OCEAN CITY – The 4th of July fireworks went off with the usual oohs and aahs Wednesday, albeit with a different supplier than years past.This year Ocean City chose to go with a three-year contract with American Fireworks of Hudson, Ohio versus Zambelli, which had provided the city with the 4th of July fireworks for… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The 25th 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 »
BERLIN- The Berlin Little League All-Star teams got off to a fast start in division play last week with one team winning its Tournament of Champions by edging Worcester County rival Snow Hill in an exciting finish.The Berlin All-Star Tournament of Champions team beat Willards, 9-2, in the opener of the tournament, then beat West… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Marlin Club’s 30th Annual Canyon Kick-Off last weekend was one for the books with several 200-pound-plus big eye tunas highlighting the weekend-long event.The annual tournament, held each year on or around the Fourth of July weekend, is the first significant event of the Marlin Club’s summer-long tournament series and serves… Read more »
BERLIN- The Greene Turtle Eastern Shore Lacrosse Club last weekend competed in the prestigious Gait Cup Tournament in Gettysburg and made its way through the brackets before falling in the championship game.The Greene Turtle team, made up of some of the top players in the local area and all over the Eastern Shore, competed in… Read more »
Senior Week Not Worthy Of Accepting Editor:In regard to last week’s editorial, “With June Best To Remember ‘This Too Shall Pass’,” yes, ‘this too shall pass’ is quite true regarding the month of June and Senior Week.Yes, it’s disturbing to walk down the street and see trash, bent car mirrors, dented vehicles, garbage cans tipped… Read more »
Should Ocean City’s government give money to an independent film that wants to shoot in the resort this fall?That’s the question up for debate after last week’s meeting when producers outlined their hopes for filming the movie “Ping-Pong Summer” in Ocean City. The producers reported those aspirations are contingent upon the local community investing monetarily… Read more »
No matter when or how it’s held, Ocean City needs an election terribly.It’s the only way the town is going to be cleansed of all the nastiness that persists between the members of the Mayor and Council as well as the citizens and some council members.In the newspaper business, tension, name calling and controversy in… Read more »
Since it’s been a tad on the hot side of late, and surely you have noticed, we have been hunkering down at home and spending most of our weekends splashing around the pool with the kids.——————— Much of that time lately has been devoted to working with Beckett on swimming.While he can never get enough… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Two Delaware men were arrested on first-degree assault charges this week after allegedly beating another man on the Boardwalk early Sunday morning.Around 12:15 a.m. on Sunday, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer inside the police substation on Worcester Street and the Boardwalk was alerted by an employee a fight was in… Read more »