BERLIN- Pocomoke’s boys’ varsity basketball team completed its return to the state championship game in style last weekend, beating Baltimore’s Lake Clifton, 64-56, for its first title since 2002.The Warriors cruised through the regional playoffs and captured the 1A-East region championship to advance to the state’s Final Four and a trip to the University of… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2016
Relocation Plan for West Salisbury Students Approved
SALISBURY- The Wicomico County Board of Education and Wicomico County Public Schools took an important step forward on the replacement West Salisbury Elementary School project this week, approving a plan to temporarily relocate its students to two other elementary schools to make way for the start of construction in the 2016-2017 school year.Starting in August… Read more »
Legendary OCPD Captain Laid To Rest Amid Stories Of Courage
OCEAN CITY- The resort community on Tuesday laid to rest an iconic law enforcement officer with a huge stature and a bigger heart, who patrolled the streets of Ocean City for decades with courage and aplomb including one particular incident during which he likely saved several lives including his fellow officers.Retired Ocean City Police Department… Read more »
Second-graders Hear Four-graders Opinion Essays They Wrote For Writer’s Workshop
Students in Mrs. Julie Justice’s fourth-grade classroom hosted second-graders from Mrs. Cindy Leitgeb’s class for a writing celebration. The second-graders came to hear the fourth-graders read the opinion essays that wrote during the writer’s workshop. Pictured above are Jasmine Gooch and Madelyn Kinavey.
Worcester Prep Juniors Receive School Rings
Worcester Prep juniors last month got their school rings in a special ceremony at the Guerreri Library. As part of the tradition, WPS seniors present the school rings to the juniors along with a few insightful and inspirational words of wisdom. Pictured above, from left: Karlie Southcomb, Reid Carey, Lily Zeichel, junior class faculty sponsor… Read more »
County Liquor Department Chief Resigning
SNOW HILL- Bobby Cowger showed the Worcester County Commissioners that he had his own exit strategy from the liquor business- resignation.In the latest twist of the ongoing saga to dissolve the county-run Department of Liquor Control, Cowger, who has run the DLC since 2011, handed in his letter of resignation to the county and will… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
Laws Against Our RightsDear Editor:I wonder how many of your readers remember in 2014 the Senate voted down, by a vote of 53-46, a UN Arms Trade Agreement that, if passed, would have allowed our government, required by the agreement, to register and eventually take guns from all citizens denying us our 2nd Amendment right.Of… Read more »
Fatal Fall Ruled Accidental
OCEAN CITY- A fatal fall from a construction site early Monday morning has been ruled accidental although the incident is still under investigation by state inspectors.Around 8:40 a.m. on Monday, Ocean City Police and EMS responded to a construction site at Philadelphia Ave. and 25th Street for a reported fall. Upon arrival, EMS personnel confirmed… Read more »
Resort Strangling Suspect Sentenced
OCEAN CITY- A Pennsylvania man arrested last July after strangling his girlfriend while she was holding a child at a downtown Ocean City condo pleaded guilty this week to second-degree assault and was sentenced to five years, all but 18 months of which was then suspended.Around 6:30 p.m. last July 24, Ocean City Police responded… Read more »
Berlin Mayor And Council Briefs
Chris ShearerContributing WriterBERLIN- Berlin’s weekly Mayor and Council meeting featured a national nod for the town’s electric reliability, new plans for park where a power plant used to be, and rezoning for the forthcoming police station. The following is a quick look at some of the issues:Berlin Electric Gets National RecognitionBerlin’s Electric Utility received national… Read more »