OCEAN CITY – The City Council voted to cap the list of organizations on the rotation for the Caroline Street Pad this week, following en suite with their decision earlier this month to cap the list of organizations available for the beer truck rotation during Sunfest and Springfest.“When the Mayor and City Council discussed the… Read more »

BERLIN – Handicapped access issues and parking problems may prompt the town of Berlin to switch the District 1 and 2 election polling station from Berlin Town Hall to a local church.“During the last election, we had a lot of complaints about not enough parking, complaints about the chair lift,” Berlin Administrative Director Linda Bambary… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Heat Transfer Products, Inc., one of four defendants named in the $30 million lawsuit filed two weeks ago by the family of two Pennsylvania tourists who perished from carbon monoxide poisoning in their Boardwalk hotel room in June 2006, this week filed a formal answer to the complaint outlining the reasons the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – An injured harbor seal found stranded on the beach at 145th Street in Ocean City on Jan. 2 will be released into the ocean next week after a two-month rehabilitation period at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.The now-healthy seal, affectionately known to aquarium volunteers as “Secca,” will be returned to beach at… Read more »

BERLIN – New carry-out food operations in Berlin will be assigned water and sewer service based on square footage or the number of seats in the establishment, three Berlin Mayor and Council members decided Monday. Last year, the town council established specific EDU guidelines for medical offices to replace outmoded regulations that had not kept up… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Three Ocean City men have been charged with burglarizing a north-end residence last May after a fourth suspect in the case recently detailed their involvement in the crime in exchange for a softer plea bargain.Ricky Allen Bylan, 20, of Ocean City, was arrested on an outstanding warrant last week for his involvement… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Atlantic General Hospital could be seeing some significant facility improvements in the future if $700,000 in funding is raised to match a $700,000 state grant. Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) President and CEO Michael Franklin presented the Mayor and City Council with the proposed improvements this week, including a Primary Care Clinic, Child… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A Virginia man, who pleaded guilty last November to the unauthorized removal of property after stealing a sport fishing boat from a West Ocean City marina in October before crashing the vessel into the Route 50 bridge and running it aground on a sandbar, was sentenced this week to five years in… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Bethany Beach, Del. will soon be seeing a smoking ban along its beaches and Boardwalk, a restriction that would be difficult to enforce along Ocean City’s 10-mile stretch of beach, officials say.Smoking prohibitions seem to be increasing as of late, with talk of smoking bans in certain apartment complexes around the country,… Read more »

WEST OCEAN CITY – The Worcester County Fire Marshal’s Office this week is investigating the recovery of as many as a dozen homemade soda bottle bombs, a few of which were detonated, at several locations around West Ocean City. According to officials, the homemade bombs were made in plastic soft drink bottles with various components… Read more »