Representatives from Avery Hall recently presented United Way with their 2013 campaign contributions totaling $19,648, a 9.2% increase over their 2012 United Way Campaign. Pictured, from left, are Avery Hall President Joe Gast, Avery Hall Campaign Coordinator Jamie Berger, United Way Assistant Director Amy Luppens and United Way Board member and Avery Hall Vice President… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – After conducting research, taxi cab representatives returned to Ocean City officials with a higher per-mile rate increase than what was originally proposed, and the request will be sent to a public hearing before Mayor and Council deliberation.Last month representatives of the Ocean City taxi cab industry, Nite Club Taxi Manager John Donohue… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The proposal to extend horse and carriage rides downtown from only during the off-season to throughout the busy summer season is under review by the city.Randy Davis of R and B Ranch located in Salisbury came before the Police Commission on Monday morning to request permission to provide a horse and carriage… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A Reading, Pa. man, convicted in January on attempted second-degree murder and other charges stemming from an incident in June during which he shot and wounded two men during an altercation in Ocean City, was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in jail.Elvin Mendez-Espada, 22, in January entered Alford pleas to one… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The resort’s St. Patrick’s Day traditions will carry on in Ocean City on Saturday with the annual parade marching down to a festival featuring live music, Irish foods and cocktails.The 33rd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will begin at noon on Saturday, March 15, parading south from 58th Street to the 45th Street… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY — The Worcester County Sheriff’s Office late Sunday recovered badly decomposed human remains from a ditch in a marshy area in South Point in the same general area where a local woman went missing last Memorial Day.Somewhere around 6-6:30 p.m. on Sunday, a waterman working in the area of South Point discovered… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The House of Delegates on Wednesday approved on second reading a slightly watered down Maryland minimum wage increase bill, while rejecting an amendment introduced by a local delegate that would have included provisions specific to Ocean City.On Tuesday, the House Economic Matters approved House Bill 295, or the Maryland Minimum Wage Act… Read more »
BERLIN — This week’s latest bout with severe winter weather caused cancellations all over the region and left more than a few vehicles sliding off area roads, but statistically speaking it appears most local residents listened to the warnings and stayed off the roads.According to AAA Mid-Atlantic Public Affairs Specialist Christine Delise, the auto club… Read more »
At the weekly meeting on Feb. 19 of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City, President Dick Clagett presented a $500 check to Susan Blaney, faculties/volunteer coordinator at Diakonia, Inc.
The Berlin Lions Club hosted the District 22B Governor and his cabinet last month. Lions District 22B is comprised of all the Lions clubs on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Pictured, from left, are 1st Vice District Governor Joe Schanno, Cabinet Treasurer Mark Benzin, Cabinet Secretary Jerry Hovatter and District Governor Doug Jones. At the… Read more »