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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Sides Exchange Legal Blows Over Black Sea Bass
OCEAN CITY – Mixed signals continue to come out in the ongoing battle over the abrupt closure of the black sea bass fishery last fall with the defendants in a multi-party lawsuit against the federal agency responsible for the closure filing a formal answer to dismiss the case this week, and the agency responsible for… Read more »
Retiree Incentive Proposed To Reduce OC Payroll Costs
OCEAN CITY — A one-time offer to 84 town employees could see many of them opting for retirement as early as late April in some cases, and in turn, helping the town save almost $1 million in payroll this year.At the end of a City Council work session on Tuesday, City Manager Dennis Dare outlined… Read more »
Ocean City News In Brief
OCEAN CITY — In the brief this week, the town continued with steps to update infrastructure, add some new amenities and tie up some proverbial loose ends.New Boardwalk Sign ApprovedThe City Council awarded GableSigns Inc, a bid for $21,245 to construct and install two new Variable Message Signs on the Boardwalk on Tuesday, enabling the… Read more »
New System Could Help Smaller, New Companies
OCEAN CITY — What was said would put the “little guy” out of business, could actually help the “little guy” start his own.While some in the taxi industry argued that putting a medallion system into effect would put smaller cab companies out of business, the new system might be favorable to some independent cabbies, who… Read more »
MDE Gathers Samples From Chicken Farm
BERLIN – After threatening to get a search warrant to take samples of potentially polluting material on the Hudson Farm chicken operation, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) was allowed onto the land and took samples on Tuesday.An MDE spokesperson confirmed that agency inspectors have visited the Hudson Farm and removed materials for testing,… Read more »
Cops Drinking With Guns Worries Council
OCEAN CITY — The City Council took umbrage with one topic included in a housekeeping measure that would have updated the police department’s General Orders.All but one of the nine General Orders proposed to the Mayor and Council passed through the council level, but one issue involving off-duty police officers, firearms and alcohol was table… Read more »
Coastal Bays’ Citizen Group Revived
BERLIN – A revived coastal bays Citizen’s Advisory Committee (CAC) met this week to work out a new vision for the group, which was formed years ago to work on policy decisions for the Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP).The CAC was formed a decade ago to oversee the creation of the MCBP’s Comprehensive Conservation and… Read more »
Winterfest Ticket Prices Could Be Increased
OCEAN CITY — As revenue goes down, oftentimes the price must come up, and that could be the case for admission to the Winterfest of Lights next year.One pre-holiday snowstorm may have kept the Winterfest of Lights from meeting last year’s numbers, but on Tuesday, the Recreation and Parks Committee heard a proposal that called… Read more »
Slots Group Suggests Move To Table Games Needed Now
BERLIN – Long before the first slots handle is pulled in Maryland, a movement is already afoot to expand gambling in the state to include table games after the commission charged with approving the locations of the venues recommended last week at least exploring the opportunity.The Maryland Video Lottery Location Commission met last Friday, and… Read more »