OCEAN CITY – A resident stood up this week for senior citizens’ rights to ride the Boardwalk tram for free.“I’m here to represent the majority or maybe all of the senior citizens in Ocean City,” Ocean City resident Jerry Albright said.Albright asserted that senior citizens who are residents of Ocean City should have the right… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Navy’s F-18 Super Hornet will join the Marine Corps’ AV-8B Harrier jet in headlining this weekend’s OC Air Show.Also new for the June 11-12 event, the A-10 Warthog demo team out of Moody Air Force Base in Georgia will perform, the Air Force just announced.“Both the Super Hornet and the A-10… Read more »

BERLIN — The May figures for the Casino at Ocean Downs were released this week, revealing a continued pattern of gradual increase in the revenue taken in at the video gaming facility in Berlin.The Casino at Ocean Downs grossed just under $3.7 million in May, up slightly from the $3.5 million the facility generated in… Read more »

SNOW HILL — The future is looking bright for solar energy in Worcester County.Last Friday, Paradise Energy Solutions partnered with local land owner James Kurtz to host an energy open house at Kurtz’s Snow Hill farm, which has the first commercial sized solar installation in the county.“It’s a good opportunity for people to receive hands-on… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The 10th anniversary of the OC Car and Truck Show will take place this weekend, June 11-12, at the Ocean City Convention Center.For the 10th anniversary event, the team at Spark Productions is pulling out all the stops.Spark Productions has been working for over 10 years on this event and assure you… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Creative minds are coming together as a concept for a free gas giveaway promotion is in the works, sending Ocean City through a publicity whirl wind.Last week, a majority of the City Council approved $100,000 of the city’s advertising budget be allocated towards a free gas giveaway.The promotion will provide free gas… Read more »

SNOW HILL — Possible changes to transfer station rules split the Worcester County Commission Tuesday.“It’s going to be a tough transition,” admitted county Enterprise Fund Comptroller Jennifer Savage.Savage outlined 12 policy changes to solid waste services in Worcester, most of which had already been discussed with the commission. However, one of the 12 alterations caught… Read more »

SNOW HILL — A proposal for the relocation of a West Ocean City CVS Pharmacy received the unanimous approval of the Worcester County Planning Commission last Thursday. Questions were raised, however, about the future design of the store.“We have trouble in defining architecture,” admitted Commission President Brooks Clayville.Though Clayville maintained that it wasn’t the commission’s… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Although the Royalton Hotel has faced minor setbacks in its renovations recently and has made temporary repairs in order to make it through the summer season, come September the building may face demolishment.According to Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC) Executive Director Glenn Irwin, the old hotel with Boardwalk fronting retail stores was… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Planning and Zoning Commission continue to deliberate how far outdoor seating of restaurants can go before it becomes considered indoor dining, which will then require additional parking.The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on Tuesday concerning the definition of unenclosed outdoor dining space for restaurants that is included in… Read more »