BERLIN — A recent Maryland Court of Appeals opinion guaranteeing legal representation for defendants at the earliest stages of criminal proceedings, including initial bail reviews, has been put on hold after the high court agreed to slow down the order to further review the implementation process.In its opinion released in early January, the high court… Read more »
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OC Tourism Director Resigns To Take Private Sector Job
OCEAN CITY — The resort’s tourism director informed the Mayor and Council on Monday she is resigning her post in favor of a local private sector job.Tourism Director Deb Turk, who will be joining Comcast as a local sales manager, will leave the city March 1. Her announcement this week has resulted in the city… Read more »
Rental License Revenue Eyed
OCEAN CITY — While Ocean City attempts to find ways to expand its revenue base in the face of a looming deficit, one possible source in the form of unpaid rental property licenses could be right under the City Council’s noses.Ocean City officials are exploring alternative revenues sources to offset millions of dollars of needed… Read more »
OCPD Holds Taser Demonstration To Educate Public
OCEAN CITY — Hoping to address concerns surrounding Ocean City’s decision to equip some officers with Taser Electronic Control Devices, the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) held a public information session and demonstration Thursday.“We’ve spent enormous amounts of time researching this,” said OCPD Public Affairs Officer Mike Levy.Levy, along with Chief Bernadette DiPino, spoke at… Read more »
Councilman Defends Social Network Comments
OCEAN CITY — A social network post by an Ocean City councilman about tourists trashing the resort and the need for the millions of visitors to pay their fair share touched off a firestorm of controversy this week and a call for an apology, but the elected official stood by the premise, if not the… Read more »
NEW FOR THURSDAY: OC Buskers No Longer Need To Register
OCEAN CITY — A federal lawsuit filed by a Boardwalk street performer over alleged First Amendment rights violations officially ended this week with Ocean City agreeing to a consent decree allowing certain performers or vendors to sell their wares and eliminating the registration requirement.Last June, the City Council unanimously passed an emergency ordinance requiring all… Read more »
State Undergoing Traffic Light Study At 113 Intersection
SNOW HILL — Efforts to calm an accident prone intersection in Worcester County resurfaced again this week when the County Commissioners received a letter from Maryland Secretary of Transportation Beverley Swaim-Staley.In the letter, Swaim-Staley noted that the intersection at Route 12 and US 113, which has seen more than 50 accidents since being revamped in… Read more »
Area Trails Effort Collecting Public Input
BERLIN — A Berlin group is proceeding with plans to build a network of nature trails in Worcester County.“Our time has come,” said Kate Patton, who led the Plan Our Trails meetings held last Wednesday and Thursday nights in Berlin.Patton, executive director of Lower Shore Land Trust (LSLT), outlined the progress her group has made… Read more »
Wicomico Supports New Hybrid Liquor License
SALISBURY — Support from the Wicomico County Council could help pass a state law creating a new kind of liquor license that would allow minors in establishments that serve beer, wine and liquor but aren’t restaurants.If passed, the new license would apply to facilities that serve liquor but do not meet the requirements for a… Read more »
Worcester’s Bloxom Requested To Help Salisbury
SALISBURY — Hoping to bring in an outsider immune to conflict of interest complaints, the Salisbury City Council has been given permission to use Worcester County attorney Sonny Bloxom to advise the Salisbury ethics board.“That’s what we really need, someone that is removed,” said Councilwoman Laura Mitchell.The council has seen numerous ethics complaints thrown around… Read more »