City Council Moves To Merge Elections

OCEAN CITY — In a surprise turn of events, an unlikely majority of the City Council moved this week to have a charter change drafted to merge the municipal election in October with the general election in November.By City Charter, the municipal election was established and conducted by Ocean City’s seven-member election board. The election… Read more »

Md. Watershed Plan’s Costs Agitate Commissioners

SNOW HILL — Citing unrealistic costs, the Worcester County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to protest the state’s Phase II Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) for Worcester.“Everybody acknowledges that the cost of this is just outrageous,” said Director of Development Review and Permits Ed Tudor.While the WIP is a multi-step, multi-year plan for removing nitrogen from the… Read more »

Summer Of Fun, Summer Of Free

With summer about to kick into high gear, Ocean City is preparing to roll out a series of free weekly events to go along with the Summer of Thanks events — the OC Beach Lights Spectacular and the fireworks.On Sundays through Labor Day weekend, OC Beach Lights Spectacular, a show that features lasers, lights, video,… Read more »