Every Friday: FORGE Youth And Family Meetings6:30-8:30 p.m. House of Mercy Sanctuary, behind House of Mercy Thrift Shop, Route 113, Selbyville. Small meal, music, games and life lessons. All are welcome. 443-513-1048.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 Rd., Berlin…. Read more »
SNOW HILL – A new program at Furnace Town Living Heritage Village is giving visitors a chance to expand their knowledge of local history.Furnace Town is now offering Folk School several times a month. The new program, launched in May, gives attendees the chance to learn skills like broom making and weaving from Furnace Town’s… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week approved a request to add two additional 20-minute load and unload street parking spaces for patrons at a popular midtown surf shop after getting assurances from the business owner the proposal had the blessing of his neighbors.The Mayor and Council had before them on Monday a request to… Read more »
SNOW HILL – In an effort to improve emergency radio coverage, county officials will consider exempting a new radio tower in West Ocean City from zoning requirements.On Wednesday, county staff asked the Worcester County Commissioners to consider declaring construction of a new radio tower near Mystic Harbour an official “county project” so that it wouldn’t… Read more »
FENWICK ISLAND – Fenwick Island’s Barefoot Gardeners Club is expanding its youth program offerings this summer with a weekly reading series for young children.This week, members of the club’s youth program committee hosted its first of four story times for local and visiting children.Located at the Fenwick Island Community Park, the weekly story time series… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A federal judge has dismissed as defendants the Maryland State Police and two troopers in a $1 million brutality suit filed last year by a Virginia woman arrested while pregnant during a June 2013 melee on the beach.Last July, Dalima Palmer, 28, of Dumfries, Va., filed suit in U.S. District Court against… Read more »
SNOW HILL – County officials agreed to seek technical assistance from the state in planning for the future of Greys Creek Nature Park.The Worcester County Commissioners this week approved a request from Paige Hurley, the county’s director of recreation and parks, to seek assistance from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Public Access Water… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Marlin Club’s 35th Annual Canyon Kick-Off Tournament last weekend was once again a huge success with hundreds of anglers filling out the leaderboard in several categories and collecting thousands in prize money.The Canyon Kick-Off, held each year on or near the Fourth of July weekend, is the first major event… Read more »
Driver Crosses Median, Heads Wrong WayOCEAN CITY — A Pennsylvania women was arrested on drunk-driving and a slew of other traffic violations after allegedly crashing over the center median and driving the wrong way on Coastal Highway for several blocks on a busy holiday weekend.Around 7:30 p.m. last Sunday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers… Read more »
BERLIN- The Berlin Little League All-Start teams are cruising through the Maryland District 8 playoffs with two district championships already in the books and several other division getting ready to get started.The Berlin Little League All-Stars collected two Maryland District 8 championships on the same night last week. The Berlin Intermediate team beat Fruitland, 15-0,… Read more »