BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity football team picked up a big win last week, beating Bayside North power North Caroline, 20-6, on a dreary, wind and rain-swept field at home on Friday. The Seahawks faced unbeaten North Caroline at home on Friday hoping to shake off a disheartening loss to Easton on homecoming the week before…. Read more »
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Changes To Resort Height Code Sought
OCEAN CITY – The Planning and Zoning Commission is recommending the Mayor and City Council pass an emergency ordinance to amend the town’s code on building height. On Tuesday evening, the Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing to consider amending Ocean City’s Zoning Code that currently defines building height as the vertical distance… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann
The George Washington Hotel was one of the few old wooden hotels not lost to fire along the Boardwalk. A series of blazes in the 1960s and early 1970s had destroyed the Plimhimmon, Hamilton, Colonial, Rideau and Roosevelt hotels. The George Washington was demolished in January 1990 because it no longer met building codes and… Read more »
Worcester Prep Sophomores Use Calorimetry To Calculate Calories
Using calorimetry, Worcester Prep sophomores Kathryn O’Malley, Haley Larsen and Hanna Nechay calculate just how many calories there are in a cashew. The research is part of a science project in teacher Jenn Corron’s class. The students learned there are approximately nine calories in a cashew.
Seahawk Girls Fall to Parkside, 3-1
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity soccer team lost a tough one this week, falling to Parkside, 3-1, on the road on Monday to fall a little farther behind the Rams in the Bayside South standings. The Seahawks entered the game with a 7-1 overall record including a 4-1 mark in the Bayside South. They were… Read more »
Theft Arrest At Wal-Mart
BERLIN — A Berlin woman was arrested on theft and theft scheme charges last week after getting caught allegedly attempting to swipe nearly $1,300 worth of merchandize from the Wal-Mart on Route 50. Around 1:50 p.m. last Friday, Worcester County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Wal-Mart on Route 50 near Berlin for a reported theft…. Read more »
Decatur Volleyball Drops a Tight One to Rams
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity volleyball team fell to Parkside, 3-2, on Monday to fall below the .500 mark at 6-7. The up-and-down season continued for the Seahawks on Monday, which proved to be a microcosm of their season. Decatur lost the first game, 25-10, but came back to win the next two games, 25-23 and… Read more »
Presidential Series Eyes West OC
OCEAN CITY — Back in 1990, when Sue Wills gave her husband a set of two books – one on American presidents and one on their wives – William Wills became fascinated by the diversity of their backgrounds and how much our first couples had in common with other couples from all walks of life…. Read more »
Five Firms Lined Up For Showell Elementary Work
BERLIN — A feasibility study for Showell Elementary School (SES) took another step this week when the Worcester County Board of Education approved a list of five finalists to design the school and agreed to begin interviewing the firms in November. Joe Price, facilities planner for Worcester County Public Schools (WCPS), sent out a Request… Read more »
Major Utility Project Starts In Ocean City; 90 Utility Poles Will Be Replaced
OCEAN CITY — The first significant offseason Coastal Highway project started this week when Delmarva Power launched a major rebuilding of a high-voltage transmission line including the replacement of 90 wooden utility poles from 41st to 85th streets. Delmarva Power officials announced on Monday the $10 million project includes rebuilding the existing 69,000-volt transmission line… Read more »