The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines – Ocean City is having a great month for membership. Three spouses of current members were recently inducted. Pictured, from left, are Membership Chair Mike Morton, inductee Carol Caldwell, Kiwanis member J. Graham Caldwell, who sponsored his wife, inductee Suzanne Brooke, Kiwanian Lee Brooke, who sponsored his wife, and inductee… Read more »
FENWICK ISLAND – A local hotelier looks to bring a flagship hotel to Fenwick Island, but concerns over the quiet beach community becoming over commercialized may stand in the way.Ocean City hotelier/developer Spiro Buas has crossed over the state line into Fenwick Island to take on his most recent project, the Sands Motel. Buas purchased… Read more »
BERLIN – A local jewelry store recently played a part in a “presidential proposal” that went viralNorth Carolina veteran Tyler Jeffries was thrown into the national spotlight when former President George H.W. Bush tweeted a photo of Jeffries proposing to his girlfriend Lauren Lilly at the Bush family home in Kennebunkport, Maine. It was Ocean… Read more »
The Coast Guard DUKW (pronounced “duck”) rescued many stranded Ocean City residents during the March Storm of 1962. The odd-looking vehicle played a major role in that storm due to a temporary inlet that had been carved north of 71st Street making Coastal Highway impassable in that area.Developed for use in World War II, the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Virginia man faces first-degree assault and other serious charges this week after allegedly threatening his girlfriend with a knife before slashing various items including a television screen and a mattress in a resort hotel room.Shortly after midnight last Thursday, an OCPD officer responded to the Buckingham Hotel at 14th Street for… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A manmade Isle of Wight Bay island, a focal point in a skirmish between public access and habitat protection, is expected to be the scene of a patriotic Labor Day celebration on Sunday, but the party could be a swan song of sorts for those who have enjoyed the island all summer.When… Read more »
WALLOPS — NASA last week awarded a multi-million dollar contract for the construction of a new Mission Launch Command Center at its Wallops Island Flight Facility to a Salisbury firm, further confirming Wallops’ importance to the Lower Shore economy.NASA last week announced it had awarded the $5.6 million contract for the to Harkins Contracting Inc…. Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Fishing Center next Friday will host its 14th Annual Ocean City Spot Tournament, an event held each year to remember the September 11 terrorists attacks over a decade earlier.On that fateful September 11, 2001, the mood was grim all over the country including Ocean City as the nation watched the… Read more »
A backyard lit up by the moonReading the paper in the morning in a quiet houseSummer nights at homeA movie that keeps a group of kids’ interestWhen “less is more” is trueSeeing the love of the ocean in my sonsHow all the trash cans in Berlin are the sameThat the ocean is still warm here… Read more »
The end of summer break and the start of school this week did not come as a harsh reality for at least one child in the house.He was fine with going back to school. He was looking forward to it and was ready. There was definitely no sleepy child on the first day that had… Read more »