BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team got back to business in the Bayside Conference on Tuesday with a 81-41 rout of Snow Hill on the road and are now poised for a big run in the second half of the season.The Seahawks ran out to a 5-0 start before dropping its first game of… Read more »
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Worcester Schools Seek Parent Input On Calendar Options
NEWARK – Now is the time parents can share their thoughts on the school calendar for the coming year.The Worcester County Board of Education is currently taking input on three calendar proposals being considered for the 2016-2017 school year. Two of the proposed calendars feature a first day of school after Labor Day.“In the area… Read more »
Salisbury Area Chamber Of Commerce Announces BEACON At SU As An Investor Panel Sponsor For Young Entrepreneurs Academy
The Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce has announced BEACON at Salisbury University as an Investor Panel Sponsor for the Young Entrepreneurs Academy. Their support and donations allow them an exclusive judging seat when students present their ideas at the YEA! Investor Panel event in Spring 2016.
$10K Fundraising Goal Set After Family Displaced By House Fire
BERLIN– Surreal.That’s the only word Tiffanie Nichols can use to describe the devastating fire that destroyed her family’s home just minutes after they were able to escape safely. She and her husband and their three children were in the middle of a quiet Sunday afternoon at home when the fire began.“The fire started in a… Read more »
Things To Do Around Town
Every 1st Friday:Star Charities Volunteers Meet10 a.m., Ocean Pines Library. For more information, 410-641-7667.Every Saturday: Weekly Farmers Market8 a.m.-1 p.m., White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines. Year-round featuring locally grown vegetables, fruits, eggs, honey, kettle corn, flowers, artisan breads, seafood, meats and more. New vendors welcome. For more information, 410-641-7717.Every Saturday: Morning WorshipYear… Read more »
Berlin’s First Restaurant Week Starts Monday
BERLIN – The town will celebrate its bevy of eateries with the first ever Berlin Restaurant Week.Berlin, long known for just a trio of restaurants, is now home to more than a dozen options, ranging from full-service restaurants to bakeries. The town will take advantage of the influx with Berlin Restaurant Week Jan. 11-17.“People are… Read more »
New City Manager Excited To Join OC’s ‘Winning Team’; He Previously Served In Snow Hill, LaPlata, Aberdeen
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s newest city manager, the self-proclaimed “happiest person in the room,” was formally introduced on Wednesday morning, ending a roughly five-month search to replace his predecessor.After a national search yielded dozens of applicants, the Mayor and Council on Wednesday morning officially introduced Miller, an experienced municipal administrator, as the resort’s newest… Read more »
We Remember Those We Have Lost
Lowell Franklin ‘Gus’ EggertOCEAN CITY — RADM Lowell Franklin “Gus” Eggert, USN Retired, died on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015 at his home in Ocean City.Born in Milwaukee, Wis., he was the son of the late Frank John Eggert and Caroline Heppert Eggert. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Dolores Conlin Eggert, and… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
It took less than a week for my first prediction of 2016 to be proven wrong, and I appreciate those who took the time this week to remind me of that fact. I guessed last week that the new Ocean City manager would be from South Carolina and be announced in February. Wrong on both… Read more »
Commissioners Support Effort To Repeal Sprinkler Mandate
SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Commissioners put their support behind an initiative to repeal the state’s residential sprinkler mandate.The commissioners told Delegate Chris Adams (R-37B-Wicomico) this week they were behind his efforts to reverse the state requirement that fire sprinklers be installed in new and renovated single-family homes. Adams pre-filed a bill to that… Read more »