The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City held its annual Winter Pancake Breakfast on Feb. 13. Working in the kitchen were, from left, Ralph Chinn, Candy Foreman, Ed Aurand, Kacey Decker and Dave Landis.
OCEAN CITY – In this week’s legislative digest, the House of Delegates begins the “right to die” debate, a bill focused on the Coastal Bays aims to put the “hydraulic” back into clam dredging, a Senate bill aims to give municipalities a little more muscle to fight “blight” and the governor shows that he is a… Read more »
SNOW HILL – In spite of a show of community support, a Snow Hill gas station was denied a liquor license following testimony questioned by the Worcester County Board of License Commissioners.Super Soda, the gas station located on Route 12 at the edge of Snow Hill, has been unable to sell alcohol since its license… Read more »
NEWARK – School system officials again approved a calendar with a post-Labor Day start date for the coming school year.On Tuesday, the Worcester County Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a 2016-2017 calendar that features a first day of school on Sept. 6 and a final day of school on June 16.The chosen calendar… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s winter indoor soccer league is coming down to the wire with championship games in both divisions set for Friday night.In the Over 30 Division, DiCarlo Printing beat Atlantic Dental to earn a trip to the title game, while Claddagh on the Shore routed The Misfits, 10-0,… Read more »
Thomas ZacharopoulosOCEAN CITY — Thomas Zacharopoulos, age 69, died Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in his home surrounded by his family.Born in Patras, Greece, he was the son of the late Elias Zacharopoulos and Ioanna (Drosopoulos). He is survived by his beloved wife of 47 years, Ioanna (Kaouris). He was the devoted father of Adamadia Putsch… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity swim teams turned in strong team and individual performances last week at the state 3A-2A-1A Region meet.Both the boys and girls team finished third overall as a team in their respective meets. In both the boys’ and girls’ meets, Easton finished first, Queen Anne’s was second and Decatur was third.Seahawk swimmers… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The equally entertaining and informative economist Anirban Basu, has been scheduled as a keynote speaker for next month’s 42nd Annual Ocean City Spring Trade Expo.Basu is chairman and CEO of Sage Policy Group, Inc., an economic and policy consulting firm in Baltimore. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan recently appointed him chair of the… Read more »
From time to time, I think it’s imperative to reach out to readers and give a state of the newspaper update.Six months ago, we announced some major changes in our newsroom in the form of a significant reorganization.To recap, after the departure of our former Ocean City beat reporter for a government job, two promotions… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — After a continued dramatic decline in the number of incidents on the resort’s municipal buses, Ocean City officials this month endorsed a continuation of the successful “spot the cop” program.On Tuesday, the Ocean City Transportation Committee got an update on the successes of last year’s “spot the cop” program. For the last… Read more »