SALISBURY — While admitting minor issues with collecting room taxes from some hotels and worries over rising gas prices, the Wicomico Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism (DRPT) delivered an overall positive report to the County Council Tuesday.According to the report, tourism made a $9.2 million impact on the county this year, with estimates for… Read more »
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Salisbury Council Okays Bid To Purchase Fire Rescue Boat
SALISBURY – The Salisbury City Council voted this week to approve a bid close to $1 million for the purchase of a fire rescue boat to insure Salisbury’s busy port and its surrounding waterways of safety.The Salisbury Fire Department (SFD) recently made an official request for the purchase of a Fast Response Fire/Rescue Boat. According… Read more »
WOC Man Again Charged With Trying To Run Over Person
WEST OCEAN CITY — A local man with an apparent penchant for attempting to run over people with a vehicle was allegedly up to his old tricks this week when he nearly drove over another man during a drug deal in West Ocean City.Around 2:10 a.m. on Monday, Maryland State Police (MSP) responded to a… Read more »
Wicomico Council Puts Off Bennett Middle Project
SALISBURY — The Wicomico County Council voted 5-2 Tuesday to remove building a new Bennett Middle School (BMS) from the 2012 budget and instead pushed it back to 2013.The decision was met with mixed reactions, both within the council and from the audience, a large portion of which were parents of students in the Wicomico… Read more »
Charges Filed For Resort Bomb Threat
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Fire Marshal’s Office last week filed charges against a resort resident believed to have been deported to Mexico for allegedly manufacturing a destructive device and using it to threaten and terrorize other individuals on Facebook.In January 2008, Ocean City police arrested an individual known as Ernesto Garcia-Bristo for driving… Read more »
Ocean City Golf Club Announces Hire
BERLIN- The Ocean City Golf Club this week announced the hiring of Mike Salvio as the new golf course superintendent.Salvio, a certified golf course superintendent, the highest designation in the business, comes to the venerable old Ocean City Golf Club in South Point from similar previous experiences at Glen Riddle and Nutter’s Crossing. According to… Read more »
Beach Lacrosse Fundraisers on Tap
BERLIN- In conjunction with its ongoing registration drive to the 2011 season, the Beach Lacrosse Program has two major fundraising events on tap in the coming weeks.Beach Lacrosse, a volunteer organization that has been around for 18 years and has introduced thousands of young local players to the game including many now playing in high… Read more »
Decatur’s Hollowell
Stephen Decatur senior Bradley Hollowell won his third straight state championship in the Class 3A meet last weekend, hitting the 15-foot mark in his final vault. Seahawk Cordonte Ayres also won a state championship in the 300M. Pictured above, Hollowell poses with his pole atop a sign at the school recognizing his achievement.Submitted photo
Three Wrestlers Head to State Meet
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s highly decorated varsity wrestling team is sending three wrestlers to the state Class 4A-3A state championship meet after another successful run in the regional meet last weekend.Decatur’s Seth Goggin finished second overall in the 125-pound class in the regional meet last weekend, falling to champion Nathan Kraisser of Centennial in the final… Read more »
Decatur Cagers Bail Out of Regionals
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity basketball teams each bailed out of the first round in their respective state Class 3A-East region tournaments this week, bringing closure to topsy-turvy seasons for both squads.The Decatur boys fell to Bayside Conference rival James M. Bennett, 64-48, on Monday, ending a 8-15 campaign this winter. The Seahawks led briefly, 9-8,… Read more »