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Matt Aromando relocated to Hawaii two years ago from his hometown of Ocean City to pursue his passion for landscape photography. His love of taking pictures has led Aromando, 26, to travel the world. The public can enjoy his beautiful photography and buy some pieces while they are on display at the Positively 4th Street Cafe in Ocean City.

A search for a new high school principal continues for the Ocean City school district. The position will be re-advertised in the near future, with the hope of hiring someone by next spring, school officials say. In the meantime, Dr. Wendy O'Neal holds the position on an acting basis.

The decision on who will purchase the nearly 100-year-old landmark Crown Bank building in downtown Ocean City will have to wait yet again, with a second postponement in weeks. A hearing scheduled for Dec. 13 was postponed until Tuesday, at the request of the court. And then the court adjourned the hearing a second time until Dec. 27 at 10 a.m., court personnel confirmed.

Leading a life of doing for others, helping a community, making it better, that is what the Martin Luther King Community Service Award is all about. And the few who are selected have made an impact, a difference. Two Ocean City residents with very different contributions to the community have been selected for the high honor. Longtime local historian John Loeper and hand surgeon and former Board of Education President Dr. Patrick Kane are the 2023 recipients of the award.

A white carriage horse clip-clopped down Asbury Avenue in Ocean City and a piano teacher and his students performed classic Christmas favorites, while shoppers strolled in and out of boutique-style shops. The last weekend before Christmas brought together two kinds of shoppers on Saturday – those who rushed to grab up as many gifts as they could in one day to check off their list of to-dos and others who needed that one special something to give to a loved one.

The Ocean City Board of Education will look dramatically different come January, with four newcomers who won the November election taking their seats. Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting was the last one for four incumbents, Board President Dr. Patrick Kane, Dr. Charles Roche, Greg Whelan and Ryan Leonard. All four board members received a warm sendoff from their colleagues and Schools Superintendent Dr. Matthew Friedman.

The smell of freshly baked cookies wafted through the hallway of St. Peter’s United Methodist Church in Ocean City, where volunteers were creating tasty treats for a good cause. The team members at St. Pete’s work together on holiday cookie-making for homebound residents and others in the community each year.

There is a bidding war of sorts going on for the landmark Crown Bank building at the corner of Eighth Street and Asbury Avenue in downtown Ocean City. A real estate investment group with close ties to Ocean City is offering nearly $6.7 million, topping an earlier bid of $6.5 million from a luxury hotel resorts developer.

The fate of the landmark Crown Bank building in downtown Ocean City will have to wait a little longer. A bankruptcy hearing scheduled for Tuesday in federal court in Camden was postponed until Dec. 20. The hearing will determine if a sale goes through to luxury shore resort owner Eustace Mita, of Icona Resorts.

A new roof is just one of two major improvements planned for the Ocean City Free Public Library in 2023. Starting next month, workers will replace the roof as part of an array of upgrades in the city’s capital plan for facilities in town.