Berlin mourns loss of mayor
By Nancy Powell
 Associate Editor ––––––––––
Berlin Mayor Tom Cardinale had been soliciting support for weeks to be re-elected to office, but although his spirit was strong, his heart was not. He died at home on Saturday, just one week before his official campaign kick-off event. |
Severed trees have residents stumped
By Christine Cullen
Staff Writer ––––––––––
Ocean City is grappling this week with its own CSI-style mystery: who cut down the trees? |
Warm weather contributes to record-breaking ’08 Springfest
By Lisa Capitelli
Staff Writer ––––––––––
The warm weather last Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday brought 113,880 visitors to the 18th annual Springfest celebration, exceeding the most recent five-year average of 105,238 by 8.2 percent. |
Training, physicals, stretchers hallmarks of fire, EMS budgets
By Christine Cullen
Staff Writer ––––––––––
Once the three departments making up the new Ocean City fire and rescue service combine their budgets the total spending might look larger, but individually the resort’s fire, EMS and Fire Marshal’s budget proposals offered no surprises at their unveiling this week. |
Group to sink NYC subway cars off Ocean City for fish habitat
By Christine Cullen
Staff Writer ––––––––––
If the Ocean City Reef Foundation has its way, the resort will become the place where New York City subway cars come to die and the first watery funeral is scheduled for next week. |
Performing arts center pitched to county, gets no commitment
By Nancy Powell
Associate Editor ––––––––––
Proponents of a performing arts center in Berlin are hoping they could open it in December 2009, but the Worcester County Commis-sioners gave no indication Tuesday that they would financially support it. |
Business owners to weigh in on outside police employment
By Christine Cullen
Staff Writer ––––––––––
Ocean City officials plan to give business owners a chance to share their thoughts on a recent change to police department rules that some fear could hamper their ability to employ off-duty police officers. |
OC: Flu treatment drug not right way to go, prevention preferred
By Christine Cullen
Staff Writer ––––––––––
The federal government has made a limited-time offer of anti-viral medication to treat flu symptoms in the case of a pandemic outbreak, but Ocean City decided the risks and costs outweigh the possible benefits and will not buy the drug. |
County votes no to state offer to provide flu meds
By Nancy Powell
Associate Editor ––––––––––
The Worcester County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday not to participate in the state’s antiviral purchase program because of concerns about medical and legal issues. |
Eight-story condo to be first under new OC development rules
By Christine Cullen
Staff Writer ––––––––––
The first development under Ocean City’s new bayside regulations received a positive response from the Planning and Zoning Commission this week. |
Property can keep 43-space parking deficiency when redeveloped
By Christine Cullen
Staff Writer ––––––––––
Though there is no site plan in place and the development of a downtown property is nothing more than a concept, the property owner will have two more years to produce a plan, the Ocean City Planning and Zoning Commission decided Tuesday. |
Atlantic General appeals to county for expansion funding
By Nancy Powell
Associate Editor ––––––––––
Atlantic General Hospital representatives are making the rounds of local governments in search of grants to help its expansion effort.
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