28th Street Pit and Pub410-289-202028th St. & Coastal Hwy.Saturday, July 30: The Racket 10 p.m.Every Thursday: Locals’ Night With DJ BKAdolfo’s410-289-400113th St. & The Boardwalk,In The Beach Plaza HotelEvery Friday & Saturday: Rhonda Apple & Dale BrittEvery Tuesday: Brenda Golden & Michael SmithEvery Thursday: Billie Carlins BandAtlantic Hotel410-641-35892 North Main St., BerlinEvery Monday: Earl BeardsleyEvery… Read more »
Monthly Archives: July 2016
Tuna, Flounder and A Tornado Warning
By Scott LenoxThis morning and evening were absolutely beautiful in Ocean City. The wind was light, it wasn’t too terribly hot and it was bright and sunny. However, the middle of the day was nasty. We had one doozie of a thunderstorm roll through that had some pretty strong winds, some heavy rain and some… Read more »
Berlin To Spend $95K For Land, Fence To Address Unexpected Issue With New Community
BERLIN – Town officials agreed to spend $95,000 to purchase a strip of land between Cannery Village and Flower Street in an effort to eliminate trespassing concerns.In response to complaints from Flower Street homeowners who said Cannery Village residents were cutting across their properties, officials agreed to purchase land to create a public walking path… Read more »
Inshore Specialist Strikes Again
By Scott LenoxIt was tough sledding for the offshore fleet today. Don’t get me wrong, there were some fish caught, but compared to how it has been the past few days it was slow. The inshore fishing on the other hand was really good. The water in the back bays of Ocean City was clean… Read more »
Four-Day Ocean City Greek Festival Kicks Off Friday
Rebecca EvansStaff WriterOCEAN CITY – For one weekend in the height of summer, the Roland E. Powell Convention Center hosts the Ocean City Greek Festival, an event aimed at draw visitors inside who are looking to be, “Greek for the weekend.”This year, the 27th Annual Ocean City Greek Festival, Delmarva’s largest festival of its kind,… Read more »
Excessive Force Lawsuit Filed Against OC Over 2013 Beach Melee
OCEAN CITY — A Virginia woman involved in a beach melee three years ago filed suit in federal court last week against an Ocean City police officer, the department, the Town of Ocean City and Worcester County, alleging excessive force and negligence among other charges.Last Wednesday, nearly three years to the day of the July… Read more »
Former Golf Land Granted Rezoning For Home Project
SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Commissioners last week approved the rezoning of the former Pine Shore Golf facility.The Beauchamp Road property, which had carried E-1 estate zoning, will be reclassified as R-1 residential. Charles Nichols, whose family purchased the property in 2014, said the rezoning would allow the 950-acre property to be developed in… Read more »
H. O. T.
By Scott LenoxMan was it hot today!! At one point the weather app on my phone read “96 degrees, feels like 110”. It was almost too hot to go fishing……NAH! It was a great day to go fishing…and from the reports I received the tuna and flounder fishing were H. O. T. again.Mike Bostic and… Read more »
Weekend’s Boardwalk Incidents Linked To College Beach Weekend Event
OCEAN CITY — The investigation continues into a series of incidents that led to a dozen arrests on the Boardwalk late Saturday night and into Sunday morning, but it appears the episodes are related to an unsanctioned and unannounced College Beach Weekend event in the resort.According to witness reports, what began earlier in the evening… Read more »
Arrests Made After Hostile Boardwalk Crowds Gather
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City Police, joined by other allied agencies in the region, faced off with a combative group on the Boardwalk early Sunday morning in the area of 7th Street. After dispersing of the crowd, another unruly gathering took place a few blocks north on the Boardwalk.Shortly after midnight on Sunday morning, July… Read more »