OCEAN CITY — Lillian Taylor Townsend, age 98, died on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Susan Rynehart Taylor. She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Dr. Francis J. Townsend, Jr. in 2001. She is… Read more »
By Scott LenoxThis season is certainly getting off to a good start! The weather and fishing in the first part of April definitely left something to be desired, but the last two weeks of the month have really turned around providing a nice weather pattern and some really good fishing.I got another text message from… Read more »
By Scott LenoxThe Marli with Captain Mark Hoos continues to put a beat down on the Chesapeake Bay rockfish. It was another limit and then some for the second day in a row. Captain Mark reports:Jim Nomikos from Monkton Maryland and his crew chartered the MARLI with Captain Mark Hoos and Mate Mark Stephens in… Read more »
By Scott LenoxCaptain Mark Hoos of the charter boat Marli is fishing the trophy rockfish season over in Solomon’s Island, MD and having some awesome luck. Captain Mark was on the Chesapeake again today and reported the following:L-R Sam Connors, Dayton Moor, Danny Baker, Kevin Lougheed & JP Turonsky from Lewes Delaware had a fantastic… Read more »
BERLIN — A Seaford man perished in a single-vehicle accident on Route 50 in Berlin on Thursday evening that shut down the westbound side of the highway for several hours.Around 9:10 p.m. on Thursday, Maryland State Police responded to a motor vehicle collision on Route 50 in the area of Route 346 not far from… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A friendly invitation from a third grade student prompted Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to stop and chat with students and teachers at Ocean City Elementary School on Friday morning.In the midst of his short tour of the lower Eastern Shore, with Friday stops at Assateague Island, Berlin, Snow Hill and Pocomoke planned,… Read more »
SALISBURY — The Salisbury Zoo announced today its bear cub will be leaving for a permanent relocation to San Diego in the near future.The statement read:“You may have noticed that we have separated our bear cub, Alba, from her mother, Chaska. This was done because both mom and cub have shown through their behaviors that… Read more »
By Scott LenoxIt’s not often that you get to report the first flounder of the season for Ocean City and less than a week later you get to report that bluefin tuna have arrived in our offshore canyons….but that’s exactly what I’m about to do.I got a text message this afternoon with a picture from… Read more »
Third graders in Michael Johnson’s third grade class at Showell Elemetentary prepared arguments during a Writer’s Workshop Celebration. Above left, Henry Putsch gives a persuasive speech about protecting and respecting trees. Above middle left, Jayda Taylor presents a speech to convince people to take a part in eliminating litter. Above middle right, Landon Schul provided excellent… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — With the dune-style median fence project moving right along, resort officials last week vowed to remain active through the design process.The State Highway Administration (SHA) last month held a public informational hearing on the somewhat controversial dune-style fence down the center median of Coastal Highway from the Convention Center to Route 90,… Read more »