ARIES (March 21 to April 19): A pesky health problem should clear up soon. Meanwhile, travel – both for personal as well as for business reasons – is strong in the Aries aspect this week, and well into the next.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Look for Bovines to be on the move this week,… Read more »
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Ordinance Change Likely In Advance Of Uber In OC; Service Needs Regulation, Police Commission Says
OCEAN CITY – Local officials dove Monday morning further into how to go about regulating the car service Uber in Ocean City, despite the company’s claim of having no immediate plans in coming to the resort.Last month the Ocean City Police Commission discussed if and when the car service Uber comes to Ocean City how… Read more »
Saturday’s Snow Hill Blues Jam To Honor Late Burley Strand
SNOW HILL — This year’s Snow Hill Blues Jam on Saturday, March 14 is a tribute to the late Burley Strand, who passed away in November of 2014.Lovingly known as “Mr. B.,” he was a driving force of the Snow Hill All Stars whose guitar and voice graced the stage every year since the Snow… Read more »
OC’s St. Patrick’s Parade, Festival This Weekend
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City will be glowing with green at the 34th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival, which marches down Coastal Highway this weekend, on Saturday, March 14.Sponsored by the Delmarva Irish-American Club, this Ocean City tradition has grown to become the second largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the state, in… Read more »
Things I Like
Around 7 in the evening the first day we set the clocks aheadSpaghetti leftoversA cleared sidewalk after snowBeing read to by my sonOC on St. Patrick’s parade weekendA bowl full of blueberries as a snackThe countdown to Disney calendar on our fridgeBeing outside this weekNaturally optimistic peopleThe cream of crab soup at Annie’s in Kent… Read more »
Local Contingent Expresses Concerns Over Proposed Offshore Drilling
OCEAN CITY — There were more questions than answers this week when a large contingent from the Lower Shore joined dozens of others at a public meeting in Annapolis on Monday on the federal government’s proposed lease of a vast area off the mid-Atlantic coast for offshore oil and natural gas drilling.In January, the federal… Read more »
Cambridge’s Leaky Pete’s Eyes 2nd Restaurant In Berlin
BERLIN – A popular Cambridge eatery is the latest new business headed to America’s Coolest Small Town.Leaky Pete’s Oyster and Wine Bar, located on Race Street in Cambridge, will open a second location in downtown Berlin in early April. The restaurant, to be called Leaky Pete’s Oyster Bar and Chophouse, will take over the Tex-Mex… Read more »
Berlin Planning Commission Rejects New Dollar General
BERLIN – A decades-long deed dispute and traffic concerns put an end to the new Dollar General proposed for Berlin.The Berlin Planning Commission voted Wednesday night to deny site plan approval for a 9,100-square-foot Dollar General near the intersection of Route 346 and Route 113. Dollar General currently has a store in the Food Lion… Read more »
Worcester Prep Students Participate In The Daughters Of The American Revolution Historic Essay Competition
Winners from Worcester Prep in the 2015 Levin Winder Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Historic Essay Competition were, clockwise from bottom left, junior Sarah Koon, Christopher Columbus High School Essay Winner; Maximillian Taylor, Grade 7 Essay Winner; Will Mears, Grade 6 Essay Winner; Puja Jani, Grade 5 Essay Winner; and Karli Sunnergren,… Read more »
Carbon Monoxide Leak Discovered At Applebee’s
WEST OCEAN CITY — A popular West Ocean City restaurant remained closed on Thursday after a carbon monoxide gas leak sent multiple individuals to the hospital.Around 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Ocean City Communications received a call regarding a possible gas leak at the Applebee’s on Route 50 in West Ocean City. The Ocean City Fire… Read more »