BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s men’s varsity soccer team wrapped its regular season last week with a 1-0 win over Worcester County rival Pocomoke and will host a first-round state playoff game against Aberdeen tonight.The Seahawks finished a topsy-turvy season on a high note last Friday, topping Pocomoke, 1-0, on a goal by Kyle Gebhart for the… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity football team stumbled somewhat last week, dropping a tough one to visiting James M. Bennett, 34-24, last Thursday to put its playoff hopes in a more tenuous position.The Seahawks had no trouble moving the ball against the Clippers with the high-powered aerial attack led by quarterback Tim Donnelly. Donnelly threw for… Read more »
BERLIN- A resilient Stephen Decatur girls’ varsity soccer team rallied from the two-goal deficit late in Monday’s game against Queen Anne’s for a 3-2 win and is now preparing for a first-round state playoff game tonight at home.The Seahawks found themselves in the rare position of trailing in a game late during their contest with… Read more »
BERLIN- The Berlin Junior Dolphins of the Salvation Army Youth League won their fifth straight game last weekend, beating the Salisbury Terps, 27-6, at home to clinch a playoff spot.On the Dolphins’ very first possession, James Mapp took a hand-off and ran 58 yards for a touchdown to put the Dolphins on top early. The… Read more »
SNOW HILL – A local woman who provided phony prescription documents to an undercover Ocean City police narcotics agent as part of an elaborate scheme earlier this year pleaded guilty last week in Circuit Court to distributing painkillers and was sentenced to two years in jail.On Feb. 8, an undercover OCPD narcotics agent made arrangements… Read more »
BERLIN – Another new face has joined the ranks of hopeful politicians in Berlin, with Phil Cropper’s decision to run for the District 1 town council seat left vacant by the election of Gee Williams to the mayor’s slot.“I’m not happy with the way things have been going in the past few years in Berlin,”… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – While everyone involved with the Play it Safe campaign hoped that it would catch on back in 1989, no one ever expected it to “catch fire” and become such a bright shining light two decades later in raising awareness against drug and alcohol use amongst teens.As the Play it Safe Ocean City… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Drivers looking to showcase their love of Ocean City to every car on the road now have an official way to do it.Ocean City joined the growing trend of personalized vanity plates this week, as the City Council unanimously approved a vintage OC logo to be made available to all Maryland drivers… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City man arrested last month in connection with a rash of vending machine break-ins in the downtown area and was later linked to a series of other thefts and burglaries throughout the resort dating back to early June pleaded guilty this week in District Court to one count of felony… Read more »
NEWARK – Unofficial high school assessment scores (HSA) show that the first graduating class to face the HSA requirement to get their diplomas has improved passing scores.“These are unofficial scores. They are still embargoed by the state,” said Stephanie Zanich, in charge of testing and assessments for the Worcester County Board of Education, at the… Read more »