West Ocean City News

Passengers carrying shopping bags, listening to iPods or donning work attire streamed off the Shore Transit Route 12 bus at the West Ocean City Park and Ride late Friday.

You would think after living here for 19 years, I would not continually be amazed by the generosity of this great community.

OCEAN CITY ---- Adopt a Cat Month ended on June 30, but the sad problem of too many homeless felines remains.

To promote summertime deals on $3 hoagies, employees at the Wawa store in West Ocean City are spending the morning building a quarter-mile-long hoagie.

SALISBURY -- County taxes for Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset residents won't increase under new budgets that start today, but residents might pay more in fees at the local and state level.

WEST OCEAN CITY , Md.- Diakonia, a shelter and resource center for people in need, will open a thrift store in a nearby building in West Ocean City that will be stocked with excess supplies.

OCEAN CITY a ' A local man has been charged with negligent homicide by motor vehicle while under the influence, along with numerous other offenses, after he struck and killed a bicyclist on the Route 50 Bridge last week and fled the scene.

BERLIN -- Police identified the remains of a body found in West Ocean City earlier this year as a man wanted on charges of child abuse.

WEST OCEAN CITY -- A hit-and-run by a drunken driver killed one person and left another hospitalized after both were riding their bicycles late Thursday on the Route 50 bridge.

SNOW HILL -- A Berlin woman will forfeit some of her retirement benefits to repay her former employer after stealing more than $28,000 over the course of nine months in a fraudulent return scheme.

A Pennsylvania woman working for Telescope Pictures for the summer was identified by police Wednesday as the victim in the fatal crash on Coastal Highway.

A variety of events are being planned to celebrate the Fourth of July next weekend, as Ocean City and Ocean Pines offer family-friendly events for locals and visitors alike.

Grapevine is a sampling of comments and observations on a variety of timely topics submitted by readers of The Daily Times.

BERLIN -- A driver who tried to make an illegal U-turn on Route 90 was t-boned by a vehicle heading west.

OCEAN CITY a ' The 2nd Annual Ocean City Air Show, one of only a dozen shows in the country to feature participants from all branches of the military, kicks off Thursday and continues through the weekend with events planned throughout each day.

SALISBURY -- Robert W. Parsons, 83, of Salisbury, and formerly of West Ocean City, died Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury.

SNOW HILL -- South of the strip malls of West Ocean City, past farm stands, open fields and where Route 611 turns toward Assateague Island, sits the small community of South Point.

State officials warned Wednesday that people should restrict consumption of Atlantic striped bass - the state fish and one of the most popular with recreational anglers on Ocean City's beaches and charter boats, as well as with area restaurant diners.

The Criminal Enforcement Team at the Worcester County Sheriff's Office has arrested a West Ocean City man after finding 620 grams of "high purity" cocaine and $1,000 in U.S. currency in a hidden, electronically activated vehicle compartment.

WEST OCEAN CITY , Md.- The captains of charter boats in West Ocean City are reporting a slow start to the summer season.