OCEAN CITY — The 16th Annual O.C. Easter Art, Craft and Kids Fun Fair will be held at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center this weekend, April 3-4.The Art and Craft Show features more than 80 vendors from near and far, a wide variety of creative and unique gifts, and accessories galore. It provides an… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
It’s official — autumn has become automotive season in Ocean City. There is nothing new to that. It’s been this way for some time, but the growth of the events or at least the audience they attract could have locals feeling burnt out come mid-October and businesses thankful for them.I personally like these auto events… Read more »
Snow Hill Middle Teacher Wins County Award
OCEAN CITY – Local educators crowned Snow Hill Middle School’s Cassidy Hamborsky as Worcester County’s top teacher at last Friday’s 2015 Teacher of the Year banquet.The announcement that Hamborsky was the 2015 Teacher of the Year was greeted with a standing ovation from a ballroom full of teachers and local dignitaries at the Clarion Resort… Read more »
OC Elementary Kindergarten Students Learn About Geometric Solids
Ocean City Elementary kindergarten students in Christine Lieb’s class are at work constructing cubes from toothpicks and gummy candies as part of a unit on geometric solids. Pictured are Kaden Ortt and Ethan Peled.
Nurses From Surgical Services At AGH Visit Seaside Christian Academy
Learning more about community helpers, students from Darlene Collins’ kindergarten class at Seaside Christian Academy were visited by nurses from Surgical Services at Atlantic General Hospital. Pictured are nurse Denise Esham, Collins and nurse Laura Small with the students.
Much To Decide In General Assembly’s Last 10 Days
BERLIN — With just one full week left in the Maryland General Assembly 2015 session, state lawmakers still have to resolve hundreds of pieces of legislation including several germane to the local area and the Eastern Shore.The General Assembly session closes with Sine Die on Monday, April 13, and there appears to be still more… Read more »
Distillery License Bill Approved By Legislature
OCEAN CITY — The bill in the General Assembly establishing a Class 9 craft distillery license in Worcester County sailed through the House and Senate this week.House Bill 689, introduced by Delegate Mary Beth Carozza, and Senate Bill 523, introduced by Senator Jim Mathias, breezed through their respective chambers with unanimous votes. In mid-March, the… Read more »
Ocean City Center For The Arts Presents A Check To Worcester County Humane Society
Rina Thaler, executive director of the Ocean City Center for the Arts, presented a check for $783 to Bob Baker, vice-president of the Worcester County Humane Society. The funds were raised during February’s creative fundraising events at the arts center, including the Animals in Art exhibit, Pet Portraits and Sip and Ceramics.
Countdown Crosswalk Added On Route 113
BERLIN – The countdown crosswalk long lobbied for by Berlin citizens is finally in place at the intersection of Route 113 and Bay Street.A year and a half after a local teenager was killed trying to cross the highway, crews from Maryland’s State Highway Administration (SHA) have completed $128,000 in improvements to the intersection.“Safety is… Read more »
DUI Stop Leads To Weapons Charges
OCEAN CITY — A Baltimore man was arrested for possessing multiple dangerous and deadly weapons early Wednesday morning after a routine drunk-driving traffic stop in north Ocean City.Around 1:20 a.m. on Wednesday, an OCPD officer was on patrol in the area of 128th Street and Assawoman Drive and observed a vehicle approaching from the opposite… Read more »