Do you or someone you know own a vacant building lot, an abandoned house, or a rehab-worthy home in the Laurel or Seaford Downtown Development District? If so, Sussex County Habitat for Humanity would like to hear from you. The DDDs, for those unfamiliar with them, are demarcated city neighborhoods that have been targeted for… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- Over 150 teams and thousands of players, coaches, family members and fans gathered on the beach at Caroline Street on Monday afternoon for the opening ceremonies of the third leg of the U.S. Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) Eastern World Series.Over the last three weeks, nearly 6,000 softball players from all over the country… Read more »
28th/127th Street Pit And Pub 410-289-2020/443-664-7482 28th St. & Coastal Hwy. & 127th St. & Coastal Hwy. Friday July 27: Ray Wroten Saturdays: DJ BK, 11 p.m. (28th St. Location) Wednesdays: DJ Wax (127th St. location)Atlantic Hotel • 410-641-3589 2 North Main St., Berlin Mondays: Earl Beardsley Tuesdays: Bob Miller on PianoBuxy’s Salty Dog/Dry Dock 28… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Officials with Assateague Island National Seashore are seeking the public’s input on a strategy to relocate oceanfront campsites as they are lost or damaged.On Monday, staff at Assateague Island National Seashore held an open house on a draft environmental assessment that outlines the park’s plans to move increasingly unstable oceanside campground sites… Read more »
BERLIN – Berlin is one of 149 communities in Maryland that has been designated an Opportunity Zone by the state.Ivy Wells, the town’s economic development director, advised municipal officials this week that the town was now an Opportunity Zone. The designation, according to the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), is part of… Read more »
The Delmarva Shorebirds presented a check for $4,424, representing proceeds from the 2018 Star Wars Night Jersey Auction, to Big Brothers, Big Sisters of the Eastern Shore. Star Wars Night was held on Friday, May 4 at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium when the Delmarva Shorebirds faced the Augusta GreenJackets. Shorebirds players and coaches wore specialty… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Army Corps of Engineers hopper dredge Currituck is expected to arrive in Ocean City in early August for a scheduled dredging project around the Inlet and a smaller quick-fix project, but the arrival of the vessel is not expected to impact White Marlin Open boat traffic.The Currituck was scheduled to arrive… Read more »
WHALEYVILLE — A Dagsboro man is being held without bond this week at the Worcester County Jail after a raid at a residence in Whaleyville last weekend turned up thousands of bags of heroin, other drugs and a loaded handgun.Last Friday, the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team executed a search and seizure warrant at a… Read more »
BERLIN – Plans to demolish an existing building and explore amphitheater possibilities highlighted a report from the Berlin Falls Park Advisory Committee this week.On Monday the committee, which was created late last year, provided the Berlin Town Council with an update on plans for the new park. Highlights of the report included the committee’s decision… Read more »
NEWARK – School system officials approved bids totaling slightly more than $39 million for the new Showell Elementary School.The Worcester County Board of Education last week approved bids totaling $39,045,266 for the new school. Design of the facility, which will replace the existing 40-year-old Showell Elementary, was completed earlier this year.“We’re anxious to see it… Read more »