OCEAN CITY – In the eight years or so since the completion of the Park-and-Ride in West Ocean City, town officials have been looking for a site to mitigate just under two acres of non-tidal wetlands impacted by the project, but they have finally found a suitable site albeit with a fairly hefty price tag.Because… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City celebrates the start of the fall season with a weekend of food, arts and crafts and live music when Sunfest 2008 shines on the resort’s Inlet lot through Sunday, Sept. 18-21.Ocean City’s most popular festival, the 34th annual Sunfest, kicked off with a parade yesterday morning on the Boardwalk. It… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Resort police this week are searching for two suspects who burglarized three businesses and attempted a fourth in the downtown marina area early last Monday morning.Ocean City police detectives this week continue to investigate three commercial burglaries and one attempted burglary atwaterfront businesses in the marina area between Talbot Street and Wicomico… Read more »

BERLIN – Although electric bills in Berlin have reportedly fallen this month, a result of lower usage during cooler times, the still high prices mean many people in Berlin, and beyond, will have trouble paying their bills and might have to turn to several local organizations for help.The first stop for Berlin electric customers should… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A 2-percent cut across the board and a ban on hiring should help Worcester County ride out the economic turbulence arising from the $432 million state of Maryland shortfall, county elected officials hope.County Administrator Gerry Mason recommended on Tuesday that the County Commissioners enact a hiring freeze on all departments but public… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City man was arrested on several serious felony charges after a search and seizure warrant executed at his resort residence last week revealed several explosives he allegedly manufactured and threatened to use.The Ocean City Fire Marshal’s Office, assisted by the OCPD, last Thursday executed a search and seizure warrant at… Read more »

OCEAN CITY- The largest white marlin in Maryland sport fishing history, caught by a group of local anglers nearly three decades ago, has found a permanent home at the foot of the Boardwalk where it will be enjoyed by current and future generations of offshore fishing enthusiasts.The 135-pound white marlin caught by angler George Pierson… Read more »

WEST OCEAN CITY –Monty Lewis just wants to put up a wind turbine at his bayside home, but Worcester County has been less than helpful, untilthis week. “The county has more or less put me off,” Lewis said. “I can’t apply for it because they won’t take an application.”Lewis has been thinking of adding a wind… Read more »

BERLIN – Despite several delays over funding and permitting, the Cannery Village green workforce housing project should break ground in January.“We’re prepared. We have a contractor,” said Frank Gunion, president of the Berlin Community Development Corporation, a partner in the enterprise.The project needs to begin in January in order to comply with Maryland Community Development… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Among the many objectives City Council candidate Sean Rox wants to see accomplished if he is elected next month is limiting tobacco sales in town, expanding the municipal airport, catering to senior citizens more, building schools in the town, constructing a monorail-like system, replacing parking lots with parks and installing surveillance cameras… Read more »