SNOW HILL – A local man arrested in March after Ocean City Police narcotics agents targeted him with a three-month drug distribution investigation pleaded guilty last week in Circuit Court to manufacturing and distributing cocaine and was sentenced to 12 years in jail, half of which was suspended.Undercover OCPD narcotics detectives began investigating Richard Eaton,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Two ocean-side blocks were evacuated briefly this week when a city road crew accidentally ruptured a major gas main on 36th Street during a routine paving project.Around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Ocean City Public Works crews working on a repaving project in the ocean block area of 36th Street and 37th Street… Read more »

BERLIN – On Saturday, Oct. 11, the waterfront docks of West Ocean City will come alive with the sights, sounds and smells of the sea. The inaugural Harbor Day at the Docks will take place from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and is being held along the working harbor docks adjacent to Sunset Avenue. This… Read more »

SNOW HILL – The Bishopville Pond project is inching closer to a start date, but concerns over the bridge and the murky ownership of the pond bottom must be resolved first.“The major issue in the project is trying to figure out what’s going to happen with the bridge located east of the pond,” said Worcester… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Resort police this week are looking for a suspect who burglarized a mid-town surf shop last weekend.Around 4 a.m. last Sunday, OCPD officers responded to Chauncey’s Surf Shop on 53rd Street in reference to a burglar alarm activation. The officers arrived on the scene and immediately noticed the front plate glass window… Read more »

BERLIN – New information has come to light suggesting the Pittsville man arrested for rape in September after allegedly coaxing a woman from a bus stop in Berlin before sexually assaulting her at a remote location may have carried out similar crimes against other victims in Worcester County and across the Lower Shore.In the middle… Read more »

BERLIN – Two restaurants expected to spark a business revival in north Berlin have been shelved because of the falling economy.A 125-seat seafood restaurant on Old Ocean City Blvd. has been axed, confirmed restaurateur Jim Farlow of his plan to build an eatery opposite the old Tyson chicken processing plant.“We’ve kind of pulled the plug… Read more »

BERLIN – There is no need to withdraw your savings from your local bank and hide it under your bed, local bankers say, because commercial banks, at least those operating regionally, are safe.People are concerned over their money in local commercial banks because of the high profile failure of several investment firms, or so called… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Council this week voted to disqualify relative newcomer William J. Steiner, Jr. as a candidate in the upcoming municipal election citing his apparent failure to register to vote in the city prior to the filing deadline, but the Anne Arundel County strip club owner believes there is a more… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – On the heels of a firestorm of controversy over dedicated bike lanes and wider sidewalks in the conceptual plans for a major overhaul of the St. Louis Avenue corridor, resort officials this week got a look at a revised plan that should be able to accomplish both.Last month, the Ocean City Mayor… Read more »