OCEAN CITY – Figures prove that last weekend’s 22nd Annual Cruisin Ocean City event had the most visitors in town in the past three years, although the congestion would have you guessing there was much more.According to demoflush figures, which are estimates based on wastewater flow, there were close to 191,000 people in town this… Read more »

SALISBURY — Good news for cyclists in Salisbury: the Mayor and Council learned Monday that plans for city bike lanes are nearing completion and just waiting on word over grant funding.“The sky is the limit,” said Matt Drew, executive vice president of AWB Engineers. “This thing can be as big as we want it to… Read more »

SALISBURY — Hoping to bring properties in limbo back onto the tax roll, the Salisbury City Council agreed this week to focus on purchasing five properties at next month’s tax sale. The price tag for all five is expected to be $122,000.“Eventually, once we acquire these properties, the money would come back into the city,”… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Two separate entities were cited last week by state environmental officials for allegedly allowing harmful toxins to enter the coastal bays.The Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT) this week announced Assateague Coastkeeper Kathy Phillips recently discovered two pollution threats to the coastal bays while on routine patrol in the watershed including one at a… Read more »

SALISBURY — As expected, Wicomico officials this week withdrew its request for a waiver of the state’s Maintenance of Effort (MoE) after state lawmakers last week approved a budget saving the county from an expected $14 increase in the level of funding to public schools.State law requires counties across Maryland to maintain at least level… Read more »

SNOW HILL —  This month’s Board of License Commissioners (BLC) meeting saw the approval of seven new alcohol licenses, though one will be coming with conditions due to the protests of a Berlin church.Two Berlin restaurants, each slated to open next month and both owned by Ernest Gerardi, received seven-day beer, wine and liquor licenses… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — A report released this week revealed vital underwater sea grasses in Maryland’s coastal bays decreased by an average of 35 percent in the last year, including losses exceeding 90 percent in many areas near Ocean City.The report, released by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in partnership with the Maryland Coastal… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Coastal Highway at 52nd Street will be getting a major upgrade, as the City Council on Monday granted approval of a new Goose Creek convenience store and Subway restaurant.This week’s vote comes after a favorable recommendation last month from the Ocean City Planning and Zoning Commission for a major reworking of the… Read more »