OCEAN CITY – A public hearing regarding the failing bulkhead along South Ocean Drive in Ocean City’s Montego Bay community was held this week and reflected mixed emotions among residents of the community, resulting ultimately in the decision from the Mayor and Council to replace the bulkhead with a stone revetment.The 1,000-foot aluminum bulkhead along… Read more »

ASSATEAGUE – Just about a month after ground was broken on a new visitors’ center on Assateague Island, national parks officials this week announced other major improvements to visitor services are underway.Assateague Island National Seashore Superintendent Scott Bentley announced on Monday major renovations are underway at the Maryland end of the barrier island and that… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – For decades, it has been widely known the vast fishing industry in and around the resort is a major contributor to the local economy, and while its exact impact is not known, resort business leaders are beginning to recognize its value to Ocean City.Ever since the storm of 1933 cut the now-famous… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Resort business leaders were in Annapolis yesterday to testify on a bill that would extend a funding mechanism for the proposed expansion of the Roland E. Powell Convention Center while other efforts to expand the facility continue.Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan told Economic Development Committee (EDC) members on Wednesday a contingent of… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City’s effort to ultimately obtain over 600 retired New York City “Red Bird” subway cars for its ever-expanding artificial reef system off the coast is cruising along ahead of schedule with funds raised already for one-and-a-half barges full, amounting to nearly 70 cars.The Ocean City Reef Foundation, in conjunction with the… Read more »

SNOW HILL – The exemption from the flush tax may end for Ocean Pines wastewater customers this year, after a mechanical problem slightly skewed nitrogen numbers for 2007.The Ocean Pines wastewater plant is the only wastewater treatment facility in Maryland exempt from paying the $2.50 per month flush tax into the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – While the resort area real estate market remains sluggish, there is reason for optimism, according to local industry leaders who delivered their monthly update to Ocean City Economic Development Committee (EDC) on Wednesday.Like just about everywhere else in the country, the real estate market in Ocean City and Worcester County has been… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A new festival celebrating Worcester County’s maritime culture and heritage will come to the West Ocean City harbor this fall, if some of the details can be ironed out.Worcester County Tourism Director Lisa Challenger, West Ocean City hotel owner Annemarie Dickerson, and Charles Petrocci, a Pocomoke resident, who runs a similar event… Read more »

BERLIN – A Berlin native and long-time Ocean City hotel and restaurant employee was murdered last week in Philadelphia, tragically gunned down by his step-son in a dispute about who did what around the house.Orphus Land, 47, who was born and raised in Berlin and attended Stephen Decatur High School, was shot to death in… Read more »

SNOW HILL – With draft legislation in hand on the tax credit for Jolly Roger Amusement Park, the Worcester County Commissioners voted to support the bill at their March 4 meeting.However, not all the commissioners felt that this was an appropriate time to pursue a tax credit.“We heard the impending doom and gloom from the… Read more »