OCEAN CITY — A Virginia man was arrested on hit-and-run and other serious charges last weekend after allegedly spinning out of control and striking a pedestrian in the sidewalk before fleeing the scene.Around 5:15 p.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to the area of 30th Street and Philadelphia Avenue for a… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2016
High-Speed Chase Ends On Bridge After Stop Sticks Deployed
OCEAN CITY — A Pittsville woman was arrested on drunk-driving and numerous traffic violations early Tuesday morning after a high-speed chase through the downtown area that reached speeds approaching 100 mph and ended with stop sticks being deployed at 3rd Street and the vehicle eventually stopped on the Route 50 bridge.Around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday,… Read more »
City Hall Dome’s Surface Remains A Work In Progress
OCEAN CITY — Despite its current gray and black appearance, the iconic City Hall dome in Ocean City is merely transitioning to its former rich, reddish copper glory and is currently going through its awkward “teenage” years.Concerns have been raised recently by some in the community about the condition of the City Hall dome, which… Read more »
Gettin’ Back At It
By Scott LenoxPost-tropical cyclone Hermine continues to linger off of the coast far enough away that we aren’t seeing any rain, but close enough that we are experiencing higher than normal tides and some residual winds. Onshore today it was blowing out of the NW from 15-20 knots with some gusts almost reaching 30 knots,… Read more »
Fishing In No Time
By Scott LenoxNow that post-tropical cyclone Hermine is out to sea it’s time to think fishing again. She definitely messed things up inshore and offshore for a few days, but it could have been much worse. Hermine was predicted to stall just off our coast through Wednesday and then slowly meander to the north and… Read more »
Tropical Storm Hermine Update 1 Saturday AM High Tide
By Scott LenoxTropical storm Hermine moved into the area overnight and Ocean City is now being impacted. Hermine is now categorized as a post-tropical storm, but is forecast to gain strength now that it is over the Atlantic and possibly even reaching hurricane strength over the weekend. Ocean City will see the brunt of Hermine… Read more »
Here Comes Hermine
By Scott LenoxLast week I mentioned that tropical depression #8 would be impacting the coast and messing up our fishing for a few days, and then tropical depression #9 would follow in right behind and mess it up for a few days longer…..oh how I wish that were true now.Tropical depression #8 didn’t mess our… Read more »
Sums Our Day Up
By Scott LenoxOcean City was spared any bad weather at all by tropical depression #8 when it decided to head to the north east sooner than expected. Conditions were supposed to deteriorate in the ocean starting on Wednesday and maybe ruin offshore fishing through the coming weekend. TS #8 stayed well offshore and we had… Read more »
Chesapeake Martial Arts Holds Grand Opening
Co-owners Jim and Kim Heaney and General Manager Selena KC held their Chesapeake Martial Arts grand opening and ribbon cutting for their new Ocean Pines facility last month.
SU’s Top Faculty Award Presented
SALISBURY — An “exemplary and enthusiastic teacher, a prolific and influential scholar, and an energetic and respected service leader” is how Dr. Mary DiBartolo of the Nursing Department was described when she was presented with Salisbury University’s 2016 Distinguished Faculty Award.The prestigious tribute is given by faculty to faculty. Well known in the community as… Read more »