OCEAN CITY — With the scourge of heroin and opiate addiction hitting closer to home seemingly every day, a hard-hitting presentation is planned Saturday in the resort that will help continue to hammer the message home.Live Wire Media, Kids are Dying Delmarva and The Dispatch will host critically acclaimed guest speaker Michael DeLeon for an… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY – Coffee connoisseurs can delight in a new West Ocean City business designed to cater to those in search of a serious brew.More than 30 varieties of coffee are now available at Coastal Coffee Roasting. The shop, which advertises the freshest coffee on the beach, is located on Route 50 in West… Read more »
The Coastal Association of REALTORS® (CAR) held its annual Legislative Breakfast on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center. Nearly 100 REALTOR® and affiliate members, state elected officials, and local elected officials attended the event, held in the Danang Room. The elected officials in attendance provided an update on what they… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Eastern Surfing Association’s Delmarva District earlier this month held its first amateur surfing contest of the ESA 2016 Summer Series at 46th Street in near perfect conditions.Roughly 20 athletes competed in 19 surfing division in the first ESA Eastern Surfing Championship qualifying event of the 2016 season. Surfers will compete in a… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Bringing closure to a long-debated and often fiercely battled issue, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan last week signed into a law a bill that protects previously- threatened traditional Boardwalk arcades and other family-owned entertainment centers in the resort.In 2012, state lawmakers passed legislation putting coin-operated amusement equipment under the auspices of the Maryland… Read more »
BERLIN – Town officials agreed this week to seek grant funding to explore the feasibility of a bike trail along Berlin’s railroad tracks.The town will be applying for a Bikeways Program grant from the Maryland Department of Transportation. On Monday, town councilmembers authorized the expenditure of up to $20,000 in matching funds if the grant… Read more »
SoDel Cares, the philanthropic arm of SoDel Concepts, a hospitality group with eight area restaurants, recently donated $4,000 to the parent-teacher organization at Lord Baltimore Elementary School in Ocean View. Pictured, from left, are Kelly Ryan, vice president of the Lord Baltimore Elementary School PTO; Lindsey Barry, controller for SoDel Concepts; Courtney Burkle, treasurer of… Read more »
BERLIN – Atlantic General Hospital recently awarded nurses Mary Mullins and Kelly Lund the James G. and Nancy W. Barrett Associate RN to BSN Scholarship. This scholarship was recently added to the Barrett scholarship program to support the hospital’s efforts to increase the number of bachelor’s degree-prepared nurses on staff.The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has… Read more »
Four cadets from Salisbury University’s U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program recently were commissioned as second lieutenants upon graduating from the program. Pictured, from left, are Second Lieutenants Justin Jung, Ian Vetter, Cody Roberts and Darren Stone.
“Laffing Sal” used to stand in the cage at the entrance to Jester’s Funhouse on Worcester Street and the Boardwalk. You could easily hear her crazy laugh at least a block away.Sal was purchased by the Jester family in the early 1940s from a funhouse equipment firm in Philadelphia. Sal shook her head, bowed low,… Read more »