Margaret Yates, President of the Board of Directors of Worcester County G.O.L.D. (Giving Others Lives Dignity), recently accepted a check from Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City Priority One Chair Jim Spicknall at the June 13 weekly meeting. Kiwanis donates $600 twice a year for its Priority One Program, which aids children from pre-natal to… Read more »
The Community Service Committee of the Coastal Delmarva Chapter of Women’s Council of Realtors recently presented Wayne Littleton of the Believe in Tomorrow Children’s Foundation with over 150 “buckets of love” to provide blessings to families of chronically and terminally ill children and the military. Pictured with Littleton are Patti Feeheley, Gwen Cordner, Julie Sadler,… Read more »
Local youth and their adult advisors who are part of the Appalachia Service Project will soon be heading to Clinton, Tenn. where they will spend a week working on homes in the area. The trip is co-sponsored by Community Church of Ocean Pines and Wilson and Zion United Methodist Churches of the Bishopville Charge. Liza… Read more »
The Worcester County Garden Club awarded this year’s scholarship to Joseph Crank, a senior from Stephen Decatur High School. He plans to attend the University of Maryland College Park and major in agriculture. Pictured, from left, are Club Secretary Mary Ellen Jefferson, Scholarship Chair Marion Novack, Crank, President Carol Morrison and Treasurer Sally Monaghan.
OCEAN CITY — Yet another pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and seriously injured on Friday, continuing an alarming trend early on in the summer in the resort.Around 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Ocean City Police and paramedics responded to 59th Street and Coastal Highway for a reported pedestrian-vehicle collision. The preliminary investigation revealed an 18-year-old… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A commercial fishing vessel out of the commercial harbor in West Ocean City hauled in a rare find last week — a blue lobster.Captain John Gourley and mate Tim Aulinskis, fishing aboard the “Pot Luck” off the coast of Ocean City, last Wednesday discovered a rare blue lobster in their harvest. The… Read more »
NEWARK — The Worcester County Board of Education formally adopted last Thursday its fiscal year 2013 budget, receiving approximately $850,000 less than requested from the County Commissioners.At the same special Thursday meeting, the board also finalized a re-negotiation with teacher and support staff unions, who had to settle for a smaller raise than they pursued… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — One day after an independent report revealed Maryland could support a sixth casino in Prince George’s County and that a move to table games at all of the state’s facilities including the Casino at Ocean Downs would drive up revenue, Ocean City business leaders and elected officials began to discuss the eventuality.The… Read more »
BERLIN — The West Ocean City Association (WOCA) is looking to partner with state agencies this summer to improve pedestrian safety. While many of their requests have been repeated and rejected for years, State Highway Association (SHA) representatives confirmed that there is a chance one of West Ocean City’s most heavily walked roads will be… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Official autopsy results released this week revealed the death of an upstate New York man, who went missing in Ocean City in late April and was recovered in the bay nearly two weeks later, was accidental.Ocean City Police this week confirmed the autopsy report for Lance Corey Gaines, 22, of Groton, N.Y.,… Read more »