OCEAN CITY – Surveillance conducted by members of the Ocean City Police Department’s Narcotics Unit led to the arrest of a suspected drug dealer Friday night as well as the confiscation of a large amount of crack and powder cocaine that has an estimated street value of $3,500.According to police records, members of the OCPD… Read more »
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OC Beach Patrol Anything But A “Just Add Water” Operation
BERLIN – If you last visited the beach sometime before Sunfest weekend last year and plan on returning for Memorial Day this year, it would be no surprise to see the same lifeguard stands on the beach, each manned by a surf rescue technician (lifeguard) wearing the familiar red uniform of the Ocean City Beach… Read more »
Commissioners Get First Look At School Budget
SNOW HILL – The Board of Education has asked for a $7 million increase in the Worcester County schools budget for fiscal year 2008.The $87,306,346 requested budget is 9.6 percent higher than the approved FY 2007 budget.The increase comes mainly from salary and operational costs, said Worcester County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jon Andes. School… Read more »
Slots Not An Issue This Year
ANNAPOLIS – With much of the focus of the General Assembly this year focused on major issues such as the smoking ban, improved health care, stronger sex offender laws and others, the effort to approve slots in Maryland barely got out of the box this year after dominating the legislature for the last four years,… Read more »
Planners Back Showell Plant Conversion
SNOW HILL – The conversion of the Perdue wastewater plant in Showell for residential use got a positive recommendation from the Worcester County Planning Commission last week, with modifications which could be the basis for a new model of wastewater management.ADC Builders plans to use 1,000 EDUs of 4,000 projected units of sewer, to be… Read more »
OCDC Preparing For Move To Renovated House
OCEAN CITY – As completion of the newly renovated Tarry-A-While house on Dorchester Street finishes up this month, plans for the Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC) to move in to its new home are already underway.At the Mayor and City Council meeting Monday night, council members voted unanimously to approve the leasing of the building… Read more »
Alleged Rape Involves Resident Facing Prison On Similar Charge
OCEAN CITY – Two Ocean City men, one of whom has a sentencing hearing scheduled on Monday in Worcester County Circuit Court for a conviction on an assault charge in the resort last summer, were arrested this week after allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl at a resort party early Tuesday morning.Ocean City Police this week… Read more »
15-Year Sentence For Sex Abuse On Stepdaughter
SNOW HILL – A Whaleyville man arrested last August after an investigation revealed a years-long pattern of sexual abuse of his now teen-aged stepdaughter dating back to when she was nine years old was sentenced this week in Circuit Court to 25 years in jail, 10 of which was suspended, putting him behind bars for… Read more »
City Council Finalizes Somerset Plaza Changes
OCEAN CITY – A little over a month has passed since the Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC) proposed a change in the ordinances dealing with Somerset Plaza downtown and this was the week the OCDC got to see their proposals finalized and set in stone.In an attempt to shape their downtown vision and breathe some… Read more »
Council Gives Blessing To Sunset Park Concert Series
OCEAN CITY – After tossing around some ideas for how to spruce up events at Sunset Park and ultimately agreeing on an idea at the Recreation and Parks Committee meeting last week, Special Events Director John Sullivan and Recreation and Parks Director Tom Shuster came before the Mayor and City Council Monday night to pitch… Read more »