OCEAN CITY — Don Enste of Dandy Don’s Bike Shop thought that the extended hour for bicycles on the Boardwalk went well enough last year to ask for an additional hour on the weekends.For the second time in a year, the Mayor and City Council unanimously agreed with Enste.The Mayor and City Council voted to… Read more »
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Flashing Lights A Surprise To OC Officials, Motorists
OCEAN CITY — The few motorists that ventured out into the frozen tundra of Ocean City last weekend perhaps noticed a blinking reminder of winter’s past.Local residents may have thought that recent blizzard conditions throughout the peninsula had knocked the resort back in time a few years, as traffic signals were flashing and essentially offline… Read more »
Death Penalty Sought In Fatal Kidnapping Case
OCEAN CITY – A Salisbury man accused of kidnapping and killing an 11-year-old girl in late December was formally indicted on first-degree murder charges this week by a Wicomico County grand jury, one day after asking for a jury trial for an unrelated case in Ocean City District Court.On Tuesday, Wicomico County State’s Attorney Davis… Read more »
Blizzard Causes Accident, Closes Route 113
BERLIN – Wednesday’s blizzard and associated white-out conditions caused a multi-vehicle pile-up on Route 113 just south of Berlin, sending five unidentified victims to the hospital.Shortly after noon on Wednesday, during the latest severe winter storm with white-out conditions, a domino-effect pile-up occurred on southbound Route 113 just south of Berlin.According to Worcester County Sheriff’s… Read more »
Worcester Prep Hands out Middle School Sports Awards
Worcester Prep recently handed out its winter sports season awards for its middle school sports teams. Pictured above are the boys’ middle school award winners including, front row, left to right: Ryan Nally, Grade 8, Most Valuable Player, Ali Khan, Grade 7, Most Improved, and Erik Zorn, Grade 7, Coach’s Award; and back row, from… Read more »
Worcester Prep Teams Remain Idle
BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams remained idle this week with several more storm-related postponements and cancellations and have not played now for nearly a month.The boys’ varsity team last played on January 15, a 63-34 win over Gunston. The Mallards were set to play Chincoteague last Friday, but the game was… Read more »
New Storm Sidelines Decatur Wrestlers
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s red-hot wrestling team has had to cool its jets for the last week or so as a pattern of heavy snowstorms has disrupted the late portion of its 2009-2010 season.The Seahawks were cruising this season for the most part until a run of postponed matches has left them idle. Decatur last wrestled… Read more »
St. Pat’s Soccer Tournament Nears
OCEAN CITY- The 22nd Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s annual St. Patrick’s Soccer Tournament turns 20 this year with 150 teams and hundreds of players from all over the mid-Atlantic region expected to converge on the resort for the four-weekend event.From modest beginnings 22 years ago when competition was held in just four divisions,… Read more »
Seahawk Girls Rout Warriors, 39-19
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity basketball team rode a 23-0 run spanning multiple quarters to rout county rival Pocomoke, 39-19, last Thursday.Decatur jumped out to an early lead and led by as many as six points in the first quarter, but Pocomoke rallied to stay in the game for a while. The two teams were… Read more »
OC Rec Basketball Action Continues
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s winter youth basketball league continued last week with a full slate of games at Northside Park despite near constant interruptions caused by the weather. The following is a quick look at some of last week’s action:Ocean City-Berlin Optimists 17- Fager’s Island 14: Matthew Kinsey scored all… Read more »