Council Approves Sound System Upgrade Contract For Performing Arts Venue

OCEAN CITY — The underperforming audio system at the Performing Arts Center will soon get a major upgrade after resort officials this week approved $245,000-plus sole-source contract for a new state-of-the-art system.During its design and construction phase, the audio system at the Performing Arts Center, located at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center, was specified… Read more »

A Week In Business – June 10, 2016

Housing Market RecapBERLIN — For the third consecutive month, contracts or pending sales are up on the Lower Eastern Shore, according to the latest figures from the Coastal Association of REALTORS® (CAR).May 2016 showed an overall 16.8-percent increase in contracts in Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester counties, compared to the same time last year. Individually, contracts… Read more »

OC Car, Truck Show This Weekend

OCEAN CITY — The 15th Annual OC Car & Truck Show, produced by Live Wire Media & Events, returns to the Roland E. Powell Convention Center this weekend, June 11-12.Sponsored by Berlin Automotive Group and Holly Kia, Sound Fx, APAC Power 101.7, AWD Meets, stayNmoise, Forever Slammed and Impulse Automotive, the event hours are Saturday,… Read more »

Seahawks Dominate All-Bayside South Teams

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity lacrosse team was rewarded for a near-perfect regular season and a return trip to the state semifinals with a dominating presence on the All-Bayside South Conference teams announced last week.The Seahawks went 14-1 in the regular season, their only loss coming to Cape Henlopen, 9-8. The Decatur girls repeated as… Read more »

Things I Like – June 10, 2016

A pool dip after a hot runHappy endingsSteamed crabs and shrimp for dinnerWhen my kid shares good newsESPN’s “30-for-30” documentariesRavens fanatics on display at the annual OC ParadeMy kids’ excitement for going to The Snowball Stand in Ocean PinesLunch on the beachHarmless and funny sarcasmComebacks in sportsThe range of emotions on the last week of… Read more »

Resort Area Hosting Two Lax Tourneys

OCEAN CITY- The resort area will become ground zero of the youth lacrosse world this weekend with hundreds of teams from all over the mid-Atlantic region descending on Ocean City and Berlin for a pair of simultaneous tournaments.The 2016 Brine Girls Lacrosse Festival will take place at Northside Park all weekend starting beginning today. Games… Read more »