OCEAN CITY – With dozens of boats reporting double-digit releases including one local boat with a record 57 on Monday alone, the white marlin bite off the coast of Ocean City has been off the chart for the last week or so, perhaps confirming once and for all the sometimes questioned “White Marlin Capital of… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Voices From The Readers
Better People Skills Needed Editor:On Thursday, Aug. 12, County Commissioner Linda Busick stopped by my wife’s dog grooming shop here in Bishopville. We have a Jimmy Bunting for County Commissioner sign in our front yard. She tried to bully my wife into voting for her because she had past business relations with her grandmother, the… Read more »
No Need For Straw Poll Ballot Questions
The Ocean City Mayor and Council made the right call this week when it decided to not include a few ballot questions, or straw polls, on next month’s ballot.Electing to put a few non-binding questions before Ocean City voters to gauge electorate sentiment would have set a dangerous precedent and led to trouble. It would… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
July and August are critical months for all summer resorts, particularly Ocean City, which needs warm, dry weather to be prosperous. Since this summer was one of the hottest and parched in recent history, July was thought to be a solid month for the resort as was August. I looked at some of the numbers… Read more »
Whos playing where and when musically speaking
707 Sports Bar & Grille 410-213-9507 12702 Old Bridge Road, West OC Friday, Sept. 3: Sir Rod Every Saturday: Karaoke with Hey Mick Angler, The 410-289-7424 • Talbot St. On the bay Friday, Sept. 3: Time Police, 9 p.m. Every Sunday: Local’s Social With DJ Rusty Griswald Buxy’s Salty Dog 410-289-0973 • 28th St. &… Read more »
Things To Do Around The Area
Sept. 3-4: Opportunity Shop Open8 a.m.-noon, Whatcoat United Methodist Church, 100 w. Federal St., Snow Hill. This will be a fill-a-bag only.Sept. 3: Holy Savior/KC BingoDoors open 6 p.m.; games begin, 7 p.m.; 9901 Coastal Hwy., O.C. Re-freshments will be on sale. For more information, 410-524-7994.Sept. 4: Outdoor Flea Market, Chicken BBQ & Crab Cakes8… Read more »
Open Houses This Week
OCEAN CITY Makai Condominiums 42nd St. Bayside Daily 10-4 New Construction 2BR & Studio Condos Ben Dawson The Fritschle Group/ Condominium Realty 410-603-2205 OCEAN CITY Dolphin Bay #I 718 Bradley Road Bayside Waterfront Off 94th Street Sat 3-5 2BR/2BA with Dock Mary Abell Long and Foster 410-520-2743 OCEAN CITY The Plaza 1011 98th St Oceanfront… Read more »
State To Preserve 430-Acre Tract With $1.8M Purchase
BERLIN – Worcester County and Ocean City fared well this week in the latest state Board of Public Works funding cycle with the approval of the purchase of a vast 430-acre site in the coastal bays for perpetual open space, another half of a million dollars in state Rural Legacy funding for the coastal bays… Read more »
Pranksters Litter Highway With Paint Cans, Furniture
OCEAN CITY – Two men were arrested on malicious destruction of property and reckless endangerment charges this week after allegedly bombing Coastal Highway with several paint cans, deck furniture and beer bottles from the ninth floor of a north-end condominium.Around 3:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers were dispatched to the area… Read more »
Candidates Forum Set For Next Week
BERLIN – Following the successful event last week in Snow Hill, Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT), a non-profit environmental education and advocacy organization, will sponsor two more educational forums for candidates in the Worcester County Commission elections this year, one in Berlin next Tuesday prior to the Primary Election, and one prior to the General Election…. Read more »