Published February 20, 2009
OCEAN CITY - Although the attendance at the 26th Annual Seaside Boat Show fell a bit from last year's record numbers, the turnout exceeded seemingly everyone's cautious expectations.
With nationwide attendance numbers at similar boat shows dwindling and the economy needing a huge shot in the proverbial arm, vendors and promoters for this year's show were cautiously optimistic that the usual kick off to the boating season wouldn't be a dud.
'It was better than we expected,' said Scott McCurdy,...
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Published February 20, 2009
BERLIN - With the Maryland General Assembly rolling toward the mid-way point, local legislators in Annapolis are working a wide variety of bills of local import from a proposed ban of a popular over-the-counter hallucinogen that made its presence felt on the Boardwalk in Ocean City last year to another that would change the rules of the road for scooters to a change in the law regarding second-degree assault arrests and a controversial bill regarding gift certificate and gift card sales.
Of...
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Published February 20, 2009
BERLIN - A former Worcester County Development Center (WCDC) employee last week filed suit in U.S. District Court against the agency and a handful of its management staff, citing an alleged long pattern of intimidation and discrimination that ended with her wrongful termination in September 2008.
Former WCDC employee Jometta Johnson, through her attorney, last Wednesday filed suit against the agency and two her supervisors alleging race discrimination, retaliation, assault and battery, and...
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Published February 20, 2009
OCEAN CITY - A private sector group with a long history of pulling off successful events announced this week it is stepping up to salvage the annual Seaside 10 race and introduced similar fitness-related events scheduled for in and around Ocean City in the coming months including the return of the popular half-marathon in April.
The annual Seaside 10 and 5K races, sponsored by the resort for years, were among the casualties of the mass budget cuts handed down by resort leaders recently as they...
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