OCEAN CITY — A teenager lost his life while swimming in the ocean last Friday, marking the second such ocean fatality in the last two weeks in Ocean City.Around 2 p.m. last Friday, a call for a submerged swimmer was broadcast from 92nd Street. The Ocean City Beach Patrol (OCBP) and members of the Ocean… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Resort detectives are currently investigating an attack by multiple individuals on an Ocean City bus driver early Saturday morning.Although the probe is ongoing, Lindsay O’Neal of the Ocean City Police Department’s Public Affairs Office confirmed Monday that on Saturday, June 14 at about 1 a.m. multiple suspects got into a verbal altercation… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The federal government and the state of Maryland last week signed a two-year cooperative agreement to fund an evaluation of sand resources off the coast of the resort for future beach replenishment and coastal resilience planning.The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) agreed… Read more »
28th Street Pit and Pub410-289-202028th St. & CoaAstal Hwy.Saturday, June 14: CK The DJEvery Thursday:Local’s Dance Party with BK45th Street TaphouseBar & Grille443-664-2201 • 45th St., On The Bay, In The 45th St. VillageFriday, June 13:Pompous Pie, 8-11 p.m.Saturday, June 14:One Night Stand, 8-11 p.m.Sunday, June 15:Kings Ransom, 8-11 p.m.Monday, June 16: Mike Justis, 4-7… Read more »
PARSONSBURG — Antique meets modern at the Route 346 Emporium in Parsonsburg. Billed as “5,000 square feet of treasures,” the Emporium contains everything from furniture to tools and art to memorabilia to collectibles.As important as the items on sale is the atmosphere, which is open and neighborly, a throwback to the building’s original days as… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The 18th Annual Mako Mania Shark Tournament last weekend was a huge success with near perfect conditions, plenty of sharks caught and released and over $69,000 in prize money doled out to the winners in several categories.The early shark season has been strong in the waters off the coast of the resort, setting… Read more »
Terry Whitney of Social Services, Linda Green of Prevention Services and Larry Batis of the Ocean City Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Committee and Miriam Cane of Save the Youth and Tamara Mills of Worcester County Public Schools were recognized for excellence in the field of prevention during the 23rd annual Worcester County Drug and… Read more »
SNOW HILL — An Ocean Pines man, arrested in January on armed robbery and other serious charges after portraying himself as a police officer at a West Ocean City trading post that sells guns and later threatening a female with a rifle at an ATM, pleaded guilty last week and now awaits his fate pending… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur girls’ varsity lacrosse standout freshman Jillian Mitrecic has been named a 2014 Brine National High School All-American and has been selected to represent the Pennsylvania region at the 2014 Brine National Lacrosse Classic.Mitrecic, the daughter of Jon and Carolyn Mitrecic, will represent Decatur and the Eastern Shore as the member of the… Read more »
SNOW HILL — The search continues for a policy that will offset some of the money that Worcester County is losing every year to operate its landfills while still avoiding unreasonably high trash deposit fees.“You’re not going to fee your way out of this,” said Commissioner Virgil Shockley last week.Currently, county landfills run at a… Read more »