BERLIN – Concern over drug dealing activity at the Bay Terrace apartments on Bay St. prompted the Berlin elected officials to hold off on granting a tax abatement to that complex.For the first time this week, the Berlin Mayor and Council considered tax abatements for local non-profits, which have been granted administratively in the past.Worcester… Read more »
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Man Gets 7 Years For Partying In Vacant Home
SNOW HILL – A Berlin man arrested last December on burglary and theft charges after police connected him to a week-long spree at a vacant house for sale, including wild parties, several pay-per-view adult movie rentals and hundreds of dollars worth of calls to phone dating services, all on the homeowner’s dime, pleaded guilty this… Read more »
Ocean City News In Brief
OCEAN CITY – In the brief this week, the quest for a new convention center manager is starting to reach the final stages, a councilman cracked a smile thanks to a top-catch and the Inlet parking lot will get some experimental signage starting this weekend.72 Applicants Vying For Building DirectorCity Manager Dennis Dare told the… Read more »
Pair Rescued In Bizarre Water Incident
OCEAN CITY – Two New York men had to be rescued from the waters around the resort area last weekend after one was injured in a jet ski accident and another later toppled into the water while responding to help the first victim, his brother-in-law, at the commercial harbor in West Ocean City.The bizarre sequence… Read more »
Resort’s Ad Agency Touts Current Campaign’s Success
OCEAN CITY – MGH Advertising President Andy Malis boldly proclaimed that the town’s current campaign is the “most successful in its history,” and although that claim could be considered laughable to some, Malis is confident that Ocean City will have the last laugh in future summers.Malis addressed the tourism commission last week outlining the staggering… Read more »
Talented Skaters Perform Nightly Show For Free
OCEAN CITY – As a group of sun-soaked and sand-covered visitors stood in the atrium overlooking the Carousel Resort Hotel’s one-of-a-kind ice rink on Tuesday, watching two of the Next Ice Age’s female skaters pirouette on an invisible pin like a ballerina atop a music box, they simply said, “I can’t believe this is free.”The… Read more »
Friday, August 7–OC Arts Advisory Board To Form
OCEAN CITY – Before the performing arts center has even received the final approval on its so-called birth, local residents are coming together to help ensure it a bright future.A who’s who of savvy business-folk, entrepreneurs and local big wigs have stepped forward and formed the new Ocean City Cultural Arts Advisory Board, which City… Read more »
Friday, August 7–Swimmer Thankful For Guard’s Quick Response
OCEAN CITY – A Western Maryland man had high praise this week for an Ocean City Beach Patrol (OCBP) surf rescue technician who pulled him from the ocean last Friday and literally “saved his life” after he was pounded by back-to-back large waves in the heavy surf.Mike Simms, 46, is back home in New Market,… Read more »
Big Whites, Record Blue Set one For White Marlin Open
OCEAN CITY – This week’s 36th Annual White Marlin Open has lived up to all the hype and then some with a whopping 93.5-pound white caught on Tuesday still sitting atop the leader board as of late yesterday with a local challenger, who has been white-hot all summer, sitting in second, not to mention a… Read more »
County Not Likely To Follow Ocean City With Salvia Ban
SNOW HILL – A ban on salvia will not be on the agenda for the County Commissioners, several commissioners said this week, reflecting an unofficial consensus among county elected officials that the state of Maryland needs to step in to regulate or ban the hallucinogenic substance.“The consensus is it should be done at the state… Read more »