OCEAN CITY – The Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce announced last weekend that Brice and Shirley Phillips had been named the 2008 Citizens of the Year.The public is invited on Thursday evening, April 10, to the Citizen of the Year banquet to be held at the Holiday Inn Conference Center on 66th Street. Reservations… Read more »

ANNAPOLIS – A bill approved unanimously by the Maryland House of Delegates last week does not entirely guarantee major homeowner insurance carriers do not pull out of coastal areas around the state including Ocean City and much of Worcester County, but it does provide safeguards for property owners should they decide to in the future.The… Read more »

BERLIN – The Worcester County Commissioners and Volunteer Services Manager Cyndy Howell honored just a few of the many outstanding community volunteers during Worcester County’s 2008 Maryland’s Most Beautiful People (MMBP) Volunteer Awards Dinner Ceremony held at the Ocean Pines Yacht Club on March 18. The Shepherd’s Nook, Bill Outten and Ginny Reister were chosen… Read more »

BALTIMORE – Governor Martin O’Malley has announced funding that would stimulate reinvestment in and revitalize Maryland’s historic and Main Street communities.  Standing at Veterans Park, in the heart of the Dundalk commercial center, Governor O’Malley announced $7 million in Community Legacy awards for 73 projects across the State.  Eight organizations on the Eastern Shore received… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Although the Tourism Commission has initially denied the recent sponsorship request of local fishing show “Hooked On OC”, show producers remain hopeful that the town will partner with them to give Ocean City’s fishing industry national exposure.At a Tourism Commission meeting in January, producers of the local fishing show “Hooked On OC,”… Read more »

ANNAPOLIS – Legislation enabling the County Commissioners and/or the Ocean City Mayor and Council to provide tax credits to two landmark amusement parks in the resort faced with soaring property tax assessments cruised through both the House and Senate last week, tossing the decision to provide relief back in the court of local lawmakers.Both the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The new Ocean City branch of the Worcester County Library was open and in full swing this week, welcoming visitors and receiving rave reviews about the new expansive, high-tech facility.The old 14th Street location, which served Ocean City proudly for nearly 40 years, officially closed its doors earlier this month, providing a… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – After numerous discussions over the current open container laws, the Ocean City Police Commission agreed this week to support the change of open container violations from arrestable to non-arrestable offenses.The consideration to change the open container law from a criminal misdemeanor to a municipal infraction has been circulating for years. Under the… Read more »

ANNAPOLIS – With the Maryland General Assembly 2008 session suddenly getting long in the tooth, several bills of local importance have been passed or voted down by one or both sides of the aisle in Annapolis in the last week.Cross-over day, or the point in the session at which a bill introduced in either the… Read more »

BERLIN – Local attorney Joe Moore is back among the candidates seeking appointment to a seat on Maryland’s highest court this week after the state’s judicial nominating committee forwarded the names of all three applicants for the position to the governor for final approval.Moore in December officially filed an application to replace Judge Dale Cathell… Read more »