OCEAN CITY – Downtown bar employees last weekend helped nab the suspect in a Boardwalk jewelry store break-in during which windows were smashed and thousands of dollars worth of merchandise was stolen.Around 1:20 a.m. on Jan. 2, Ocean City police responded to the Somerset South Jewelry store on the south end of the Boardwalk in… Read more »
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State, Resort Seeking Burial Laws
OCEAN CITY — City Solicitor Guy Ayres has been petitioned by the Ocean City Police Department to draw up a local ordinance that would make it unlawful to improperly bury or dispose of a body in Ocean City.Ayres said this week that he had been approached by members of the Ocean City Police Department to… Read more »
When It Warms, Frozen Pipes Will Be Major Issue For Area
OCEAN CITY – The current cold snap that has gripped the resort for well over a week and will likely continue several more days has created a lot of problems in the area with broken pipes and other weather-related issues, but the worse could be yet to come.With daytime temperatures rarely nudging past the freezing… Read more »
Audit Report Sparks Questions About Other Finances
SNOW HILL – A positive financial report from Worcester County’s auditors triggered a discussion of an uncertain future in the next fiscal year among the Worcester County Commissioners, following a decline in the assessable base of the county for the first time in 22 years.Worcester County saw revenues come in $2.2 million higher than expenses… Read more »
City Disagrees With Cops’ Take-Home Complaint
OCEAN CITY — City Solicitor Guy Ayres has reportedly responded to a so-called grievance filed several months ago by the local lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) contesting the town’s recent decision to take away a longtime perk from several public safety workers.Ayres said this week that prior to the new year, he… Read more »
Concerns Raised Over Sewer Plant Loan Payments
SNOW HILL – If enough users cannot be added to make the loan payments for the replacement Mystic Harbor wastewater treatment plant, the county has said it will simply raise rates for the current ratepayers.Worcester County will take out a 40-year, $5.1 million loan from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to build a… Read more »
EDC Supports Major Power Project
OCEAN CITY – Following the lead of elected bodies in the area, resort business leaders on Wednesday agreed to endorse Delmarva Power’s proposed Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway (MAPP) project, a billion-dollar plus effort to increase the company’s ability to assure stable and affordable electricity for the peninsula.During the Ocean City Economic Development Committee (EDC) bi-monthly meeting… Read more »
Legislature Faces Early Bills
BERLIN – The Maryland General Assembly convenes next week for the 427th time, during which state lawmakers will consider thousands of pieces of legislation from bills whose importance would be felt across the state to pieces of legislation germane to specific jurisdictions including Worcester.With the state, like the rest of the country, trying to pull… Read more »
Local Hotels Make National List
OCEAN CITY — Though 2009 was reportedly a rough one for the hotel industry, two local hotels received national recognition as top performers from a reputable industry magazine.The Paradise Plaza Hotel and the Stowaway Grand Hotel were recently named to Lodging Hospitality Magazine’s Top 100 performers for 2009, ranking number 67 and 73, respectively, perhaps… Read more »
Ocean City News In Brief
OCEAN CITY — In the brief this week, Trimper’s Amusements started an informal conversation with the Planning and Zoning Commission about a desire to put some additional amusements just off the Boardwalk and the 45th street village project continues to debate major vs. minor changes.Off-Boardwalk Amusements EyedAt Tuesday’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, local attorney… Read more »