BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity football team stayed on a roll this week, thrashing visiting Easton, 49-6, on a rare Monday game to improve to 3-1 on the young season.The game was originally scheduled for last Friday at Easton, but the game was postponed because the Warriors’ home field was unplayable because of the rain. The… Read more »
Charlotte Smack recently donated her time and her bus to Showell Elementary School so students could learn proper bus behavior. Above, Smack shows the three cameras that document bus activity to second graders Lilly Clark and Matthew White.
Atlantic/Smith, Cropper & Deeley partnered with the community and donated “Back to School” supplies for Willards Elementary School this month. Pictured, from left, are Tanner Mayhue, student; Regina Rando, Principal; Teresa Stout, A/SCD Customer Service Agent; Laura Deeley Bren, A/SCD President; and Maggie Richardson, student.
Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan recently issued a proclamation honoring Pat Moran for her volunteer efforts in the community. She is relocating to Annapolis. She served on the Ocean City Beautification Committee since 1995, serving as the group’s first secretary and treasurer. She also served on the Mayor’s Hospitality Committee for the New Year’s Day… Read more »
Community Input Was Never SoughtEditor:I live on 4th St. at the corner of St. Louis Ave. Not many year-round residents live on this block but of the five I spoke with, no one had even heard of these 640 forms for public response to St. Louis Avenue development, said to have been mailed to residents… Read more »
The majority of the resort’s City Council was wrong when it voted last month to not include a designated bike lane on the multi-million-dollar redesign of St. Louis Avenue. The good news is that poor decision can now be excused, at least somewhat, because the council has approved a plan tweaking the design’s dimensions, allowing… Read more »
It must be campaign season if local media outlets are receiving unsigned, poison pen emails and letters about candidates running for office. While we carry a general disdain for these types of unsubstantiated communications, there was one presented this week that an investigation determined to at least have some merit.Two knowledgeable sources, speaking on the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – August real estate sales in Ocean City were down this year, according to a recent report, leading industry representatives to say that now is the time to buy.Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s Gregg Holland, the new president of the Coastal Association of Realtors, reported to Ocean City’s Economic Development Committee (EDC) this week… Read more »
SNOW HILL – The first of three men charged in the murder of a local woman in Pocomoke in January 2007 was found guilty by a Worcester County Circuit Court jury last week.At the conclusion of a two-day trial in Snow Hill last Friday, the jury found Kendall I. Northam, 20, of Pocomoke, guilty of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A near tragic incident involving people swimming in the stormy ocean early last Sunday morning had resort officials this week seeking some sort of new ordinance or restrictions on swimming at night after the sun goes down. Around 2 a.m. last Sunday, the Ocean City Fire Department was dispatched to the beach… Read more »