OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Marlin Club is looking for a little revenge this weekend in the 31st Annual Challenge Cup against its friendly rivals from Cape May, N.J., who rode a strong white marlin bite on the tournament’s last day last year to wrest the title away from the locals after a two-year mini-run.The… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Mallards Remain Unbeaten at 3-0
BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s boys’ varsity soccer team remained unbeaten this week, thrashing old rival Salisbury School, 4-0, on Tuesday to improve to 3-0 on the season.The Mallards have average four goals per game in their first three matches of the year while yielding just one goal thus far. Back on August 28, Worcester cruised in… Read more »
Decatur Boys Down North Caroline, 3-2
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity soccer team rebounded from a season-opening loss last week to Easton with a 3-2 win over North Caroline on Tuesday to even its early season record at 1-1.In the opener last week at Easton, the Seahawks opened an early 2-0 lead before the Warriors scored four unanswered goals to pull… Read more »
Flounder Plentiful as Season Closes
OCEAN CITY- The summer flounder season ended as scheduled as planned last Sunday, but a flurry of late action in a handful of local tournaments, including the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen’s Association (MSSA) Beach N’ Boat event out of Sunset Marina, left many anglers with fond memories to hold onto until the season opens again next… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
What A Health Plan Needs To AccomplishEditor: President Bush and other Republicans were thrown out of office because they were destroying the American economy. They ran up a $2 trillion national debt. Now that debt is projected to be $9 trillion. Furthermore, it will be driven up by a minimum of $1trillion more by creating… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
Ocean City Councilman Joe Hall knows he’s out on an island, but he’s hopeful for some company.The resort restaurateur wants to know how the town’s Tourism Commission defines the Rodney advertising campaign as a success. Hall is aware some of his colleagues may think of him as a “Debbie Downer” of sorts, but that’s a… Read more »
State Initiative A Tiny Step In Right Direction
Although this is just a fledgling process at this point, it’s exciting to hear the state is officially interested in getting involved in the production of wind energy off Ocean City’s coast.The Maryland Energy Administration announced Tuesday a new initiative to evaluate the potential for commercial wind turbine development off the state’s coast. The process… Read more »
Missing Person Found
OCEAN CITY – A Russian girl living in Ocean City, who was reported missing back on Sept. 2 by her roommate was found safe and sound last weekend although the details about her disappearance have not been made public.Anna Sevgeyevna Teselkina, 22, of Russia, had last been seen around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2,… Read more »
We Remember Those We Have Lost
Paul Franklin BrownCAPE CORAL, Fla. – Paul Franklin Brown, age 75, died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009 at Hope Hospice North in Cape Coral, Fla.Born in New London, Conn., he was the son of the late Melville “Jim” Brown and Molly Anderson Brown of Ocean City. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Joyce… Read more »
Fatherhood Adventures
It finally happened.I guess it was inevitable. A major kid meltdown led to us having to leave a restaurant early.While at The Globe last Thursday, Beckett was throwing the fit of all fits, and we had no other choice but to raise the white flag, or the black cloth table napkin in this case. We… Read more »