OCEAN CITY — After a particularly tragic May in the resort, including two fatalities within the span of three days, what appeared on the surface to be a summer season desperately in need of a mulligan is now cruising comfortably down the middle of the fairway.The start of the summer season in May was epically… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Mayor and Council on Tuesday fired off a lengthy statement of opposition to the ongoing petition drive by the Ocean City’s firefighter/paramedics union seeking to put a referendum for binding interest arbitration before voters this fall.In late February, the clock expired on negotiations between the town and the Career Firefighter Paramedics… Read more »
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 »
28th Street Pit and Pub410-289-202028th St. & Coastal Hwy.Every Thursday: Locals’ Night With DJ BKAdolfo’s410-289-400113th St. & The Boardwalk,In The Beach Plaza HotelFriday & Saturday, July 8 & 9:Rhonda Apple & Dale BrittEvery Tuesday: Brenda Golden & Michael SmithEvery Thursday: Billie Carlins BandAtlantic Hotel410-641-35892 North Main St., BerlinEvery Monday: Earl BeardsleyEvery Tuesday: Bob Miller On… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Addiction is often thought to be an issue that plagues the young or the middle-aged, but statistical data shows that one of the fastest growing demographics abusing opiates is the elderly.“Seventy percent of the opiate addicts in Maryland get there by the prescription drug route,” says Dr. Michael Finegan, a clinical psychologist… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — In downtown Ocean City, three Romanian medical students here for the summer as part of the J-1 Visa Work and Travel program sit on the porch of their small second floor apartment. They are smoking cigarettes and sitting in the shade where it is much cooler than the house, because they say… Read more »
SALISBURY — Last week, Salisbury-based Perdue Farms Inc., which is the fourth largest poultry producer in the country, announced a series of precedent setting reforms that aims to improve the lives of the 700 million chickens it raises and slaughters each year.Many industry experts have pointed to this sharpened focus on animal care by Perdue… Read more »
SALISBURY — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday announced Wicomico County State’s Attorney Matt Maciarello has been appointed to the bench for the Wicomico County Circuit Court.Hogan also announced Caroline County State’s Attorney Jonathan Newell has been appointed to a Circuit Court judgeship in that county. The governor made the appointments after reviewing nominees from… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — When it comes to the public safety of bikers in Ocean City, installing a light is more valuable than writing a citation.On the heels of a heartbreaking fatality of an international student riding a bike in a Delaware beach resort who was struck by a driver who fled the scene, the Ocean… Read more »
BERLIN — Route 50 was shut down for approximately four hours Wednesday night as a result of a fatal accident east of Berlin.On July 6, around 8:51 p.m., Maryland State Police Berlin Barrack troopers were called to the scene of a vehicle on fire in the median of Route 50 near Grays Corner Road.According to… Read more »