Members of the Pine’eer Craft Club gathered in White Horse Park to decorate the Christmas tree in front of their Artisan & Craft Shop. Pictured are Luz Castillo, Lois Schultz, and Carol Quinto. The shop is the little building in front of the Ocean Pines Community Center and is open every Friday night in December… Read more »
Hefty Fine For Identity FraudOCEAN CITY — A Joppa, Md. woman, arrested on multiple charges in August after crashing her vehicle into the median on Coastal Highway while intoxicated and then lying to police officers about her identity, pleaded guilty last week to DWI and identity fraud and was fined several hundred dollars.Around 11:40 p.m…. Read more »
Sixth grade students Jackson Vit, Finn Ramnarain, Brody Grunwald, Graham Field, Foster Smith, Hannah Allam and Abby West created posters to promote Berlin Intermediate School’s Pajama Day that will take place on Dec. 8. Students and staff are encouraged to donate a minimum of $1, or a warm pair of pajamas, or a children’s book… Read more »
Stephen Decatur Middle School Builders Club, a Student Leadership Club of Kiwanis, collected money, food and supplies for Believe In Tomorrow. Pictured with some of the 35 boxes of collected items, which were donated at last month’s school health fair, are, front from left, Charlie Klein, Skylar Cook, Kylie Sens, Hailey Bowden, Brooklyn Durham and… Read more »
The Warren Cottage was located on the corner of 5th Street and the Boardwalk. Owned and managed by Berlin native Mary Purnell Warren, it had 12 rooms with a kitchen annex in the rear.Damaged in the March Storm of 1962, the property was sold and plans made to transport it to a new location in… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The 5th Annual Ocean City Marlin Club Rockfish Tournament returns next weekend with a nine-day event.The Marlin Club’s 5th annual rockfish tournament will run from December 8 to December 17. Boats and teams of anglers will decide to fish five of the nine days. As the name of the tournament implies, rockfish, or… Read more »
We saw the movie “Wonder” last weekend.Carson fell asleep half way through. Beckett watched every minute of it with interest. Pam was touched to tears throughout. One week later, I’m still thinking about the movie and its message.The film is incredibly moving and I’m thrilled Beckett’s teacher is reading the book – of which the… Read more »
ASSATEAGUE ISLAND – A campground improvement project at Assateague State Park has been postponed until next fall.This week, park officials announced that the start of a two-phase project to relocate campground roads and fortify sand dunes will not take place this fall as planned. Instead, the project’s start date has been rescheduled to October of… Read more »
28th Street Pit And Pub 410-289-2020 28th St. & Coastal Hwy. Friday, Dec. 1: Jack & T Adolfo’s 410-289-4001 13th St. & The Boardwalk, In The Beach Plaza Hotel Saturday, Dec. 16: Billie Carlins Band Atlantic Hotel 410-641-3589 2 North Main St., Berlin Mondays: Earl Beardsley with Steve Harvey On Sax Tuesdays: Bob Miller On The Piano Buxy’s… Read more »
In the Committee on Paid Leave Policy’s final report to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Ocean City’s concern about the seasonality of its businesses was directly broached.Readers will remember Hogan vetoed a controversial paid sick leave bill passed by the Maryland General Assembly earlier this year that’s been characterized as disastrous for small businesses, especially those… Read more »