BERLIN – With less than a week and a half to go before the mayoral election in Berlin, candidates are continuing their low-key campaigns for the town’s highest office by knocking on doors and making telephone calls.Candidates for office in Berlin must weather a compressed campaign season, with just a month between the filing deadline… Read more »
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Winterfest Gala Opts For Location Change
OCEAN CITY – A date of Nov. 21 and a location of the Princess Royale Hotel has been set for the 14th Annual Winterfest Gala.Guests to the event will enter a land of enchantment at the Princess Royale Hotel on 9100 Coastal Highway. Enjoy the best taste of the town from the Delmarva Chef’s &… Read more »
Arundel Strip Club Owner Enters Council Race
OCEAN CITY – The field of candidates for the Ocean City Council elections next month was rounded out this week with a few incumbents, a couple of former candidates and a handful of relative newcomers including one dark horse, a strip club owner with a colorful past and a passion for cutting frivolous spending and… Read more »
Boardwalk Gets New Landmark
OCEAN CITY – The first day of fall was the ironic backdrop for the unveiling of a new Boardwalk landmark that will be seen by thousands of summer visitors for years to come.Dozens of onlookers gathered at the foot of the Boardwalk on Monday to officially dedicate a “skin mount” of the largest white marlin… Read more »
Erika Sifrit Appeal Filed
FREDERICK COUNTY — Convicted murderer Erika Sifrit is hoping for another day in court after her lawyers filed a motion for appeal in the Frederick County Circuit Court.Sifrit, who was tried and convicted in 2003 for killing two Ocean City tourists, hopes to reveal to jurors in a new appeal she was a “needy” woman… Read more »
Local Groups Applaud No Child Left Inside Passage
OCEAN CITY – Local environmental groups this week applauded the passage by the House of the No Child Left Inside Act, a bill which, if approved, could funnel federal funding into environmental education with the intent of getting kids out from in front of a television screen or computer monitor and back outside to connect… Read more »
Resort Settles Police Brutality Suit For $63K
SNOW HILL – The town of Ocean City and six OCPD officers named as defendants in a multi-million dollar police brutality civil suit from an incident in the resort over two years ago this week reached a settlement with the plaintiffs that will pay the latter a small fraction of what they were seeking.Six Ocean… Read more »
Berlin Intermediate School Honored For Focus On Arts
BERLIN – The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts recognized Berlin Intermediate School (BIS) this week for its arts immersion program.BIS, one of just five schools nationwide to be honored, received the National School of Distinction in Arts Education designation for the 2007-2008 school year.The award honors schools that have made the arts… Read more »
Old Marlin Club Property Sold For $1.04M
WEST OCEAN CITY – The Sunset Marina potentially extended its property line on Tuesday after representatives outbid the competition in a public foreclosure auction for the building that last housed the Miyako Sushi and Seafood Buffet.A bidder representing John Gudelsky, owner of the Sunset Marina and OC Fishing Center, won the building with a bid… Read more »
Berlin Utilities Comm. Seeks Member
BERLIN – The Berlin Utilities Commission (BUC) has at least one vacancy after the departure of BUC chair Damian Preziosi, and is looking for someone with experience to fill that spot. Preziosi resigned from the BUC in late August, citing the lack of respect for the BUC by the town government.At their first meeting after… Read more »