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OC institutes hiring freeze


Anticipating a drop in property tax revenues with the next phase of assessments, Ocean City Manager Dennis Dare has instituted an immediate hiring freeze and called for a comprehensive re-evaluation of all resort services.
Resort residents want personal wind turbines to cut energy costs


A proposed wind farm in the ocean off the shore of Ocean City could be years off, but wind turbines could possibly become a familiar sight in the resort much earlier if two residents have their way.
Cost of lawsuits against resort police chief estimated at $1M


With the announcement last week of the cost of a recently resolved lawsuit against the Ocean City Police Department nearing half a million dollars, a local attorney who has been involved in other suits against the city estimated the department has cost resort taxpayers more than $1 million in lawsuit expenses in the last decade.
Incumbent Jay Hancock eager for second term


Ocean City Councilman Jay Hancock says he is proud of the accomplishments made by city government during his four years on the council and wants to continue pushing forward for another four years.
Permanent wall ordered erected to settle argument


The Ocean City Council hopes to end a long-running dispute over an unfinished development on Edgewater Avenue with its request that the owner build a permanent concrete wall to keep water from running off onto the neighboring property.

Worcester Heads Back To School


Ocean City Today newspaper front page photo

Ocean City Today/Nancy Powell
Kerstein Beckham and Madison Lawrence, both 5, board the bus in Ocean Pines for Worcester County Public School System’s first day of the new school year on Tuesday.

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