OCEAN CITY – After hearing a detailed account of the potential benefit to the town and its golf-playing visitors, Ocean City officials this week approved the addition of GPS systems on the carts at the municipally-owned Eagle’s Landing course in West Ocean City.The Ocean City Mayor and Council on Monday approved a measure that will… Read more »

BERLIN – Two lucky local men won a second-tier $250,000 Mega Millions prize from Friday night’s drawing. The pair, who wish to remain anonymous and happen to be good friends, told Maryland Lottery officials that they’ve been playing the same numbers for quite a few years now and they were happy that their ‘ship finally… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – While the number of saves along the resort beaches are back in line after a seven-day stretch of 1,500 saves earlier this month, the Ocean City Beach Patrol remains on their toes, experiencing everything from heart attacks to near-death experiences on the resort’s 10-mile stretch of beach.  Hurricane Bertha broke records when… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Lifeguards and beachgoers faced a rare occurrence last Friday, when the carcass of a rare Atlantic sunfish washed ashore at 26th Street. “I’ve never seen one on the beach in Ocean City before,” said Beach Patrol Captain Butch Arbin this week as he recalled the events of last Friday. The sunfish appeared… Read more »

ASSATEAGUE – A Pennsylvania man was found floating face down in the water near the Virginia end of Assateague Island National Seashore last week, becoming the second fatality in the waters in and around the resort area in as many weeks.Last Thursday, the unidentified man was found floating in the water just north of the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – One week after hearing a proposal for as many as 200 wind turbines off the coast of the resort in the future, resort officials this week defended their cautious approach to the issue specifically and all of the issues that come before them in general.During a work session last week, the Ocean… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – With a little over a week before the start of the 2008 White Marlin Open, it remains to be seen if the soaring fuel prices and other economic factors will keep the number of boats participating down this year, but tournament officials are taking a proactive approach to lure those captains and… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Swimmers have been noticing an unusual chill in the water lately, with the ocean feeling colder than what is typically encountered during the height of summer. With air temperatures soaring into the mid and upper 90’s this week, beachgoers look to the ocean to cool off, but many were met with a… Read more »

BERLIN – A work session in August will reveal the long awaited Berlin sewer capacity management plan, interim Mayor Gee Williams announced Monday night at the Berlin Town Council meeting.Working papers outlining the sewer distribution policy were distributed in May, Williams said, but the town decided that staff needed to do more research and modify… Read more »

BERLIN – The Berlin town website came in for some criticism from Mayor and Council members this week during the Monday night meeting.“I really think we need to do a better job on dates on the website,” Council member Paula Lynch said during council comments. “Like the meeting tonight, it’s still up there. It’s not… Read more »