OCEAN CITY — Ocean City has activated phase one of its hurricane action plan in preparation for Irene. The city’s emergency management officials on Thursday asked anyone who had planned to travel to Ocean City to postpone their visit until ...

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OCEAN CITY — It’s been a busy summer, and resort towns in the area are looking to continue their commercial success through the next couple of months, even after children return to school and the peak vacation season ends. In ...

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WEST OCEAN CITY — Patrick Swayze helped change the trajectory of Josh Dolan’s life. In 1991, Dolan went with friends to see “Point Break,” a film starring Swayze and Keanu Reeves, he explained from a perch in the Ocean City ...

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OCEAN CITY — The brewing discontent by county officials over Gov. Martin O’Malley’s Plan Maryland project at the Maryland Association of Counties annual meeting is not just due to bristling over state authority or even property. It is money. While ...

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OCEAN CITY — Joy Snyder calls them “scavengers.” They pick through the rock-bottom real estate listings and make lowball offers on homes bought five or six years ago at the peak of the market. “Some of the offers I see ...

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Click on the yellow hotspots on the map to hear from businesses and economic development officials on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

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Dunkin’ Donuts planned in historic area Feelings in Annapolis are mixed about a proposed Dunkin’ Donuts store in the city’s historic district, the Capital newspaper reported. Todd Lalumiere, the operator of three Dunkin’ Donuts stores, wants to open the new ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley will renew his call for a statewide growth plan Friday at the annual Maryland Association of Counties summer conference in Ocean City. Plan Maryland, as the administration calls it, would steer population growth into already developed areas ...

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OCEAN CITY — Law enforcement officers have raided two dozen Ocean City businesses suspected of trafficking in counterfeit goods. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials conducted the raids on Wednesday, with help from the FBI and state and local police. ...

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OCEAN CITY — It’s been a busy summer, and resort towns in the area are looking to continue their commercial success through the next couple of months, even after children return to school and the peak vacation season ends. In ...

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