Published November 16, 2007
OCEAN CITY - Beach franchise operators will now be seeing tighter restrictions on late fees and stronger penalties for failure to meet payment deadlines.
At a regular session of the Mayor and Council Monday night, the City Council unanimously passed, on second reading, the ordinance outlining the changes to beach franchise operations.
Several weeks ago, the Beach Mediation Board presented the Mayor and Council with a recommendation to enforce stricter punishments for continuous late...
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Published November 16, 2007
Berlin Parade Turns 37
BERLIN - Berlin's 37th Annual Christmas Parade will be held on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. The parade officially kicks off a number of Christmas events scheduled for December, and this year's theme is 'I Believe.'
The parade is sponsored by the Berlin Lions Club, in cooperation with the Berlin Volunteer Fire Company, the Town of Berlin and the merchants of the town. All costs of conducting the parade are covered by donations from Berlin area businesses.
Due to time...
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Published November 16, 2007
OCEAN CITY - One of two women arrested by resort police for prostitution after getting snared in an Internet sting pleaded guilty last week in Ocean City District Court and was sentenced to a year in jail, all of which was suspended in favor of a hefty fine and a considerable probation period.
Theresa Maria Amoroso, 31, of Narbeth, Pa., appeared in District Court in Ocean City last week to face prostitution charges following her arrest in the resort in September. Amoroso pleaded guilty and was...
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Published November 16, 2007
SNOW HILL - A Virginia man accused of stealing a sport fishing boat from a marina in West Ocean City in October before crashing the vessel into the Route 50 bridge and running it aground on a sandbar pleaded guilty last week in District Court to an amended charge of unauthorized removal of property and now faces a minimum mandatory sentence of six months in jail.
The bizarre case began shortly after 1 a.m. on Oct. 2 when a witness, an employee of the nearby Harborside Bar and Grille on the...
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