OCEAN PINES – The Ocean Pines Association is expected to begin interviewing candidates for general manager next week.Roughly 10 months after the board of directors voted 4-3 to fire Bob Thompson, who had served as general manager of the association for six years, the board will begin interviews to fill the position. Candidates have been… Read more »
Monthly Archives: June 2017
Local Students Excel At National SkillsUSA Competition; Eighth Grade Team Captures Gold Medal
SNOW HILL – Students from Worcester Technical High School were again among the top performers at this year’s national SkillsUSA competition.More than half of the 26 local students who traveled to Louisville, Ky. for the national SkillsUSA Championships, held June 19-23, placed in the top-10 in their divisions. Worcester Tech’s team of eighth-graders took home… Read more »
Rare Whale Shark Sighting A Thrill On Overnight Fishing Trip
OCEAN CITY – Patrons and crew members on an overnight fishing charter received a surprise visit from a whale shark this week while off the coast of Ocean City.Steve Moore, a full-time captain with Stalker Sportfishing Charters, said the encounter took place early Tuesday morning.He explained that five individuals and the three-man crew were on… Read more »
Banner Plane Forced To Make Emergency Landing
SHOWELL — What could have been a disaster last week had a happy ending after a young pilot operating a banner plane when it ran out of fuel was able to safely put the aircraft down in a dirt field a couple miles inland near Showell.Around 3 p.m. last Friday, Maryland State Police troopers were… Read more »
Local Boat Helps Rescue Sinking Vessel, Crew Offshore
OCEAN CITY — A sportfishing boat out of Ocean City rescued three people from a vessel taking on water and in danger of sinking about 40 miles off the coast of the resort on Wednesday.Captain John Oughton and the crew on the That’s Right out of Ocean City was heading in from an overnight trip… Read more »
Family Hoping For Best As Teen Faces Paralysis After Shallow Dive
OCEAN CITY — A West Virginia family is hoping and praying for the best and expecting the worst this week after a 19-year-old family member dove head first into the bay at 25th Street and had to be airlifted to a Baltimore hospital with neck and back trauma and paralysis.For the second time in less… Read more »
Ocean City’s Newest Brand Hotel Celebrated At Grand Opening
OCEAN CITY – In an effort to promote a more business-friendly state, Gov. Larry Hogan this week joined with franchise owners, government officials and business leaders to celebrate the opening of Ocean City’s new Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott.In a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, Jeff Thaler of Atlantic Planning, Development & Design, Inc. said the… Read more »
Homeless Individuals Charged With Daytime Boardwalk Robbery
OCEAN CITY — Three area homeless citizens were arrested on assault and robbery charges last week for their roles in a knife-point robbery on the Boardwalk in the middle of a Friday afternoon.Around 3:30 p.m. last Friday, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer responded to the area of South 1st Street and the Boardwalk… Read more »
Suspects Arrested In Boardwalk Ice Cream Store Burglary
OCEAN CITY — Two men were arrested last week after video surveillance footage connected them to the burglary of a Boardwalk ice cream parlor.On June 15, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to the area of 12th Street and the Boardwalk for a reported burglary of an ice cream shop. The store owner told… Read more »
Good Samaritan Boater Recounts Role In Last Week’s Diving Incident
OCEAN CITY — With a little good timing and perhaps some divine intervention, a local Good Samaritan helped save an unconscious 24-year-old Pennsylvania last week after he dove from a bulkhead into shallow water in the bay at 14th Street.Around 10:50 a.m. last Thursday, the Ocean City Police Department and the Ocean City Fire Department… Read more »