OCEAN CITY – A leatherback sea turtle washed ashore in Ocean City last weekend, hours after it was first seen in the shallow areas of the water.Tyaskin resident Jody Earp said she and her family were on the beach for the OC Air Show when they saw the sea turtle swimming close to the shore… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Two Baltimore area men were arrested after witnesses reported shots fired on Wicomico Street last Thursday night.On Thursday, June 15, at approximately 9 p.m. Ocean City police responded to the area of Wicomico Street and Baltimore Avenue after receiving reports of a man with a rifle and shots fired. Witnesses provided a… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The other shoe dropped over the weekend when the Maryland woman who first challenged the legality of women going topless in the same areas where men are allowed to go shirtless retained a nationally known civil rights attorney to challenge Ocean City’s recently passed ordinance prohibiting the act.On Thursday, the Maryland Attorney… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Less than a week after the Town of Ocean City passed an emergency ordinance prohibiting women from going topless in the same area men are allowed to go shirtless, the Maryland Attorney General issued a long-awaited opinion essentially upholding the town’s position. “You asked whether state or local indecent exposure laws may… Read more »
The close of the school year always comes with mixed emotions.There’s the finality of it all and the fact the kids will essentially say goodbye to the teachers they have been with on a daily basis for the last nine months. There’s sadness because these folks become family members.After all, they are talked about and… Read more »
BERLIN- Dozens of the top youth programs from all over the mid-Atlantic region descended on the resort area last weekend for the annual Aloha Beach Lacrosse tournament and teams from the local area took home more than their share of championship hardware.The annual tournament was held last Saturday and Sunday at venues all over northern… Read more »
BERLIN — Berlin’s Touch A Truck event will held on Saturday, June 17 from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. in Berlin’s Stephen Decatur Park on Tripoli Street.Several town departments are joining together to hold the free event, which includes a police vehicle, bucket truck, digger derrick, vacuum truck, camera truck and garbage truck, along with… Read more »
NEWARK – In an effort to ensure students don’t go hungry, the school system will again offer free summer meals throughout the county.Worcester County Public Schools will offer local children free meals at both school and community sites between now and the middle of August through the Summer Food Service Program.“It’s critical for us at… Read more »
BERLIN – Members of the town’s planning commission are hoping to discuss Berlin’s future with county officials after concerns about growth dominated a meeting this week.Roughly a dozen residents filled the seats that typically sit empty as the Berlin Planning Commission met Wednesday. Those in attendance said they were worried about the potential annexation of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Frederick, Md. man is facing many charges, including obstructing and hindering, after allegedly shooting himself with his own unregistered handgun and disposing of the weapon on the beach, causing a vast section to be closed last Friday.Around 12:30 a.m. last Friday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to the 75th… Read more »