Smoking Ban Falls ShortEditor:This past January marks the 51st year Surgeon General Terry Luther made the historic statement about the dangers of smoking.Many Surgeon Generals and 51 years later the message has made it very clear smoking and second hand smoke is a health hazard to anyone who comes in contact with these deadly poisonous… Read more »
Summer of 1956Volume IIEdition 9Issue Highlights• The New George Washington Hotel was under the “Personal Supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin S. Hastings, Owners.” The phone number was 270 as well as 271.• Fifty dollars down and $10 a month “buys a homesite in beautiful Cape Isle of Wight,” according to a local real estate… Read more »
This 1912 photo shows pound fishermen on the beach in Ocean City. The horse helped pull the boat up on the beach and took baskets of fish netted offshore to the railroad spur that ran south from S. Division Street.A rough and dangerous job, pound fishing required the men to row through the surf as… Read more »
BERLIN – A local church invites members of the Berlin community to stretch their legs for a good cause with the 3rd Annual St. Paul United Methodist Church Memorial 5K.The event, which is open to people interested in running or walking, is set for 7:30 a.m. p.m. on April 11. As its name suggests, the… Read more »
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 »
OCEAN CITY – Given the extra space with the early removal of the 15th Street water tower, city officials hesitantly suspended the renovation of the Ocean City Fire Department (OCFD) headquarters to allow for time to re-evaluate a potential rebuild.In July 2014, the Mayor and City Council approved the design of a renovated fire headquarters… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The Joshua M. Freeman Foundation announced Tuesday the 2015 summer season of The Freeman Stage at Bayside will feature a diverse offering of dance, theatre, children’s performances, and live music to include 16 national recording artists.“We couldn’t be more excited about the mix of classic and contemporary artists that our eighth season… Read more »