BERLIN – Live racing returns to Ocean Downs this weekend for the 60th year with the first two days of what will be a 40-day live meet at the historic harness racing track near Berlin set for Saturday and Sunday, June 14-15.The 40-day summer live meet at Ocean Downs will feature 10 races nightly with… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A Boardwalk pedestrian was brutally attacked on Tuesday night and robbed of the money he was carrying and the baseball hat he was wearing, police said. The incident was one of three robberies that occurred in a 12-hour span in the resort.On Tuesday, about 11:55 p.m., Ocean City Police officers were called… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Police believe they have arrested three men suspected of vandalizing more than 30 resort properties and committing as many as 100 acts of malicious destruction.Early Monday morning, June 9, Ocean City Police Officer First Class Earl Campbell and his K-9 partner Charlie responded to the area of Plover Drive in reference to… Read more »

BERLIN – The redevelopment of a former poultry plant on Old Ocean City Blvd. could include a new seafood restaurant from Crab Alley founder Jim Farlow.“It’s his goal to create an affordable and successful restaurant to serve the town of Berlin,” said Farlow’s attorney, Hugh Cropper. “It truly is more of a neighborhood restaurant.”The Berlin… Read more »

BERLIN – Berlin is now seeking a finance director and a public works director, long overdue moves delayed for no clear reason.“These are positions that are critically needed,” interim Mayor Gee Williams said Monday night. “We’ve run out of time to patchwork. Those positions are budgeted.”With a number of special projects facing the town, such… Read more »

BERLIN – Berlin will not raise its tax rate, but some homeowners questioned whether the town is doing enough to assist property owners in a declining economy.Berlin cannot do anything to help homeowners with their property taxes, interim Mayor Gee Williams told several property owners, many from Decatur Farm, during a public hearing on the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Town of Ocean could soon be seeing its name and logo on license plates throughout the resort and across the State of Maryland, as the idea for Town of Ocean City license plates moves forward. Purchasing Director Joe Sobczak presented the City Council with the idea at Tuesday’s work session at… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Planning and Zoning Commission was presented this week with a site plan review of the proposed Susquehanna Bank project, a property rehabilitation the commission hopes will improve the overall look of the uptown mall parking lot.The proposed 3,089-square-foot commercial building will sit on the west side of Coastal Highway, to the… Read more »

WEST OCEAN CITY – The owners of two West Ocean City restaurants raided by U.S. immigration officials in October pleaded guilty this week to hiring and harboring illegal aliens and evading employment taxes that should have been paid on the illegal employees and now face significant amounts of jail time, fines and the forfeiture of… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City real estate title company last week was shut down by state insurance administrators after it was found to have misappropriated as much as $3 million in mortgage settlement transactions.Maryland Insurance Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler last week handed down significant administrative action against Day Title Inc. of Ocean City and… Read more »