Bird Man BustedOCEAN CITY — A Virginia man was arrested on alcohol endangerment and disturbing the peace charges last week after allegedly flapping his arms like a bird and disrupting traffic on a downtown street.Around 1:15 a.m. last Sunday, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer responded to the area of Wicomico Street for a… Read more »
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Nurses From AGH Give Presentation To OC Elementary Kindergarten Students
Nurses from Atlantic General Hospital recently gave a presentation to kindergarten students at Ocean City Elementary School. Abnove, teacher Christine Lieb is dressed in scrubs to show students what doctors and nurses look like when they are in the operating room. She is pictured with students Madison Carlini and Damarian Donaway.
Resident Hopes To Start Worcester’s First Recovery House
OCEAN CITY – One local resident has a vision to create Worcester County’s first recovery house in West Ocean City, but plans are currently on hold pending the approval of specific zoning permits.Zach Klina said there is no guarantee that he can secure the licensing or the down payment, but he is making it his… Read more »
Things I Like – October 28, 2016
People who respect the policeWhen Halloween falls on a weekendHow my kids have taught me the virtues of patienceBeing able to eat good crabs throughout the yearRetirement partiesThe rare lunch and a movie with my wifeUpsets in college footballCasual wedding receptionsWatching a printing press at workWhen school pictures come homeRespectable election turnouts
Hurricane Sandy-Four Years Later
The Ocean City Mayor and Council implemented the evacuation of Ocean City for the second time in two years when Hurricane Sandy roared up the Atlantic coast on Oct. 29, 2012 (Hurricane Irene was the other on Aug. 25, 2011). Fortunately, for Ocean City the storm passed several miles offshore but it gave the town… Read more »
Voices From The Readers – October 28, 2016
Too Late To File?Editor:Seems the new candidate for the Ocean City Council may have a problem with timeliness. The incumbent team announced its slate in January of this year. It took almost 10 months for him to announce as a candidate.At the Aug. 30 Mayor and Council meeting, he proposed as Tourism Advisory Vice Chairman, that… Read more »
Trade Groups Schedule Second Overtime Seminar For Nov. 16
OCEAN CITY – With little time remaining before new overtime rules take effect Dec. 1, the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce and the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association (OCHMRA) are partnering with sponsor PKS & Company, P.A. to provide a second informational session Nov. 16.This meeting will serve as a question-and-answer forum with panels consisting of… Read more »
Who’s Playing When And Where – October 28, 2016
28th Street Pit and Pub410-289-202028th St. & Coastal Hwy.Every Thursday:Locals’ Night With DJ BKFriday, Oct. 28:Otto GrundmanAdolfo’s410-289-400113th St. & The Boardwalk,In The Beach Plaza HotelFriday, Oct. 28:Rhonda Apple & Dale Britt Atlantic Hotel410-641-35892 North Main St., BerlinEvery Monday: Earl BeardsleyEvery Tuesday:Bob Miller On The PianoFriday, Oct. 28:Frankie Moran The Big Easy On 60 410-524-23055909 Coastal Hwy.Friday, Oct…. Read more »
Things To Do Around Town – October 28, 2016
Every Friday: Friday FunfestFORGE Youth and Family Academy, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Bring the kids for dinner, dancing and games. House of Mercy, 36674 Dupont Hwy., Selbyville, Del. Free to the public. 443-366-2813; email [email protected]; www.forge-youth.org.Every 1st Friday: Star Charities Volunteers Meet10 a.m., Ocean Pines Library. 410-641-7667.Every 2nd Friday: Food PantryNew Bethel United Methodist Church, 10203 Germantown… Read more »
Four Displaced By Ocean Pines Residential Fire
OCEAN PINES — Four young people escaped a major residential fire in Ocean Pines early Thursday morning, but lost everything in the blaze and already an effort is underway from the local community to get them back on their feet again.Around 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, the Ocean Pines Volunteer Fire Company responded to a reported… Read more »