OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s boys’ winter basketball league continued last week with several games in different age brackets.In the 8th-grade division, the red team edged the green team, 38-37. Aidan Hammond led the red team with 14 points, while Zimere Handy scored 13 and Carson Barnes added seven.In the Division… Read more »
Monthly Archives: January 2018
War On The Shore Tourney Underway
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity wrestling team this weekend is hosting its annual War on the Shore tournament featuring some of the top prep teams and players from across the region.War on the Shore, long a staple on Maryland’s prep wrestling winter schedule, gets underway today with two dozen of the top teams from the mid-Atlantic… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood – January 12, 2018
In some ways, Carson is more outgoing than Beckett.Considering Beckett is a self-proclaimed and enthusiastic “lover of talking” and Carson is non-verbal, this is fascinating to me.For many years, I always thought of Beckett, 9, as the extrovert and Carson, 8, as the introvert. That’s still the case, in some ways, but there are times… Read more »
Legislation Likely Needed For Proposed OC Museum Expansion
OCEAN CITY — The proposed expansion of the iconic Ocean City Lifesaving Station Museum at the foot of the Boardwalk will likely require a change in state law and city officials this week asked Delegate Mary Beth Carozza to pursue the legislative change.For decades, the Ocean City Lifesaving Station Museum has sat on the south… Read more »
OC Elementary Third Graders Present Holiday Program
Third graders at Ocean City Elementary School recently presented their holiday program titled, “Favorite Things”. Pictured are Adam Pouchan and Mason Hetherington introducing the song and dance, “Wintertime Polka.”
County Jail, Library Improvements Eyed
SNOW HILL – Improvements to the Worcester County Jail, local library branches and the courthouse are included in the county’s latest Capital Improvement Plan (CIP).Following a public hearing last Tuesday, the Worcester County Commissioners approved the CIP for fiscal years 2019-2023.“The Capital Improvement Plan is a planning document whose purpose is to identify future capital… Read more »
Deputy State’s Attorney Looking To Replace Oglesby
SNOW HILL — On a cold, slushy Monday evening this week, Deputy State’s Attorney William McDermott announced he was seeking election to State’s Attorney for Worcester County.As expected, McDermott announced on Monday he is running for Worcester County State’s Attorney in the upcoming election after current State’s Attorney Beau Oglesby was appointed by Governor Larry… Read more »
Elected Officials, Groups Renew Ocean Drilling Battle; Trump Reverses Fed’s Position On Offshore Oil Exploration
OCEAN CITY — The battle against opening the ocean to drilling for oil began anew this week after the Trump administration announced a plan to consider vast areas of coastline for the controversial practice.President Trump last week signed an executive order reopening vast areas of the nation’s coastline, including the mid-Atlantic region to offshore oil… Read more »
OC Council Debates Capital Project Plan For Future Years
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City officials took a closer look this week at projects proposed in the town’s draft capital improvement plan (CIP) for the next five years and agreed to go back and prioritize the projects listed in the document when it became clear not all had participated in the initial process.During Tuesday’s work… Read more »
SHA, City May Partner On Bike Lights Initiative
OCEAN CITY – Officials with the State Highway Administration (SHA) have expressed interest in supporting a bike light initiative championed by Ocean City’s Coastal Resources Legislative Committee.Since last year, the committee, known as the Green Team, has actively worked on drafting an ordinance amendment and program that would mandate lights on all bikes traveling along… Read more »