OCEAN CITY – A majority of the City Council voted this week to move forward a new law that will restrict smoking on Ocean City’s beach and Boardwalk to designated smoking locations.This week’s decision served as a follow-up to a Mayor and City Council work session in April when city staff was directed to present… Read more »
SNOW HILL — Worcester County Public Schools (WCPS) got a big and pleasant surprise this week when it was announced that the county will be the sole recipient of a $1 million-plus competitive grant for special education.The 2014 Bridges for Systems Change grant will be used to buoy education for students with disabilities.“The grant seeks… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Two local men were arrested on Tuesday and charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a Pennsylvania man found unresponsive and unconscious in the parking lot of a downtown hotel early Sunday morning.Around 3 a.m. on Sunday, OCPD officers responded to the parking lot of a hotel on 2nd Street… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — An 18-year-old man lost his life in the ocean last night after he and a group went swimming near the Inlet jetty after the Ocean City Beach Patrol had called it a day. The fatality is the third ocean-related death this season and the first to occur when lifeguards were not on… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Eastern Shore native Hunter “Bunk” Mann has seen Ocean City change drastically just in his lifetime, prompting him to take a long look at the resort’s storied history. In his book, “Vanishing Ocean City,” Mann attempts to preserve that history from Ocean City’s start in the 1870s through today with the use… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A future hotel to be located south of the Route 90 Bridge had its request to convey and close the dead end of Seabay Drive in order to acquire required parking tabled this week due to neighbors’ concerns of losing public parking in the area.On Monday evening, the Mayor and City Council… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Although the final autopsy results have not been made public, Ocean City Police have ruled out foul play in a death of a New Jersey man last weekend deemed “suspicious” initially.Around 3 a.m. last Saturday, Ocean City emergency responders received a call about an adult male being found unconscious and unresponsive in… Read more »
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OCEAN CITY- The 21st Annual Ocean City Lacrosse Classic, held at several venues in and around the resort area last weekend, was again a huge success 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 by… Read more »
UPS recently presented a check of $1,152 to United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore as a result of employee-led fundraisers. Pictured, from left, are UPS Campaign Coordinator Debbie Donaway, UPS employees Seth Ashcraft, Roland Jones, Hursel Milbourne, Jr., and Eric Harmon and United Way’s Kacey Decker.