OCEAN CITY- The 20th Annual Ocean City Lacrosse Classic, held at several venues in and around the resort area last weekend, was again a huge hit with over 100 teams and hundreds of the top players in the country competing for four days culminating with championships in seven divisions on Sunday. The event has grown… Read more »
SALISBURY — A recently completed employee pay study for Salisbury has found that employees are about 14-percent below market averages and that current policy is “no longer competitive with its overall [pay] ranges and structures.” The agency that conducted the study, Evergreen Solutions, LLC, recommended a three-step, nearly $750,000 approach to bring the city pay… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Beach Patrol’s national award winning Junior Beach Patrol (JBP) program held its final graduation of the summer season last Friday as participants worked their way up through the ranks in hopes to become a full-time lifeguard. During graduation, each child’s name was called and each ran down the line… Read more »
George F. Hamel BERLIN — George F. Hamel, a retired Army Colonel and public affairs specialist who later was an administrator with the Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools, died Feb. 26, 2013 at age 93. Col. Hamel lived in Arlington and McLean, Va. for more than 35 years before retiring to Ocean City in 2001… Read more »
ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Your honesty might upset some people, but you inevitably win more admirers for having the courage to tell the truth when others are more likely to scramble for cover.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Your efforts to defend your project begin to show favorable results. You should soon be… Read more »
SNOW HILL — Eight businesses who violated their alcohol beverage licenses in recent months were given a total of $12,500 in fines this week by the Worcester Board of License Commissioners (BLC). Hit hardest was the Beach House Restaurant, part of the Castle in the Sand property, on 38th Street in Ocean City. The license… Read more »
SNOW HILL — Bids for the renovation of Snow Hill High School (SHHS) have officially been reviewed and accepted by the Worcester County Board of Education. The total price tag, including alternates, comes in at $39,975,478, nearly $1.4 million under last year’s estimates. If the bids are also accepted by the county next month, renovations… Read more »
The Germantown School Community Heritage Center is hosting a banquet honoring alumni and sole surviving teacher Josephine Anderson, on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 6:30 p.m. at the Berlin Intermediate School. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased by calling 410-641-0638. Reservations are available until Sept. 7. Above, at the ribbon cutting ceremony in May are… Read more »
When my kids sleep past 7 a.m.Well-done scrappleWatching squirrels chase each otherThe Boardwalk in the early morningAn old bathing suit that still fitsCold fruit on the beachBig puffy clouds and a blue skyA breeze out of the east on a hot daySmell of a pencil after its sharpenedOld Bay on eggsPhotos of both my sons… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – It wouldn’t be a normal week at City Hall without the Mayor and Council engaging in a spirited debate over the correlation between crime statistics and population estimations. On Monday evening, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) Chief Ross Buzzuro was invited to come before the full Mayor and Council to present decreasing… Read more »