OCEAN CITY –Alli Sports, a division of the NBC Sports Group, officially announced this week the dates and locations for the 2013 Dew Tour. As done in past years, the Dew Tour’s Beach Championship will be the first stop in Ocean City, June 20-23, followed by the Toyota City Championships in San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 10-13,… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Petition Launched To Keep Drunk Driver In Jail; Va. Man Not Eligible For Parole Until Next Year
OCEAN CITY — A petition circulating calling for the denial of parole for a Virginia man who struck and killed a pedestrian in Ocean City last year gained momentum this week with nearly 3,000 signatures, but despite a pending hearing, the defendant is not eligible for release until February 2014 at the earliest.Family and friends… Read more »
Historic Homes Could Get Special Recognition
BERLIN — Berlin may soon be turning a spotlight onto some of its historical homes through the Berlin Architectural Heritage Recognition Program.The effort, if approved by the Historic District Commission (HDC), would designate participating historic houses with wooden plaques documenting founding dates and traditional names.“I don’t know of too many other towns that celebrate their… Read more »
Local Kids First In Nation To Utilize Sports Program
OCEAN CITY — Students and young athletes in the Ocean City area and across Worcester County are the first in the nation to implement a new program aimed at teaching kids important life values through sports.The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department is spearheading an effort aimed at enabling participating students throughout Worcester County public… Read more »
New 101-Room Hotel’s Site Plan Approved
OCEAN CITY – An old motel on Ocean City’s strip will soon be demolished and replaced by a larger, more upscale hotel.On Tuesday evening, the Planning and Zoning Commission granted site plan approval for La Quinta Inn & Suites to be built between Baltimore and Philadelphia avenues on the north end of 32nd Street.The proposed… Read more »
Emergency Beach Replenishment Project Expected In Ocean City
OCEAN CITY — The resort beach, still slowly recovering from the ravages of Hurricane Sandy last fall and other strong storms throughout the winter, will be getting a much needed boost after the Army Corps of Engineers this week released a pre-solicitation notice for an extensive re-nourishment project that will ultimately pump a million cubic… Read more »
Assateague Rebounding Six Months After Sandy
ASSATEAGUE — Six months after Hurricane Sandy ravaged Assateague Island, severely eroding beaches and destroying many man-made structures, the barrier island is springing back to life and is largely ready for another summer season, but some reminders of the storm are still present.The Assateague Island National Seashore took a severe beating when Hurricane Sandy roared… Read more »
Wallops Island Preparing For Largest Rocket Launch Ever
WALLOPS ISLAND — Residents and visitors to the area will be treated to what should be a spectacular sight next week when NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility sends up the largest rocket ever launched at the facility.In cooperation with its private-sector commercial partner Orbital Sciences, NASA is scheduled to launch an Antares rocket from its… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
No To Common Core Editor:(The following was sent to the Worcester County Commissioners and the county’s Board of Education members.)Common Core is a nationwide initiative designed to herd states into national K-12 standards and national tests, which ultimately will lead to a national curriculum and silence curriculum input from local parents, taxpayers and educators.Do we… Read more »
Outsourced Report Worthy Of Public Funding
Although government is notorious for spending good money on bad studies, which usually end up collecting dust on a shelf, that was not the case with the International City/County Management Association’s Center for Public Safety Management’s review last fall of the emergency dispatch system in Ocean City.The ICMA was given $17,000 plus expenses to conduct… Read more »