Snow Hill Middle School eighth grader Bethany Todd talks with Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jerry Wilson about the importance of participating in the Stream Restoration and Forest Revitalization Challenge to help provide forested stream buffers. Submitted Photos
Kay and Lenny Hickman were the winners of this year’s Ocean Pines Volunteer Fire Department house raffle. The couple will be keeping the house.
OCEAN CITY — Investigators announced this week the massive fire that devastated a large section of the boardwalk in coastal New Jersey was caused by aging, faulty wiring compromised by saltwater and sand during last fall’s Super Storm Sandy, prompting questions about whether a similar situation could possibly occur in Ocean City. Last Thursday, a… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Sunfest, which recently ranked number one on Sunshine Artist Magazine’s annual 200 best shows list for 2013, celebrates its 39th year this weekend with music, food, arts, crafts and just plain fun. Earning the top spot for “traditional arts and craft shows in the nation,” Sunfest boasts over 180 crafters, along with… Read more »
Mark and Lora Fritschle, owners of Comdominium Realty, The Fritschle Group, has donated $1,000 to the Ocean City Lions’ Wounded Warriors Fund and the 8th Annual “Wounded Warriors” Golf Tournament, which is happening on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Ocean City Golf Club. Above, from left, are Lions Norm Cathell and Ben Dawson, Lora and… Read more »
BERLIN- After dropping its season opener, 2-0, to North Caroline last week, Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity soccer team has now pulled off two straight wins to improve to 2-1 on the season. The Seahawks fell, 2-0, in its season opener on the road at North Caroline, but have since won two in a row to… Read more »
BERLIN — The Assateague Island Coastal Cleanup, hosted by Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT), will be held this Saturday, Sept. 21, at Assateague Island National Seashore and Assateague State Park. The event begins at 9 a.m. at the North Beach Parking Lot on Assateague Island National Seashore and usually ends by 11 a.m. This event is part… Read more »
Third grade students in Miss Maloney’s class at Ocean City Elementary School worked in groups to manipulate base 10 blocks in a giant place value chart. Students were given clues about the digits in the ones, tens, hundreds and thousands and they were required to represent that number using the base ten manipulatives. Pictured are… Read more »
NEWARK — A family of nine was displaced this week after a residential house fire in Newark in central Worcester County on Wednesday afternoon. Around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the Berlin and Newark Fire departments responded to a reported dwelling fire on Bowden Rd. in Newark. First-arriving units reported heavy smoke and fire showing from… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The fire that destroyed a three-unit townhouse off 94th Street last Sunday afternoon likely began on the exterior of the building facing the roadway and spread to the attic areas, although the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. Around 2:25 p.m. last Sunday, Ocean City Communications received a call for… Read more »