resort area and the Lower Shore this week to attend… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — After a rather tumultuous 2011 summer season with street performers on the Boardwalk, all has been relatively calm thus far this season with a new set of rules and a new “if you can’t beat them, join them” attitude.Fresh off a victory in a federal lawsuit challenging First Amendment rights filed against… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City and neighboring Dewey Beach in Delaware were among the 12 destinations to earn a perfect five-star rating in an annual report released this week on water quality at popular beaches around the country.According to “Testing the Waters: A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches,” an independent report released every… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Months after adding Electronic Control Devices, or Tasers, to its crime-fighting arsenal, the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) has used the device a handful of times this year, including an incident late Tuesday night.Last October, the Ocean City Mayor and Council approved a pilot program for the acquisition and use of Tasers… Read more »