OCEAN CITY – The resort area, famous for its generosity in times of crisis and sorrow, will be called on to rally again next weekend, this time for a family with roots in Ocean City that recently suffered a terrible tragedy.Jamie Miller and his wife Renee Roissier Miller lived and worked in the Ocean City… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The City Council made a compromise to fix a mistake that actually was not made on Monday, and now the ball is back in the city’s court to reverse that compromise.Jay Knerr, owner of the Kite Loft in Ocean City, came before the council to get the Kite Loft’s annual Maryland International… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Penalties for funding less than a Maryland-mandated maintenance of effort (MOE) budget could vary widely depending on interpretation of the untested law.A budget that falls short of MOE would prompt the state to withdraw some funds from that school system, but a successful waiver would allow the local jurisdiction to fund the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Flubbed verbiage in a town ordinance pertaining to how high buildings can be on Jacqueline Avenue has caused a bit of a stalemate between a developer and a neighboring property owner.The City Council tried to diffuse a situation with compromise created by a town mishap this week, as property owner Chris Tilghman… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Don’t be surprised if you get a “friend request” from the town of Ocean City on social networking websites like Facebook.Ocean City is getting “hip” to the popular world of social networking, and in doing so, hopes to maximize their advertising dollars by using free viral services like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The City Council voted unanimously to allow the Geico Offshore Boat Gran Prix to come a little closer to the shore this year, but the decision will temporarily close the surf to swimmers in a portion of the downtown area for several hours.Though the town technically doesn’t have the authority to close… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Elected officials appeared divided in their support for the Worcester County school system budget formally presented this week, with one commissioner saying the schools would cope, while other commissioners worried aloud that the school system would be damaged by budget cuts.The contentious school budget process entered a new phase with presentation of… Read more »

ANNAPOLIS – With the clock ticking down on the 2009 Maryland General Assembly session, weighty statewide issues have consumed lawmakers as the days and hours click by, but local lawmakers remain hopeful their bills will make it through before Sine Die on Monday.State lawmakers continued to slog through countless pieces of legislation this week as… Read more »

BERLIN – Berlin’s only bookstore came online last month, fulfilling a dream of the owners, when Steve and Suzanne Marcalus added 1,500 books to their Coffee Beanery coffee shop in the James Barrett Medical Building.The Marcalus’ decided to reinvent their business recently, getting out of the retail pharmacy trade attached to the coffee operation, and… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – If legislators in Annapolis continue to cut Maryland’s tourism advertising budget at the current rate, it won’t be long until Ocean City spends about the same as the entire state.Assistant Tourism Director Debbie Travers told the tourism commission last week that the state of Maryland had cut their advertising budget to promote… Read more »