SALISBURY – Erin Drew loved to ride her bicycle. She started out actively training to honor the memory of 4-year-old Ben Layton, who lost the battle to leukemia a few years ago. Not a committed athlete before then, she decided to train for the renowned local 100-mile bike ride known as the Seagull Century in… Read more »
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Solid Tourism Reports Found Outside Ocean City
BERLIN – Tourism in Worcester County is doing well this season, business owners say, despite the less sunny picture painted by tourism officials, who see a trend of level or decreasing numbers of visitors to sites outside the resort.“It’s fairly flat or a little on the decline,” said Worcester County Tourism Director Lisa Challenger.Tourist numbers… Read more »
Sand Sources Sought For Beach Replenishment Project
OCEAN CITY – In the nearly two decades since the first Ocean City beach replenishment project was completed, the identified sources of sand offshore have been nearly depleted, and an effort is now underway to find new sources of material offshore for the remainder of the 50-year economic life of the project through 2044.According to… Read more »
Parent Wants To Build Decatur Field House
BERLIN – Builder and parent Michael Stortini plans to give athletes at Stephen Decatur High School (SDHS) a generous gift this year – a field house built at his own expense.The school system will pay Stortini all of $1, a formality that validates the construction contract he will sign with the school.SDHS Principal Lou Taylor… Read more »
Ocean City To Fund Convention Center Expansion Study
OCEAN CITY – With recent confusion at the state level over the extended funds for the Convention Center economic study, the Mayor and Council decided Monday to move forward with the economic study, despite the current lack of state funding.City Engineer Terry McGean came before the Mayor and Council on Monday to explain the recent… Read more »
Two Del. Inmates Caught Near School
SHOWELL – Two Delaware prison inmates working on a road crew near Selbyville on Wednesday afternoon escaped and fled on foot before being caught near Showell Elementary in Worcester County.Christopher Womach, 27, and Dontay Johnson, 20, both inmates with the Delaware Department of Corrections, were working on a road crew near Selbyville on Wednesday morning… Read more »
Friday, July 20 – Resort Compliance Check Nets Only One Violator
OCEAN CITY – With the summer in full swing, the Ocean City Police Department recently conducted an undercover compliance check and reported only one business out of dozens sold to an underage cadet.Barry Neeb, Ocean City Police spokesman, said he was pleased with the recent compliance check performed in the city.The operation was conducted through… Read more »
Changes Sought For Dangerous 113 Intersection
SNOW HILL – A public meeting this week on the future of the dangerous intersection of Routes 113 and 12 near Snow Hill was long on questions and short on answers as local residents and elected officially continue to seek solutions for the problem junction. Dozens of local residents attended the public meeting hosted by… Read more »
Area Conservation Community Loses A Legend
BERLIN – Conservation giant Ilia Fehrer, one of Worcester County’s first true environmental activists and the grand dame of the local movement, has died, leaving a tremendous legacy that includes the Assateague Island state and national parks and the preservation of tens of thousands of wild acres. Fehrer spearheaded the effort to designate the Pocomoke… Read more »
Live Bands And DJs
Angler, The: 410-289-7424, Talbot St & the bay; Outside Deck: Saturday & Sunday, July 21 & 22: Drew Stevyns, 4-7 p.m.; Every Sunday night; Funk Nite with Dj Deogee.Assateague Island Oasis: 410-629-1492, Rt. 611; Friday & Saturday, July 20 & 21: Patrick McAllorum; Sunday, July 22 & Wednesday, July 25: Jon Pheasant; Thursday, July 26:… Read more »