OCEAN CITY – During a vacation, PJ Aldridge’s life turned upside down in a matter of days, but his life-altering encounter has transformed into a successful groundwork for the PJ Aldridge Foundation (PJAF).In February of 2010, PJ Aldridge was visiting a friend in Costa Rica. His daily activities consisted of surfing and working on his… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Providing further evidence of the need to heed the lifeguards’ orders to get off the beach when lightning is spotted nearby, an Ocean City Beach Patrol (OCBP) guard stand on 127th Street was struck during a brief but powerful thunderstorm Wednesday, splintering and burning the wood and sending nails shooting outward.Shortly after… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The 24th Annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament returns next week with dozens of boats and hundreds of anglers expected to descend on the resort area for a three-day search for the burly behemoths in the canyons off the coast.The tuna bite has been red hot thus far this season with Ocean City’s sportfishing… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Marlin Club’s 29th Annual Canyon Kick-Off last weekend was a huge success with 63 boats competing and $54,450 in prize money doled out to the winners in several categories.The annual tournament, held each year on or around the Fourth of July weekend, is the first significant event of the Marlin… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Greene Turtle Lacrosse Club this week continued to host a summer-long series of drop-ins for area high school and college players each Wednesday evening at Northside Park that will continue through mid-August.The girls’ lacrosse drop-in is open to all girls’ players entering 10th grade this fall through college. The drop-in will be… Read more »
BERLIN- Worcester Prep is hosting its Fighting Mallard Boys Lacrosse Camp for five days next week as part of a summer-long series of camps for sports and other activities.Worcester Prep Coach Kevin Gates, recently named Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference (ESIAC) Coach of the Year, will host the camp next week at Worcester Prep for… Read more »
BERLIN- Berlin Little League competing in the District 8 playoffs got off to a fast start during the last week with each team advancing in their respective divisions.The Berlin Little League 9-10 team got its post-season off to a great start with a 21-0 shellacking of Snow Hill in the first round highlighted by a… Read more »
The big winner in last weekend’s Canyon Kick-Off was the crew aboard the “Stress Reel-ief,” which nearly swept the tuna division. The happy crew, pictured above, took first, second and a share of third in the division to earn nearly $25,000 in prize money.
The crew aboard the “Vapor Trail” took first place in the dolphin division of last weekend’s Canyon Kick-Off with a nice 34-pounder and earned $2,936. The “Vapor Trail” crew also hauled in an 18-pounder pictured above.
Brice Phillips’ life was celebrated this week.Sure, many grieved this week at his passing on July 1, but most I know took this as an opportunity to reflect and marvel over the dynasty he and his wife, Shirley, created and the manner in which they did it. At the age of 90, there was nothing… Read more »