OCEAN CITY – The ordinance set to authorize the Mayor and Council to issue and sell, upon its full fail and credit, $27.5 million in general obligation bonds was passed unanimously on first reading at the Mayor and Council meeting Monday night.At last week’s work session, the Mayor and Council were presented with a project… Read more »

SNOW HILL – One of the plaintiffs in the multi-million dollar lawsuit filed against an Ocean City pizza company and the delivery driver who hit her with his car on Coastal Highway four years ago was awarded over $475,000 in damages in Worcester County Circuit Court last week, while the other plaintiff in the case,… Read more »

BERLIN – Some 450 racers will ascend on Chincoteague Bay on Oct. 6 at 9 a.m. for the 8th Annual Osprey Sprint Triathlon sponsored by the Coastal Bays Program. A 1,000-strong crowd will be on hand and over 100 volunteers will be essential in helping to dispense water, direct traffic, manage the course, and set… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Somerset Street carts are gone and although their long-term fate remains to be determined, contention still lies along Somerset Street, with at least one business owner asking for more changes.The Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC) and the Mayor and Council approved the carts earlier this year in an attempt to bring… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Eagles Landing plays host to the Ocean City Recreation Boosters’ ever-popular Swing For Youth Golf Open this month. Ocean City Recreation Boosters is a non-profit, independent community group made up of representatives from various community organizations. The positive group of individuals works diligently throughout the year to raise money to offset the… Read more »

BERLIN – Vince Boulanger of Ocean City and Matt Landon of Newark took top awards along with six other Delmarva surfers during the 40th Annual ESA Eastern Surfing Championships in Cape Hatteras, N.C. last week.For the second year in a row, ESA All-Star Boulanger stole the show with his powerful surfing and huge aerial maneuvers…. Read more »

BERLIN – With a growing, diverse population in Worcester County and an in-kind growth in the number of children needing a support system, a local advocacy group is calling out for more volunteers to help meet the need.Neglected, abused and otherwise troubled children in Worcester who find themselves snared in the endless web of the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Fager’s Island on 59th Street in Ocean City will be holding their 2nd Annual Charity Cookout to benefit the Maryland Coastal Bays Program on Sunday, Oct. 7 from 4-8 p.m.The blowout includes a $6 barbeque dinner, live music, live animals and a host of local celebrities who will be gallivanting about the… Read more »