Last month, Worcester County Health Department staff received an Employee Team Innovation Award from the Maryland Department of Health for their work as instructors for local Mental Health and Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) trainings. The state recognized Worcester Health MHFA instructors for their creativity and commitment towards advancing awareness of mental health issues…. Read more »
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Council Seeks Clarity On Wind Farm Distance From Developers
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week voted to pen another letter to the developers of wind energy farms off the coast of Ocean City urging them to move the turbines at least 26 miles offshore after learning a wind farm project in Virginia would be situated 27 miles off the coast.In May, the Maryland… Read more »
Cops And Courts – July 21, 2017
Bicyclist StruckOCEAN CITY — A Salisbury man was charged with hit-and-run last weekend after allegedly striking a bicyclist in downtown Ocean City and leaving the scene, apparently unaware he had hit someone.Around 12:50 a.m. last Saturday, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer responded to a reported hit-and-run collision involving a bicycle in the area… Read more »
Dealer Sentenced For Supplying Drug In Overdose
OCEAN CITY — A Georgetown, Del. man, arrested in March on heroin distribution charges after providing the drugs that caused a local man to overdose before being revived, pleaded guilty this month and was sentenced to three years, all but one of which was suspended.In March, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to a… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – July 21, 2017
Billy Heaton Whitworth and his wife Agnes opened Heaton’s Karmel Korn on the Boardwalk near Wicomico Street in 1944. Specializing in saltwater taffy and caramel popcorn, Heaton’s changed both its name and its menu when son-in-law Fred King purchased the business from Agnes after Billy’s death in 1953. Cotton candy, snow balls and candy apples… Read more »
We Remember Those We Have Lost – July 21, 2017
Vincent F. CoyneOCALA, Fla. — Vincent F. Coyne, 80, died Saturday, July 8, 2017 at his home in Ocala, Fla.He leaves his wife of 58 years, Janet L. Coyne; his children, Sandra Coyne, Vincent Coyne and wife Christina Coyne and Robert and wife Dawn Coyne; daughter-in-law, Tiffany Coyne; his grandchildren, Justin Coyne, Phallen Foley, Nicholas… Read more »
Ocean City Elks Lodge #2645 Donates $4,000 To Coastal Hospice
Ocean City Elks Lodge #2645 donated $4,000 this month to Coastal Hospice for the purpose of adding additional rooms and medical support for their new facility in Worcester County. Charity Committee members Charlie Loane, Bruce Martinec and Jim Flaig and Carroll Wagner are pictured making the check presentation to Heather Duma, accepting on behalf of… Read more »
The Resorter … Revisited – July 21, 2017
Summer of 1955Volume 1Edition 1Issue HighlightsThis was the first issue ever of The Resorter.The covers in the early days of The Resorter were quite different than the later years. At this time, it was published by Wm. A. Dryden and owned by the Eastern Shore Times.Miss Ocean City 1955 was Lolita “Teensy” Hall, a 17-year-old high… Read more »
Two Worcester Prep Sophomores Attend Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar
Worcester Prep sophomores Maria Deckmann, left, of Milton, Del. and Maya Natesan of Salisbury, recently attended the Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Seminar. They joined more than 200 other young leaders representing various high schools. The goal is to provide the youths with a stimulating forum for learning about critical issues while broadening their understanding… Read more »
Legion Honors Senator Mathias
The Maryland Department of the American Legion has honored Sen. Jim Mathias for his leadership and dedication to passing legislation that requires flying the POW/MIA flag every day, year-round at state buildings and facilities.“Some of the easiest bills you think are going to pass are the toughest ones. I want to thank everyone in this… Read more »