Ocean City Makes Slight Tweaks To Smoking Regs; Sunset Park Added To Ordinance

Ocean City Makes Slight Tweaks To Smoking Regs; Sunset Park Added To Ordinance

OCEAN CITY — Tougher restrictions on beach smoking and other areas of the resort inched closer to becoming a reality last week when the Mayor and Council approved the ordinance on first reading.Last Thursday, the City Council unanimously approved on first reading the ordinance that would restrict smoking on the beach to designated, marked smoking… Read more »

Star Charities Presents Check For $4,500 To Wounded Soldiers

Star Charities Presents Check For $4,500 To Wounded Soldiers

Star Charities founder Anna Foultz and her volunteers presented a check for $4,500 on Feb. 19 to Maj. General Jim Adkins (retired), Maryland National Guard, to benefit Wounded Soldiers in Maryland. Accepting the check with Adkins was Col. Charles Kohler, also of the Maryland National Guard. The money was raised through Star Charities’ annual Beef and Beer event last… Read more »

Seahawks End Regular Season On A High Note

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team ended its regular season on an up note this week, beating Kent Island, 60-45, on the road on Monday.Last Saturday, the Seahawks lost a tough one on the road against Parkside in a game rescheduled because of last week’s snow cancellations. Decatur fell to the Rams, 69-61, in… Read more »

Disappointing Decision On OC Wind Turbine

Disappointing Decision On OC Wind Turbine

Government bodies are typically quite predictable in their decision making, but that was not the case last week when a resident’s years-long effort to build a wind turbine on his property failed to get approved by the Ocean City Mayor and Council.Indeed it was quite surprising to see Ocean City resident Jim Motsko’s wind turbine… Read more »

Relay For Life Chairwomen Hodge And Elliott Honored By American Cancer Society With 2014 Nationwide Top 10 Award

Relay For Life Chairwomen Hodge And Elliott Honored By American Cancer Society With 2014 Nationwide Top 10 Award

Relay For Life of North Worcester Chairwomen Dawn Hodge and Jill Elliott are honored by American Cancer Society Community Manager Debbie White for the 2014 nationwide top 10 per capita award, at the Relay For Life Kickoff at Community Church of Ocean Pines on Jan. 27.  This year’s Relay For Life will be held Friday, May 8 at Frontier… Read more »