The Ocean City Beach Patrol posed at Caroline Street in 1947 with their new torpedo-style life buoys. The Beach Patrol had returned to full force in 1946 following World War II and Bob Craig, center front, was appointed captain. He would continue in that position until 1987, a record of service unlikely to ever be… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY- Young wrestlers from the Eastern Shore Intensive Wrestling Club based in West Ocean City enjoyed a great weekend at the Maryland State Wrestling Association (MSWA) State Championships last weekend with eight placing in their respective divisions including two state champions.The Eastern Shore Intensive Wrestling Club, under the direction of Coach Keith Tobin… Read more »
Members of Worcester Prep’s Chess Team who participated in the tournament in Salisbury on Feb. 6 were, from left, Ali Khan, Edward Martikyan, Ibrahim Khan, Daniel Chen, Ayush Batra, Pranay Sanwal, and Carter McCabe. Chen placed first in his division, Sanwal, third in his; Ibrahim Khan, third in his division; and Ayush Batra, fifth in… Read more »
Department of Natural Resources Officer Vinny Artrip talked to Andrea Matrona’s kindergarten class at Showell Elementary about being a community helper. Students recently studied bears, hibernation and habitats. Pictured with Artrip and Matrona are students Grant Stephan, Dylan Martinenza, Julia Park and Ava Gunn.
Buckingham Elementary School students and Kiwians Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City members and spouses are pictured tying ribbons onto Toostie Pops for their Valentine’s Candy-Gram fundraiser. Pictured are John Harrington, Khalia Ballard, Rita Landis, BJ Baker, Cadance Clark, Wilma Chinn, Cadence Garrison, Debi Wooten, Paola Garcia, Ralph Chinn, Julie Young, Aaliyah Johnson, Kaevon Satchell, Ava Elliott… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – It was the consensus among the Boardwalk Task Force and street performers that the much recommended implementation of a lottery or rotation of performers on the Boardwalk will not work.On Wednesday, the Boardwalk Task Force held its second and final public hearing gathering public input regarding the proliferation and issues associated with… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A seven-year Transportation Campus Plan has gone into “hyper speed” with the Public Works Complex looking at a revamping in the upcoming years.Public Works Director Hal Adkins reported the Maryland Transportation Administration (MTA) hired the KFH Group to conduct a needs assessment of the Public Works Complex on 65th Street behind the… Read more »
Summer of 1971 Volune XVII Edition 5Issue Highlights This week’s “Resorter Girl” was Anita Smith.John, Tommy and Nicholas Arrington were inviting guests to their Ocean Park Motel.Tapped to perform at Ocean City Convention Hall for the remainder of 1971 and early 1972 were Woody Herman, Tex Beneke, Ray McKinley, Guy Lombardo, Les Elgart, Warren Covington,… Read more »
From the looks of it thus far, it looks like journalism will not be in my kids’ futures.They simply do not share my passion. That’s fine by me, but I am surprised by their lack of interest in what I think at the most simplest is pretty cool stuff.I remember during a bad summer storm… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team fell to Bennett, 59-57, last week, continuing its up and down trend as the regular season nears its end.The Seahawks lost to the Clippers, 59-57, which ironically was the exact score by which they beat Snow Hill in their prior game. Over the last three weeks, it has… Read more »