OCEAN CITY- The 9th Annual Longboard Team Challenge on Saturday on the beach at the Castle in the Sand on 37th Street will be the centerpiece of a host of event all weekend at different venues around the resort celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Ocean City chapter of the Surfrider Foundation.The Ocean City Surfrider… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur High School’s fledgling fishing club is up and running with roughly 30 members participating in competitions, taking classes and expanding on their love of the sport this summer. Delaware angler Fabian Rodriguez of The Bass Federation approached a group of Decatur faculty members earlier this year about forming a club at the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- Roughly 100 youth girls’ youth lacrosse teams from all over the country have descended on Ocean City this weekend for the 2009 Beach Lax Festival, which got underway this morning with first round games.Hosted by the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department in conjunction with the local Beach Lacrosse Club, the annual festival… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The 13th Annual Mako Mania shark tournament got underway this morning with dozens of boats and teams of anglers competing in the first significant offshore tournament in the summer-long series of events in Ocean City.With warm water starting to show up in the canyons off the coast of the resort, the early offshore… Read more »
A spotlight on the local and regional bar and restaurant scene
Scenes from the 20th annual Play it Safe kickoff at Hall’s Restaurant
Ronald William HaslamOCEAN PINES – Retired Ocean City Police Officer Sgt. Ronald William Haslam died quietly in the arms of his wife at their home in Ocean Pines. Kristin and Ron have been married for over nine years, but they first met in 1978 when they were both seasonal officers on the Ocean City Police… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – An accident on Baltimore Ave. early Wednesday morning caused a utility pole to block the roadway for several hours, snarling rush hour traffic, such as it is in Ocean City, until it could be cleared.Early Monday morning, an accident at 3rd Street and Baltimore Ave. caused a utility pole to fall and… Read more »
SNOW HILL – Just hours after the Worcester County fiscal year 2010 budget was officially approved, the Worcester County Commissioners voted to allow the Board of Education to move money from textbooks and classroom supplies back into instructional salaries.The commissioners are responsible for funding levels in the 13 school budget categories. The Board of Education… Read more »
SNOW HILL – The loss of Ocean City’s trash could have a positive effect on Worcester County.County staff explained this week that the loss of Ocean City’s 32,000 tons of trash a year will delay the need for a fifth cell at the landfill.Ocean City signed a contract this week to have its refuse hauled… Read more »