OCEAN CITY – Resort police last week closed the books on burglaries at three downtown marina businesses in early September after connecting a pair of local brothers to the break-ins through surveillance video obtained from one of the victims.In early September, OCPD detectives began investigating three commercial burglaries and one attempted burglary at waterfront businesses… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Some have called travel agents “dinosaurs destined for extinction”, but for Oasis Travel in West Ocean City, it hopes to be a name of distinction when you are booking your next vacation.With the rapid growth of online travel agencies and discounted travel websites like Priceline and Expedia, store-front travel agencies have seemingly… Read more »

SNOW HILL – An Ocean City man arrested in April for breaking into the same resort pharmacy he did a year earlier pleaded guilty last week in Circuit Court to second-degree burglary and was sentenced to 12 years in jail with all but one year suspended.Around 3 a.m. on April 28, Ocean City Volunteer Fire… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Maryland motorists have a slightly higher chance at having a deer “frozen in their headlights” this year according to state authorities, as the annual deer migration has hit its peak months.Historically, October, November, and December are the primary months for deer migration and mating in the country and motorists are urged to… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – With one unanimous decision, the Mayor and City Council approved a subaqueos water main improvement project in Ocean City, and saved the town almost $166,000 in the process.By granting the bid for a subaqueous water main improvement project on 10 sites ranging throughout Ocean City to Aaron Enterprises for $378,040, the town… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Two Dundalk men arrested in April in connection with a rash of burglaries in the resort last winter after detectives turned their cyber-savvy techniques against them appeared in Circuit Court for separate trials last week and ended up with two different outcomes including jail time for one and probation for the other.In… Read more »

BERLIN – When trick-or-treaters young and old head out for the annual Halloween tradition later this month, the scariest sights they might see are the “No Candy at This Residence” signs posted on the doors of the dozens of registered sex offenders in the area.The rather ominous signs adorned with a sneering pumpkin were sent… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A Baltimore man apparently went back to the same well once too often last weekend after getting arrested for trying to break into a mid-town surf shop which connected him to the burglary of a similar business in town.Last Saturday, Ocean City police responded to a reported burglary in progress at the… Read more »

BERLIN – After eight years of serving the town of Berlin, Administrative Director Linda Bambary retired from her post this week.“I have mixed feelings,” Bambary said on Tuesday, her last day on the job. “I’ve worked with the staff and the council the last eight years. We’ve been through our highs and lows. We’ve been… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Local restaurants are pulling for a strong weekend showing from diners before they call the first-ever “Fall OC Restaurant Week” an overall success.As of yesterday, an overwhelming majority of the restaurants involved in the third installment of the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association event have seen their numbers at least “on pace” with… Read more »