OCEAN CITY- Ocean City Police this week are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a young woman on the beach near 109th Street early last Friday morning. The 19-year-old Salisbury woman was collecting shells on the beach near 109th Street around 5:30 a.m. last Friday morning when an unidentified man grabbed her from behind… Read more »
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Club 2nd Annual Flea Market
Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Club President Stan Kahn, left, and Flea Market Chairman Doris Taylor, right, are pictured with members from left, John Grim III, and Dave Taylor before the 2nd Annual Flea Market held at the Harley Davidson Shop in West Ocean City. All proceeds go to the Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Club Scholarship Fund.
Community Fair at the Parke Yields Diakonia Donation
Diakonia Executive Director Claudia Nagle, right, accepts a check from The Parke at Ocean Pines Clubhouse Coordinator Jo Ann Pessagno, center, as resident and volunteer, Mary Stevens, left, looks on. The donation came from the Community Fair at the Parke, which was designed to inform the community about the advisory committees to the board of… Read more »
The Franklin Burroughs Golf Scholarship Fund
The Franklin Burroughs Golf Scholarship Fund has been established in his name. Burroughs was the owner of One-time Plumbing in Berlin for over 25 years. Presenting the scholarship award for Freda and Franklin Burroughs was Al “Hondo” Handy, pictured above with Berlin Intermediate School Principal Dr. John Gaddis, Susan Johnson, Paul Carlotta, Mia Carlotta, Lisa… Read more »
Monday, July 7 – Man Held for Explosive Threat on Courthouse
SNOW HILL- A Pocomoke man is in custody in Virginia this week awaiting extradition to Worcester County for threatening to drive a truck full of explosives into the county government building in Snow Hill to avoid a scheduled court date last week.Last Tuesday, July 1, the Worcester County Circuit Court received a letter stating an… Read more »
Things I Like
Grandparents who like to baby sitNapping in the pool on a summer afternoonA swing under a treeWatching fireworks on a beachThe first bit of caffeine each morningHow my wife looks at our babyLeaving Sam’s Cub with a carloadWatching the US Olympic swimming trialsThe Nadal-Federer tennis rivalrySummer breezes on a beachGetting to know a new cell… Read more »
What’s Your Sign?
ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Your persistence pays off as the information you demanded starts to come through. The pace is slow at first, but it begins to speed up as the week draws to a close.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): An unwelcome bit of news jolts the Bovine, who would prefer that… Read more »
Live Bands and DJs
707 Sports Bar & Grille: 410-213-9507, 12702 Old Bridge Rd. West Ocean City; Friday, July 4:Blue Sky; Every Saturday: Karaoke with Hey Mick.Assateague Island Oasis: 410-629-1492, Rt. 611; Entertainment Friday & Saturday, 6:30-9:30 p.m.Blue ox/Babe’s: 410-250-6440, 127th St., Coastal Hwy.; Friday, July 4: Sean Holloran; Saturday, July 5: Nancy Micciulla; Every Thursday: Bill Morningstar.Buxy’s Salty… Read more »
Surf Improves In Time For 2nd Annual Surfabout
OCEAN CITY – The 2008 Chauncey’s Surfabout ran June 28 at 30th Street in Ocean City with great summertime waves for over 160 competitors from Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida.This is the second year Chauncey and Blair Rhodes of Chauncey’s Surf Shops at 30th Street and 52nd Street in Ocean City have sponsored… Read more »
Suspect Cleared In Berlin Murder Case
SNOW HILL – One of three suspects charged in the beating death of a Berlin teen in May had the charges against him dropped in District Court in Snow Hill last Thursday and it appears unlikely he will be indicted in the case. Eric Ronald Hewitt, 19, of Ocean City, one of three men charged… Read more »