August 31, 2012

NEW FOR THURSDAY: Online Skateboarding Petition Seeks To Vocalize Support

OCEAN CITY – The legalization of skateboarding effort has gotten a shot in the arm recently as a petition has hit the web to bring the issue back to the Mayor and Council. For about a week now, a petition has been circulating via the Internet. The petition is titled, Mayor and City Council: Legalize Skateboarding in Ocean City, Maryland, and can be found on change.org. The petition was created by Ocean City resident Mick Chester. As of Thursday morning, the petition had gained 136...READ MORE

NEW FOR WEDNESDAY: Council Rejects Motion Seeking Formal Opposition To Union Effort

OCEAN CITY – A councilman’s request during last night’s Mayor and City Council meeting to position the council against the general employees’ right to collective bargaining was adamantly denied by a majority of his colleagues. Councilman Joe Hall, who is up for re-election this fall, said that a pivotal issue of the upcoming election on Nov. 6 will be the referendum on the ballot asking the voters if the general employees of Ocean City should have the right to collective...READ MORE

NEW FOR TUESDAY: Ping-Pong Summer Holding Auditions On Friday; Production To Start Sept. 19

OCEAN CITY – The filming of Ping-Pong Summer in Ocean City starts in just a couple weeks and auditions for “day players” and a main female role are set for this Friday to round out the cast. On Friday, Sept. 7, from 4-9 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Oceanfront on 66th Street and Coastal Highway, auditions will be held seeking kids and adults of all ages for small roles, known as day players, as well as Caucasian girls ages 15 to 18 to play the lead sister in the movie. Call...READ MORE

Somerset Prosecutor To Probe Snow Hill Election Allegations

SNOW HILL -- Investigations into accounts of voter suppression during the last Snow Hill election in May have been transferred to Somerset County State’s Attorney Daniel W. Powell, despite the protests of the man bringing the claims. “We would have preferred that our State’s Attorney investigated the matter,” said Edward S. Lee, a member of the Snow Hill Circle of Leaders who is spearheading the request for an investigation. Lee asserted that the “outcome of this...READ MORE

Medical Emergency Causes WOC Crash

WEST OCEAN CITY -- A three-vehicle accident at the intersection of Routes 50 and 611 on Wednesday morning was caused when one of the drivers suffered a medical emergency. Around 10:42 a.m. on Wednesday, Maryland State Police responded to a multi-vehicle accident at the intersection of Routes 50 and 611 in West Ocean City. The investigation revealed the driver of a 2008 Honda CRV, identified as David Anthony Keterson, 59, was crossing Route 50 in a southbound direction at Route 611 when he...READ MORE

Free Vitamins Program Launched For Students

FRUITLAND – Apple Discount Drugs, a locally owned and operated pharmacy, has announced the kick-off of a free vitamins program for students in Wicomico and Worcester counties. The program was developed to help keep kids healthy and in school. Wicomico and Worcester school officials have partnered with the pharmacy to make parents with students in prekindergarten through the sixth grade aware of the free vitamins program. “The free vitamins program is a win-win for our...READ MORE

Town Urges Flooding Patience After Weekend Storm

BERLIN -- After flooding from a “1,000-year storm” event Saturday prompted several concerned residents to ask for more help with stormwater issues in town, the Berlin Mayor and Council held firm to its decision to avoid “patchwork” fixes and instead concentrate on establishing a stormwater utility in the near future. Though Berlin has had stormwater issues for decades the matter has come to the forefront in recent years. Last year, the University of Maryland (UMD)...READ MORE

Grand Jury Issues Murder Indictment

SNOW HILL -- A Worcester County grand jury this week indicted a Dagsboro, Del. man accused of the murder of woman found dead in a roadside ditch in Whaleyville in June. One week after being extradited to Worcester County, Matthew N. Burton, 28, of Dagsboro, was indicted by a Worcester County grand jury on eight separate counts including first-degree murder and first-degree rape in the death of Nicole Bennett, 35, of Millsboro, whose body was found on a roadside embankment in Whaleyville on the...READ MORE

Berlin Seeks Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Dismissal

BERLIN -- Less than a week after the Berlin Mayor and Council voted to cease all financial aid to its fire department ,citing hostile working conditions and hints of discrimination and harassment, town officials filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit at the heart of the issue. In May, the town terminated EMS supervisor Norris Phillip Donohue, Jr. after 23 years on the job after at least two EMS employees filed formal complaints about alleged workplace harassment and discrimination. The allegations...READ MORE

Climate Report Finds Assateague Island’s Future In Doubt

ASSATEAGUE -- A rather ominous report released this week on climate change and the associated sea-level rise along the Atlantic coast paints a grim picture for Assateague Island if the trend is not reversed, or at least stabilized, in the near future. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, on Wednesday released a new report on the potential long-term effects of climate change and sea-level rise on a handful of popular national...READ MORE

Phony Robbery Story Covers Casino Losses

WEST OCEAN CITY -- A Pennsylvania woman was charged with making a false report to a police officer this week after making up a phony story about being attacked and robbed in a West Ocean City shopping center parking lot because she was embarrassed and afraid to tell her husband she had lost the money at the Casino at Ocean Downs. Around 1 p.m. on Monday, a woman, later identified as Roxanne Mae Donnelly, 57, of Lancaster, Pa., walked into a jewelry store in the Tanger Outlets in West Ocean City...READ MORE

Motsko Recognized By Ocean City For White Marlin Open

OCEAN CITY – Mayor Rick Meehan presented White Marlin Open founder and organizer Jim Motsko with a key to the city at this week’s meeting. According to the Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum, in 1966 a 20-year-old Motsko, originally from Catonsville, was a college student with a love for fishing, came to Ocean City and was hired as mate on Captain Fred Kerstetter’s boat.
After spending three years as a mate, while on his honeymoon in the Bahmas, he observed a major...READ MORE

Berlin Candidate Filing Deadline Set For Sept. 10

BERLIN -- With three seats up for grabs this fall on the Berlin Mayor and Council and the filing deadline less than two weeks away, only one candidate has officially announced her intentions. “Thus far [Councilwoman] Lisa Hall has filed as a candidate,” confirmed Deputy Town Administrator Mary Bohlen. Hall is entering the race as an incumbent as the District 2 representative. District 3, currently represented by Elroy Brittingham, and the Office of the Mayor, currently Gee Williams,...READ MORE

Weather Hurts First-Ever Bikini Parade Turnout

OCEAN CITY – It rained on the bikini parade last weekend but nothing was held back as women lined up to break the Guinness World Record. The Uptown Beach Bash started last Friday with the Kick-off Bay Party and Paddle Board Regatta was held at BJ’s on the Water. Brad Hoffman of Spark Productions reported there were about 25 to 30 families who participated in the paddle board activities and about 100-120 people all together. “We had people up on the deck cheering and it was a...READ MORE

Tony’s Pizza Marks 50th Year In Ocean City

OCEAN CITY – Tony Russo came to the United States with only a dollar in his pocket and couldn’t speak a lick of English, but next month he and his family are celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of the most well-known restaurants on the Boardwalk. Russo, owner of Tony’s Pizza, came to the U.S. with his mother at the age of 19 in November of 1960 from Sicily. When Russo arrived in the U.S., he worked at the Squire Café in Dundalk and by 1962 he came to Ocean City and...READ MORE

State Record Hammerhead Confirmed

OCEAN CITY -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) this week confirmed the 266-pound-plus scalloped hammerhead that won the shark division in the 2012 White Marlin Open was indeed a new state record. Angler Scott Cusick of Jackson, N.J., fishing aboard the “Milling Around” during the White Marlin Open earlier this month landed the 266.8-pound scalloped hammerhead shark on Thursday during the tournament. The big hammerhead took over the top spot on the leaderboard,...READ MORE

Berlin Hammered By Storm, Power Outages Detailed

BERLIN -- After an unexpected storm left motorists stranded on flash flooded roads and dozens without power through Saturday night into Sunday, the Berlin Mayor and Council congratulated the efforts of town departments and local emergency agencies during the storm. With the effects of Saturday’s extensive rainfall near-crippling Berlin for several hours, including power outages reportedly lasting into mid-morning Sunday, town officials were quick to claim that things could have been far...READ MORE

Weekly Tough Guy Awards Return

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s football “Tough Guy” award is returning to the sports pages of the Dispatch this fall as the Seahawks prepare to face off against Washington High tonight in the season opener at home. Most of the accolades in football at any level are reserved for the glamour guys, the golden-armed quarterbacks and fleet running backs who put points on the board and thrill the crowds, but the weekly “Tough Guy” award is handed out to the Decatur player who...READ MORE

First Ever Ravens-Steelers 5K Scheduled

OCEAN CITY- With another NFL season getting ready to kick off next week, local Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers fans are already counting the days to the first matchup between the heated rivals, and this year a new wrinkle will add fuel to the fire. Produced by OC Tri Running and sponsored by the 28th Street Pit and Pub and Buxy’s Salty Dog Saloon, the first annual Ravens-Steelers 5K and Beach Combine Challenge is slated for Saturday, November 17 in advance of the first meeting...READ MORE

Final 2012 Poor Girls Numbers Released

OCEAN CITY- When the final numbers for the 19th Annual Captain Steve Harmon Poor Girls’ Open were tallied, the 2012 event was one of the best ever with a significant increase in the number of boats from last year and over $62,000 raised for the American Cancer Society, bringing the total raised for the ACS over the years to over half a million dollars. This year, 108 boats and 499 lady anglers participated in the Poor Girls Open, representing a significant increase in the 88 boats and 403...READ MORE

Bowling League Looking for Few Teams

OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Senior Mixed Bowling League is seeking new participants interested in having fun and getting a little exercise for the upcoming season that begins in October. Participants must be 55 years old or over by the start of the season to be eligible. There are currently 22 teams in the league with room for two more if formed by the start of the season on October 4. Each team consists of five beginner or experienced bowlers. The experience factor doesn’t matter because...READ MORE

54th Annual Labor Day Tourney Underway

OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Marlin Club’s 54th Annual Labor Day White Marlin Tournament officially got underway today with the first of three official fishing days. While it may lack the glamour and high payouts of the White Marlin Open, the Ocean City Marlin Club’s 53rd Annual Labor Day White Marlin Tournament, which gets underway next weekend, trumps all others in terms of history and prestige. Called the “granddaddy” of the resort area fishing tournaments, the annual...READ MORE

Local Boats Dominate Mid-Atlantic $500K

OCEAN CITY- Once again, the Ocean City-based boats dominated the leaderboard and brought home hundreds of thousands of dollars at the close of the 20th Annual Mid-Atlantic $500,000, which ended last Friday. The Mid-Atlantic $500,000 continues to be one of the top sportfishing events in the region with over $2 million in prize money doled out to the winners in several categories. Tournament headquarters has always been the Canyon Club in Cape May, N.J. and that hasn’t changed, but the...READ MORE

Adventures Of Fatherhood

There are some things that come out of my mouth as well as my wife’s these days that I never could have imagined saying before we had kids. It’s because the kids say and do the craziest things that merit some of the oddest responses that once articulated seem ridiculous while hilarious. Here’s a handful to illustrate the point: ------- “Keep your hands out of the toilet” That’s something I never said before having children. There’s not much to elaborate...READ MORE

Voices From The Readers

Attacks On Women Can’t Be Tolerated Editor: Representative Todd Akin’s “legitimate” rape remarks have offended and angered me deeply not only as a woman, but as a human. Representative Akin later claimed he misspoke and his comment was “off the cuff.” This was a specifically targeted comment made in the context of legislation against rape victims. There are so many levels of ignorance in this statement, but I do not have the space in this letter to attack each...READ MORE

Scunny McCusker’s Glory Will Live On Forever

The tragic accident that claimed the life of a popular former Ocean City local and Baltimore restaurateur sent shock waves through the communities on both sides of the Chesapeake this week with his friends both grieving his passage and celebrating his amazing life at the same time. Patrick M. “Scunny” McCusker died last Friday after colliding with an Ocean City bus while riding his bicycle along Coastal Highway in the area of 132nd Street. As a reporter with The Dispatch for over a...READ MORE

Thoughts From The Publisher's Desk

Being in a coastal area, storms are nothing new to us who call this area home. However, last Saturday’s string of thunderstorms was unlike anything I have ever seen, particularly for those of us who live in Berlin. It was known a string of serious thunderstorms were coming this way most of Saturday, a cloudy, rainy day itself, but there was never any mention that the storms would pound Berlin for about seven hours, beginning around 5 p.m. and lasting till midnight and leaving flooded...READ MORE

Things To Do Around Town

Every Sunday: Morning Worship 8 a.m. & 11 a.m., Traditional Worship; 9:30 a.m., Contemporary Worship; St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, E.L.C.A, 10301 Coastal Hwy., O.C. For more information, 410-524-7474. Open Monday-Saturday: Atlantic United Methodist Church Thrift Shop 10 a.m.-2 p.m., AUMC, 105, 4th Street, O.C. For more information, 410-289-4458. Open Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday: Shepherd’s Nook Thrift Shop 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Community Church at Ocean Pines, Rte. 589 &...READ MORE

Who's Playing When And Where

19th hole bar & Grille, The 410-213-9204 • Corner of Rte. 611 & Sunset Ave., West Ocean City Friday, Aug. 31: Blake Haley, 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1: John Remy, 6-10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2: Louis Wright, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Chris Button, 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5: Melissa Alessi, 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6: Johnny Mojo, 6-9 p.m. 28th Street Pit and Pub 410-289-2020 28th St. & Coastal Hwy. Friday, Aug. 31: Murphy’s Law, 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1: The Roofshakers Every...READ MORE

Best Bites On The Beach

Fruitland-Sa Restaurant 213 213 N. Fruitland Blvd., Fruitland 410-677-4880 • www.restaurant213.com Just 20 minutes from Ocean Pines and Berlin, Restaurant 213 is worth the drive! Chef Jim Hughes has been serving celebrities worldwide for 25 years and was named a 2009 inductee to the coveted Distinguished Restaurants of North America awards, one of only 220 in North America and the only one in this region. Serving dinner Tuesday-Sunday starting at 5 p.m. Also offering a 5 course prix-fixe...READ MORE

Collision With Median Results In DUI Arrest

BERLIN -- A Pennsylvania man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and negligent driving after crashing his vehicle into a concrete median on Samuel Bowen Blvd. just off Route 50 early Monday morning. Around 2:40 a.m. on Monday, Maryland State Police troopers responded to a single-vehicle accident on Samuel Bowen Blvd. The investigation revealed a 1992 Honda Civic operated by Devin A. Paquette, 24, of Manheim, Pa., failed to stop for a stop sign, continued through the...READ MORE

Upcoming Berlin Projects Not A Flood Issue

BERLIN -- Amid rising concerns over stormwater issues in Berlin, town officials clarified this week that several fall road projects are not expected to impact stormwater either positively or negatively. However, one long-term sidewalk endeavor may need to be reviewed in terms of impact before its expected completion next year. Earlier this week Public Works Director Mike Gibbons received final approval for two separate contracts, totaling a combined $129,996 for asphalt and concrete work in...READ MORE

Youth Soccer Programs To Begin

SNOW HILL -- Recreation youth soccer is back at the Worcester County Department of Recreation & Parks (WCRP). The Outdoor Soccer League kicks off Saturday, Sept. 8 at John Walter Smith Park in Snow Hill where all age divisions will meet their coaches and team mates.  Outdoor Soccer includes children ages 3 through grade 8. Teams from each town will be formed and will travel to the three following locations: John Walter Smith Park in Snow Hill, Newtown Park in Pocomoke and Northern...READ MORE

SU To Host ‘Brazilian Groove’

SALISBURY -- Salisbury University is planning to celebrate the unique culture of Brazil during its “Brazilian Groove” film series this fall. Screenings are 7 p.m. Mondays, Sept. 17-Oct. 29, in the Great Hall of Holloway Hall. The following is a look at what the series will offer to attendees. (BULLET)Sept. 17: “Brazil: A Racial Paradise?” Executive producer and renowned professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. delves behind the façade of Carnival to discover how the...READ MORE

Next June Packed With Events In Ocean City Including Dew Tour

OCEAN CITY – Although it is good news that the town has filled its event calendar for next June, including the planned return of the Dew Tour, there are concerns that Ocean City may have bit off more than it can chew. “There have been a substantial growth in the number and size of private events in June since 2008,” Recreation and Parks Director Tom Shuster said. “We need to look carefully at June 2013 because it poses a challenge for our ability to support the number of...READ MORE

OC BikeFest Headliners Announced

OCEAN CITY – The highly anticipated OC BikeFest, presented by Rommel Harley-Davidson of Annapolis and Rommel Harley-Davidson of New Castle and Smyrna, Del. rolls into Ocean City for its second year this Sept. 13-16. According to organizers, this year’s OC BikeFest will treat Delmarva motorcycle enthusiasts to four days of fantastic music and thrilling entertainment at the Inlet, Convention Center and Jolly Roger Amusement Park. OC BikeFest will take place on the same grounds and...READ MORE

State Board Okays Convention Center’s 2nd Phase

OCEAN CITY – A trip to the State House for Mayor Rick Meehan resulted in much praise from state officials as well as receiving approval for the further expansion of Ocean City’s Roland E. Powell Convention Center. On Aug. 22, Meehan made a trip to Annapolis with City Engineer Terry McGean and the Maryland Stadium Authority (MSA) to go before the Board of Public Works. Ocean City is approaching Phase 2 of the convention centers expansion, which includes a performing arts auditorium...READ MORE

Salisbury Agrees To Terms On $1.5M Fire Grant

OCEAN CITY – The pressure was on the City Council this week as an array of Salisbury Fire Department staff member were present while the council changed its mind and decided to accept an almost $1.5 million grant to hire much needed emergency personnel. A couple of weeks ago, the council rejected a resolution to accept nearly $1.5 million in grant funds over a two-year term from the United States Department of Homeland Security Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants...READ MORE

Bethany Beach Jazz Funeral Serves As Summer Tradition

BETHANY BEACH, Del. – On Labor Day weekend, the Town of Bethany Beach, known as a “Quiet Resort,” is unlike any other Atlantic coast beach town. The Bethany Beach Boardwalk is the setting for the Bethany Beach Jazz Funeral, one of the county’s most unusual “End of Summer Celebrations.”
The 2012 Bethany Beach Jazz Funeral is celebrated on Labor Day Monday, Sept. 3 with activities beginning about 5:30 p.m. at the north end of the Bethany Beach Boardwalk,...READ MORE

Ravens-Steelers Challenged Eyed In Ocean City

OCEAN CITY – A bitter rivalry has been taken to a whole new level as Pit & Pub’s Baltimore Ravens fans and Buxy’s Salty Dog Saloon’s Pittsburgh Steelers fans now have the opportunity to go head-to-head in the Ravens vs. Steelers Rival 5K Tailgate Football Challenge. Chris Klebe of OC Trirunning.com presented the event to the Mayor and City Council last week, and the council voted unanimously to approve the first-time event. It will take place on Saturday, Nov. 17 from...READ MORE

Blue Heron Gifts Aims To Offer Unique Finds

FENWICK ISLAND -- Tucked away in a quiet corner of Fenwick Island, Blue Heron Gifts has been supplying “functional art” and unique creations to the area for the last five years. “We want to be different from the rest,” said co-owner Anita Worley. Along with sister Tina Gartland, Worley has owned and operated Blue Heron since it opened five years ago, when the original intention was to showcase some of her own art, as well as provide a vehicle for Gartland’s...READ MORE

Berlin Citizens Quiet On Fire Company Dispute

BERLIN -- Less than a week after the Town of Berlin unexpectedly severed all funding to the Berlin Fire Company (BFC), the public was surprisingly silent when given the chance to comment on the issue at Monday’s Mayor and Council meeting. In a conflict that played out in the media last week, both the town and BFC released lengthy statements arguing their perspective behind what led to the funding cut. Despite the passion displayed by both sides, the fire doesn’t seem to have caught...READ MORE

Community Center Opens In Church

OCEAN CITY -- The newest community resource for Worcester County is now accepting registrations for programs starting this fall, as the Red Doors Community Center at St. Paul's By-The-Sea Episcopal Church offers classes for children and adults in a wide variety of areas including creativity, wellness, education and philanthropy.  
The mission of The Red Doors is to provide opportunities for enrichment in mind, body, and spirit to children and adults of the community. Located on...READ MORE

County Eyes More Nuisance Properties

SNOW HILL -- As part of continuing efforts to clean up Worcester County, the County Commission agreed this week to move forward with three different demolitions of properties considered nuisances. All three properties had previously been slated for demolition. In each case, however, obstacles arose that persuaded the commission to alter the approach at last week’s meeting. In the case of two nuisance properties in Newark, 8205 and 8213 Newark Road, demolition had been requested and...READ MORE

High Quality, Top Service A Guarantee At Hit The Deck

FENWICK ISLAND -- Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, Hit the Deck co-owner Kebbie Crout said last week that she’s looking forward to several more years supplying outdoor furnishings in the Fenwick area. “Twenty years is a big mark for us,” she said. Though not the original owners, Crout and partner Dustin Shepard came on-board in 2003 and eventually bought out their other partners to become sole proprietors. The store itself has had the same name and location since...READ MORE

Brown Box Returning Home For Series Of Shows

BERLIN -- Since its founding in 2010, Brown Box Theatre Project has been producing quality theatre along the East Coast, including venues in Boston, New York, Maryland and Delaware. Now in its third season, the company is returning to its home on the Eastern Shore with an exciting production of Romeo & Juliet. This year Brown Box expands the tour to downtown Berlin and Snow Hill as well as adding more educational workshops and performances for local students in Worcester and Wicomico...READ MORE

Blu Offers Steamed Crabs, Much More In Paradise Setting

OCEAN CITY – A new family legacy has been born in the Blu Crab House and Raw Bar on 24th Street and Coastal Highway in the shadows of its its famous predecessor, The Embers Restaurant. The Embers Restaurant Inc. Vice President Cole Taustin said in 1945 his great uncles, Sam and Irv Taustin, opened the Embers in Ocean City and at that time it reflected a fine dining atmosphere with white table clothes and jackets required. “As the town started to change, so did we,” Taustin said...READ MORE

OC Smokehouse Seeks To Be Unique In A Crowded Field

OCEAN CITY – The Pit & Pub is gearing up for the fall season as football is back in action and so is the restaurant’s BBQ and homemade comfort food to go along with it. Pit & Pub Smokehouse and Seafood, located on 28th Street and Coastal Highway, opened on May 20, 2010. At the time, Steve Hoffman and Mike Horsey had a couple of decades under their belt working in other local restaurants and found it time to venture out on their own. Hoffman had worked at Crab Alley for 20...READ MORE

New Personnel Joins Worcester Prep

BERLIN -- Worcester Preparatory School recently welcomed Marion Connolly as Director of Development and Elizabeth (Betsy) Hornung as Assistant Director of Development. The two will form a team to oversee the Annual Fund for Excellence; fund-raising events such as the GALA and Christmas Bazaar; and all aspects of school development. Following several years in the business world, Connolly served as Director of Development of the Associated Catholic Charities in Baltimore. She was Director of...READ MORE

Popular Former Local Dies In Crash

OCEAN CITY -- The Ocean City community and the entire state lost a true treasure last weekend when a popular former local and Baltimore restaurateur died after being struck by a bus while riding his bicycle on Coastal Highway. Around 8:38 p.m. last Friday, Ocean City Police and paramedics responded to the area of 132nd Street and Coastal Highway for a reported vehicle collision involving a municipal bus and a bicycle. Emergency personnel arrived at the scene and determined a bicycle being...READ MORE

Open Houses Of The Week

WEST OCEAN CITY Bay Point Plantation Rt589/Gum Point Rd Daily 10-5 Waterfront Estate Lots in 142 Acre Preserve Kevin Decker The Fritschle Group/ Condominium Realty 443-235-6552 OCEAN PINES 21 High Sheriff Trail Sun 1-4 Contemporary Beautiful 3BR/2BA Backs up to Protected Woods Barbara Reese Long and Foster 410-603-7190 OCEAN CITY Sunset Island 67th St & The Bay Fri, Sat & Sun Condos, Townhomes, Single Family Homes Luxury Resort Living Terry Riley Vantage Resort...READ MORE

We Remember Those We Have Lost

Sandra Lois Cropper OCEAN RIDGE, Fla. -- Sandra Lois Cropper, 72, passed away Aug. 22, 2012, at Hospice by the Sea, Boca Raton, Fla., after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Sandy was born in Midland City, Ala., was the daughter of the late Bailey Snellgrove and Margaret Snellgrove. She is survived by her loving husband Reese F. Cropper, Jr.; two sons, Lawrence Jeffery Nyce, of N. Potomac, Md., and Robert Todd Offenbacher and his wife Tara, of So. Lake Tahoe, Calif. There are two...READ MORE

A Week In Business

Realtor Joins Office BETHANY BEACH – ResortQuest Real Estate announced this week that Cindy Spieczny has joined its sales team at its newest sales office in the Fenwick Plaza located on Route 54, just west of Fenwick Island. Licensed since 1983, Spieczny specializes in new construction projects and continues to focus on the area’s premier communities. She has worked on the Route 54 corridor, in both Delaware and Maryland, since 1984 and has knowledge not only of the Fenwick Island...READ MORE

Finding Opportunities In China Can Be Fruitful

OCEAN CITY -- It’s no great secret that China and other emerging markets have been keeping much of the global economy on its feet in recent years. And despite recent headlines that warn of an economic “hard landing,” China’s gross domestic product is expected to expand by as much as 8% this year and next, according to BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. “That’s three to four times the growth we expect from the United States or any other developed...READ MORE

2008 Worcester Prep Grad Joins WBOC

Christian Payne, a 2008 graduate of Worcester Preparatory School, joined the WBOC team in July 2012 as a photographer/editor after graduating cum laude from Denison University in Granville, Ohio. Payne served as a news/sports intern at WBOC last summer. Above, Payne is pictured with Managing Editor Steve Hammond. ...READ MORE

Tuesday Night Bridge Ladies And Friends Say Goodbye To The Steinbergs

The Tuesday Night Bridge Ladies and friends recently gathered at the home of Kay and John Hannigan to say goodbye to Phyllis and Herb Steinberg, who are relocating to Lancaster, Pa. ...READ MORE

Meadows Awarded September Pine'eer Crafter Of The Month

The Pine'eer Craft Club has awarded Beverly Meadows the honor of September Crafter of the Month. She crochets American Doll hats and matching scarfs as well as adult hats, afghans and baby afghans. Her items may be seen and purchased every Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Pine'eer Craft and Gift Shop at White Horse Park in Ocean Pines. ...READ MORE

NARFE Welcomes Guest Speaker From Holly Community Center's Disability Resource Center

NARFE Chapter 2274 welcomed guest speaker Michele Corron, project director for the Holly Community Center's Disability Resource Center, to its monthly luncheon meetingin August at the Ocean Pines Yacht Club. Corron brought along a display of equipment for persons with disabilities. Corron, center, is pictured with Chapter President Arlene Page and Programs Chair Anna Foultz ...READ MORE

Cancer Support Community Delaware Accepts $3,600 Donation Check From Seashore Parrot Head Club

Jo Allegro-Smith, Sussex County Director for the Cancer Support Community Delaware, accepts a $3,600 donation check from Bruce Wright, Treasurer for the Delaware Seashore Parrot Head Club. The donation represents the proceeds from the recent Boat Drinks Bacchanal.  The money will be used to assist Sussex County cancer patients and their families by providing emotional support groups and educational workshops. Submitted Photos ...READ MORE