Every 1st Friday: Star Charities Volunteers Meet10 a.m., Ocean Pines Library. 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. 410-641-7717.Every Saturday: Morning WorshipYear round, 10 a.m., Bible study;… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City continues to push for moving the future dualization of Route 90 further up the county’s priority list of State Highway Administration (SHA) projects, but improvements to the corridor appear to lag behind in the state’s pecking order.On Tuesday, SHA officials briefed the Mayor and Council on a variety of projects… Read more »
BERLIN – The public will have the chance to comment on a 120-acre solar facility planned near Whaleyville at a hearing hosted by the Maryland Public Service Commission next week.On Thursday, June 9, the Public Service Commission (PSC) will host a 7 p.m. public hearing at the Ocean Pines Community Center to receive comments on… Read more »
BERLIN — To enhance safety, the Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) will install a new traffic signal at the US 50 and Sixty Foot Road intersection, in eastern Wicomico County, just west of MD 354 (Powellville Road).In response to requests from the local community, SHA studied the intersection to determine if a… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — In one of the first water-related incidents in an early summer season already rife with tragedy, an unidentified man dove into a canal at 53rd Street last weekend and had to be transported to the hospital via Maryland State Police helicopter.Around 5 p.m. last Saturday, an unidentified male in his 20s attempted… Read more »
WALLOPS ISLAND — A major launch program at NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility along the Virginia coast just south of Ocean City and Assateague appears to be back on track after a successful test of the Antares rocket engines on Tuesday.In October 2014, NASA and its private-sector partner Orbital Sciences attempted to launch an Antares… Read more »
By Scott LenoxWe had a really nice day in Ocean City today with warm temperatures, sunny skies and light winds. The party boats were able to enjoy calm conditions and the ocean calmed down enough for some of the offshore fleet to get out to the canyons.The Marli with Captain Mark Hoos and mate Mark… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — More details emerged late Wednesday afternoon in the OCPD’s investigation into an assault in the north end of the resort that is now classified as a homicide after the victim, a 31-year-old Lutherville, Md. man, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.Around 2:30 a.m. last Sunday, Ocean City Police and EMS responded to… Read more »
BERLIN – “God has a plan. I just try to stay out of the way.”That’s what Doc Mishler will tell you if you encounter him on one of his cross country treks. The octogenarian has spent more than a decade wandering across the country on horseback, spreading the word of the Lord and advocating for… Read more »
ASSATEAGUE — The ongoing baby boom on Assateague Island is even bigger than first expected after officials on the barrier island late last week learned a fourth mare is pregnant and expecting at any time.In an annual November ritual on the barrier island, a biological technician conducts pregnancy tests of sorts on many of the… Read more »