Remember True Meaning Of Mother’s DayEditor:The birth of Mother’s Day in our country came about following the culmination of the Civil War. Mothers at that time were distressed having witnessed the brutal wartime slayings of men and boys on both sides of the battle. One woman, Julia Ward Howe, was incensed by the countless deaths… Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Legislature Must Act On Arsenic Issue
Editor:(The following letter is in response to the April 29 article, “Local Jurisdictions Join $20M Suit Against Oil Companies.”)While our County Commissioners are to be commended for their concern about the health and safety of its citizens related to MTBE pollution, neither the county or the State of Maryland are willing to be as aggressive… Read more »
Where To Eat Around Town
West Ocean City- Berlin Ocean Pines-FruitlandBreakfast Cafe Of Ocean City 12736 Ocean Gateway, West Ocean City 410-213-1804Open seven days a week between Sun-sations & Starbucks, across from Outback, come join us at the “Breakfast Cafe” (formerly Rambler Coffee Shop) we are a family-friendly restaurant that’s been family owned for 30 years passed from mother to… Read more »
Motorcycles, Trailer Swiped
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City police this week are looking for the suspect or suspects who stole three motorcycles and a box trailer from a downtown motel parking lot sometime early Monday morning.Police are investigating the theft of a box trailer containing two Harley Davidson motorcycles and one Iron Horse motorcycle. The trailer and motorcycles… Read more »
Things To Do
May 6: Holy Savior/KC BingoDoors open 5 p.m.; games begin, 6:30 p.m.; 9901 Coastal Hwy., O.C. Refreshments will be on sale. For more information, 410-524-7994.May 6: Family Movie Night6 p.m., Eden United Methodist Church, Willards. Evening begins with a lite dinner and refreshments will be served. The movie featured this month will be “Furry Ven-geance.”May… Read more »
Who’s Playing Where And When
Angler, the 410-289-7424 2312 Talbot St. On The Bay Saturday, May 7 & Sunday, May 8: Alex & ShilohBuxy’s Salty Dog 410-289-0973 28th St. & Coastal Hwy. Friday, May 6: TBA Saturday, May 7: Bryan Russo BandCharlie’s Bayside Restaurant 302-539-3526 Rte. 1 & Maryland Ave., Fenwick Island Friday, May 6: Chris Button & Joe… Read more »
Casino’s Slots Revenue Up Slightly
BERLIN — The April figures for the Casino at Ocean Downs were released this week, revealing a continued pattern of gradual increase in the revenue taken in at the video gaming facility in Berlin.The Casino at Ocean Downs grossed just over $3.5 million in April, up slightly from the $3.25 million the facility generated in… Read more »
Coastal Bays Program Updates Resort On Initiatives
OCEAN CITY – The Maryland Coastal Bays Program briefed the Mayor and City Council last week on what the program has been accomplishing of late.The Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) was created in 1996 as a part of the National Estuary Program, which was developed in 1987 under the Clean Water Act to protect economically… Read more »
Ocean City Marlin Club Marks 75 Years
OCEAN CITY — The venerable Ocean City Marlin Club, officially founded in 1936, although its roots date back a few years earlier to the creation of the Ocean City Inlet during a cataclysmic 1933 storm, turns 75 this week and will fete its decades-long history of fishing and conservation with a special celebration at its… Read more »
Annual Race Sets New Record
OCEAN CITY — Record numbers of runners turned out last Saturday for the 7th Annual Island to Island Half Marathon and 5K races with near perfect conditions leading to low finish times.Over 1,300 runners from all over the country competed in the half marathon with another 600-plus in the associated 5K race, pushing the total… Read more »