OCEAN CITY — It took exactly 27 angry emails and a handful of peeved uptown residents to change the City Council’s mind about putting parking meters on 146th Street.The Ocean City Council voted 5-2 (with Councilman Doug Cymek and Joe Hall in opposition) to abandon their earlier vote during last month’s budget hearings to put… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A veteran Ocean City police officer and three public safety assistants were taken to the hospital with various symptoms last week after becoming sickened by a strong narcotic stashed in a detained prisoner’s purse.Around 10:45 p.m. last Tuesday, a female prisoner detained in the Public Safety Building’s holding cells after an earlier… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The Liquor Control Board for Worcester County (LCB) is allegedly under investigation by the State Comptroller’s Office for possible collusion and potential violations of the Sherman Act.It was revealed this week that three local liquor licensees were charged three different prices on the exact same day for the exact same product by… Read more »

BERLIN – Six local government and county utility employees will take advantage of Worcester County’s early retirement incentive this summer, freeing up county funding in another tight budget year.          The county will lose one employee from the Solid Waste Department, one from the Roads Department, one from Water and Wastewater, one from Development Review and… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The federal Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward with a plan to dredge several canals in Ocean City, but with no funding source for the project, it remains uncertain when work will begin.Residents along the canals included in phase I of the resort’s long awaited maintenance dredging plan last week received… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Parking meters may in fact become a reality on the ocean block or in north Ocean City some day, but the present City Council members made it clear this week that it may not happen on their watch.You would be hard-pressed to find anyone at City Hall who believes that the issue… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A Pennsylvania man was arrested on first-degree assault and other serious charges this week for threatening to kill a downtown apartment building owner during an apparent domestic situation in front of a large crowd of people on the Boardwalk early Sunday morning.Shortly after midnight on Sunday, Ocean City Police were dispatched to… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – An alleged drunk driver slammed into the back of two vehicles on the Route 90 Bridge early last Friday morning, causing two of the three vehicles involved to burst into flames during an incident that caused the span to be closed for over two hours.Shortly after midnight last Friday, Ocean City Police… Read more »

BERLIN – A fourth candidate has emerged to contest for the Worcester County Sheriff post when Dave Catrino filed for the Republican nomination for the top law enforcement post.With three candidates already seeking office, Catrino will face Republican Reggie Mason in the primary in September. The victor in that contest will then face either Carroll… Read more »