WEST OCEAN CITY – The Sunset Marina potentially extended its property line on Tuesday after representatives outbid the competition in a public foreclosure auction for the building that last housed the Miyako Sushi and Seafood Buffet.A bidder representing John Gudelsky, owner of the Sunset Marina and OC Fishing Center, won the building with a bid… Read more »
BERLIN – The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts recognized Berlin Intermediate School (BIS) this week for its arts immersion program.BIS, one of just five schools nationwide to be honored, received the National School of Distinction in Arts Education designation for the 2007-2008 school year.The award honors schools that have made the arts… Read more »
SNOW HILL – The town of Ocean City and six OCPD officers named as defendants in a multi-million dollar police brutality civil suit from an incident in the resort over two years ago this week reached a settlement with the plaintiffs that will pay the latter a small fraction of what they were seeking.Six Ocean… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Local environmental groups this week applauded the passage by the House of the No Child Left Inside Act, a bill which, if approved, could funnel federal funding into environmental education with the intent of getting kids out from in front of a television screen or computer monitor and back outside to connect… Read more »
FREDERICK COUNTY — Convicted murderer Erika Sifrit is hoping for another day in court after her lawyers filed a motion for appeal in the Frederick County Circuit Court.Sifrit, who was tried and convicted in 2003 for killing two Ocean City tourists, hopes to reveal to jurors in a new appeal she was a “needy” woman… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The first day of fall was the ironic backdrop for the unveiling of a new Boardwalk landmark that will be seen by thousands of summer visitors for years to come.Dozens of onlookers gathered at the foot of the Boardwalk on Monday to officially dedicate a “skin mount” of the largest white marlin… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The field of candidates for the Ocean City Council elections next month was rounded out this week with a few incumbents, a couple of former candidates and a handful of relative newcomers including one dark horse, a strip club owner with a colorful past and a passion for cutting frivolous spending and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Mayor Rick Meehan was re-elected on Tuesday before the first ballot was ever cast in the first election after the filing deadline passed with no one opposing his campaign. This is the second time that the mayor has been elected in this manner, the first being the October 2006 election after he… Read more »
This week’s Atlantic Physical Therapy “Tough Guy of the Week” award went to senior captain Danny Miller for his outstanding play in a big win over Kent Island last Friday. Pictured above is Miller flanked by Head Coach Bob Knox (left) and ATP president and CEO Bob Hammond (right).
BERLIN- For the second time in a week, Stephen Decatur’s men’s varsity soccer team played to a tie, ending it match with Washington at a 3-3 draw after two overtime periods.The Seahawks went on the road on Monday to face a suddenly tough Washington team and came away without a win or a loss for… Read more »