OCEAN CITY- A continued red-hot white marlin bite highlighted the 25th Annual Mid-Atlantic Tournament, which concluded last Friday with a few new records in the books including over $3 million in prize money doled out to the winners in several categories.The Mid-Atlantic is one of the late season highlights in the resort’s summer offshore fishing… Read more »
Freedom Award PresentedSALISBURY – Delmarva Veteran Builders, the region’s only commercial construction firm dedicated to bringing employment to U.S. Armed Forces Veterans, announced it received the 2016 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, the highest honor the Department of Defense gives to employers for support of National Guard and Reserve employees.DVB was one of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — White Marlin Open officials last week formally asked the Worcester County Circuit Court to rule on an alleged rule violation that could strip the first-place winner of its record $2.8 million payout and make the first-place tuna winner’s final payout in excess of $3 million.Last week, White Marlin Open officials announced a… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — When Joseph Madeiros was growing up on the island of Bermuda, he would watch in wonder as Bermudians gathered outdoors for their traditional Easter celebration, flying handmade brightly-colored kites that soared up into the sky. By age 10, Madeiros was making his own kites.These days, Madeiros, 85, is retired and living with… Read more »
BERLIN – In a tumultuous week in Ocean Pines, the general manager has been terminated, a board member has been appointed to temporarily take his place and another board member has resigned.On Friday, the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors voted 4-3 in closed session to terminate the management agreement between the association and General… Read more »
SALISBURY – A “sensory gym” to help children better interact with their surroundings is the winner of the second annual “Bill Adami Fund for Innovation” award through Easter Seals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore.The Easter Seals Children’s Therapy department in Salisbury received funding to construct the sensory gym, which will benefit more than 80% of… Read more »
Fall Sports Underway- Evidence of another fall high school sports season was evident all over the region on Wednesday with friendly neighborhood rivals Stephen Decatur and Worcester Prep scrimmaging in boys’ and girls’ soccer and field hockey. Pictured above, the Decatur and Worcester Prep girls’ soccer teams congratulate each other after a well-played scrimmage early… Read more »
Ocean Pines Association Board member Slobodan Trendic recently congratulated Star Charities founder Anna Foultz on her successful Western Night at the Races event.
Summer of 1965Volume XIEdition 2Issue HighlightsFrontier Town introduced “U-Drive-Em Goat Carts” and a “prairie dog colony” new for the summer.Every day at the Atlantic Hotel Boardwalk Artist Colony, glass blowers would create delicate pieces of art in front of a crowd.Schertle Galleries Inc. celebrated its tenth year in Ocean City that summer.Captain William Bunting added… Read more »
ASSATEAGUE — A Trappe, Pa. man drowned in an unguarded section of ocean off the coast of Assateague on Tuesday as conditions in the surf continue to deteriorate due to offshore storm activity.According to Assateague Island National Seashore (AINS) officials, 45-year-old Chuck Poole and his 16-year-old son were swimming in the ocean off of the… Read more »