Walmart and the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City worked together to provide holiday turkeys for Diakonia. Event chair Barb Peletier is pictured with Eddie Marvel, Walmart meat manager, loading the turkeys for her to deliver to Diakonia.
OCEAN CITY – Ocean City is now one step closer in seeking a Bicycle Friendly Community designation with the adoption of a Complete Streets Policy.On Monday, the Ocean City Mayor and Council voted unanimously to adopt a Complete Streets Policy that will be used to develop safe transportation for all users – including pedestrians, bicyclists,… Read more »
BERLIN — After battling back from an injury that caused her to briefly retire from the sport she loves, a local girl followed her dream last week and signed a letter of intent with a nationally-ranked university to compete in acrobatics and tumbling.Sarena Michnick began training and competing in gymnastics at the age of four… Read more »
Some new election data was released Tuesday with absentee and provisional ballots being counted. I had a couple thoughts on the official results.First, final election numbers confirm interest continues to grow in early voting. According to the State Board of Elections, 661,276 voters turned out during the eight-day early voting period compared to 307,466 in… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City woman convicted of theft and theft scheme last year and sentenced to eight years after writing bad checks from a closed bank account in her mother’s name had her appeal denied last week in the state Court of Special Appeals.In September 2017, Dianna Butler, 48, of Ocean City, was… Read more »
Trespasser Pleads GuiltyOCEAN CITY — A New York man, arrested in September during an unsanctioned motor vehicle event after being asked to move his vehicle from a midtown restaurant parking lot, pleaded guilty to trespassing last week.Around 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 28, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer was on patrol in the midtown… Read more »
Nancy M. GunzelmanOCEAN CITY — Nancy M. Gunzelman (nee Alcamo) died on Nov. 9, 2018 in Gainesville, Fla.A native of Maryland she was born June 17, 1933 in Baltimore to Luciano Pietro Alcamo and Rosa Maria DiForte. The youngest of three, she grew up on Eager Street and Kirk Avenue.Nancy graduated from Seton High School,… Read more »
Ocean City in 1915 was a small village with about 600 residents. Most of the men worked as commercial fishermen or on the railroad while the women managed the hotels and boarding houses. The tourist season ran from mid-June to Labor Day and there was no off-season. The hotels closed after Labor Day and the… Read more »
Atlantic General Hospital awarded the DAISY Award for excellence in nursing to Guy Gross at a recent presentation held at the John H. ‘Jack’ Burbage Jr. Regional Cancer Care Center. Gross has been a nurse for three years, one and a half of which he has spent with AGH at the Regional Cancer Care Center…. Read more »
ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Keep your feelings to yourself as you work through an awkward circumstance. Complaining is useless, and also unwise since your words could come back to haunt you.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): A sudden flash of Bovine practicality shows you how you might be able to turn your artistic… Read more »