The deadline for Ocean City dwelling units to have carbon monoxide detectors in place was February, two years after the new law was enacted. It has become obvious this summer that deadline has come and gone without everyone complying.Consequently, we think it’s time for Ocean City to hold random pop inspections to ensure the town’s… Read more »
Bank robberies are no laughing matter, but this week’s botched attempt at the Susquehanna Bank branch on 94th Street is at least worth a chuckle. According to police, a suspect entered the bank branch and slipped a note of unknown contents to a teller. An obvious assumption is it had something to do with hand… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – For the second time this summer, a carbon monoxide (CO) leak caused an evacuation in Ocean City, and for the second time, it was revealed that there were no working CO detectors.Three people were treated (two of them briefly hospitalized) for exposure to CO after a leak in the upper tier of… Read more »
SNOW HILL – The Wal-Mart Super Center slated for construction behind the existing Berlin Wal-Mart received site plan approval last week. The Worcester County Planning Commission required several changes in the site plan before approving the project. The new, 193,000-square-foot Super Wal-Mart, including a grocery store and drive-up pharmacy, will replace the roughly 100,000-square-foot existing… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The resort area’s collective hangover from last week’s White Marlin Open has just about worn off in time for the next big event on the summer sportfishing calendar- the Mid-Atlantic $500,000, a Cape May, N.J.-based tournament that will again have a strong presence in Ocean City again this year.Now in its 17th year,… Read more »
Angler Darrell Drenner and the crew on the “Drillin & Billin” were the first to the scales last Friday, the White Marlin Open’s last day, and weighed this 234-pound tuna to jump into second place in the division and secure nearly $67,000 in prize money.Photo courtesy sportfishermen.com
OCEAN CITY- When White Marlin Open organizers chose the ubiquitous “Come See Big Fish” phrase for their promotional materials for the 2009 tournament, they likely didn’t realize just how prophetic the words would be as the largest white marlin caught in the tournament in 29 years took the event’s top prize and a 1,000-pound plus… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The rapidly growing sport of lacrosse takes center stage in and around Ocean City this weekend when some of the top men’s and women’s teams in the country descend on the resort area for the 16th Annual Ocean City Lacrosse Classic.The annual tournament got underway yesterday with opening round games in the Masters… Read more »
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William Russell MatthewsBERLIN – William Russell Matthews, “Bill”, age 74, died Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Salisbury, he was the son of the late Russell Edmund Matthews and Mary Hargis Scott Matthews. He is survived by his wife, Katie Belle Gaskins Matthews.He was an electrical design engineer… Read more »