BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s girls’ varsity basketball team stayed on a major roll this week, routing Gunston at home on Tuesday to improve to 5-0 on the season.The Mallards started the season by sweeping two games against tough Delaware opponents during Indian River’s Tip-Off Classic. In the three games since, the Worcester girls have swept three… Read more »
Monthly Archives: December 2018
Pre-K Students At OC Elementary School Work On Retelling Stories
A Week In Business – December 14, 2018
Board Members NamedBERLIN – The Coastal Association of REALTORS® (Coastal) installed its 2018-2019 Board of Directors at a recent special ceremony at The Dunes Manor Hotel in Ocean City.Bernie Flax, a REALTOR® and broker of EXIT Realty At The Beach in Ocean Pines, was installed as president of the association’s board.“I’m looking forward to serving… Read more »
Woman Awaits Sentence In Church Embezzlement
SNOW HILL — A local woman is awaiting her fate pending a pre-sentence investigation this week after entering a plea to multiple counts of theft and embezzlement from an Ocean City church where she worked.Teresa Kolacz, 51, of Berlin, was charged in July with embezzlement and theft after an investigation revealed she allegedly absconded with… Read more »
American Legion Donates $1,000 Check To Light Up OC Program
Phil Ludlum from American Legion Post #166 presented a $1,000 check to Joe Manganello, president of the Ocean City Downtown Association, for the Light Up OC program. The local legion post is one of the original supporters of the program to bring holiday lights back to Downtown Ocean City, contributing a total of $6,800 for… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – December 14, 2018
Aug. 3, 1986 was one of the most tragic days in Ocean City’s history.During a violent afternoon thunderstorm, a lightning bolt struck the beach at 2nd Street leaving three dead and two injured, one of them critically (he would die the next day at Peninsula Regional Medical in Salisbury).The deceased were all from Washington, DC… Read more »
Diakonia Receives Grant To Improve Transitional Housing
BERLIN – A Community Development Block Grant will allow Diakonia to improve its Old Bridge Road facility.The Worcester County Commissioners unanimously approved a grant agreement last week that will allow Diakonia to receive $276,128 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding.“We’re really excited about it,” said Claudia Nagle, executive director of Diakonia. “It really will… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – December 14, 2018
The Ocean City Mayor and Council’s majority opposition to cell towers in residential areas was most likely worthless this week. That’s why Ocean City Councilman Dennis Dare’s approach would have been a good idea.During the discussion of Crown Castle planning to place Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) in dense residential areas, such as Montego Bay, there… Read more »
We Remember Those We Have Lost – December 14, 2018
James Everett ShockleyBERLIN — James Everett Shockley, age 84, died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 at Brandywine Assisted Living in Selbyville.Born June 23, 1934, in Berlin, he was the son of the late Olin Shockley, Sr. and Mildred Jarvis Shockley. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betsey Shockley. Surviving are his children, Chris Shockley… Read more »
Dunes Manor To Host Two ‘Polar Express’ Events
OCEAN CITY – The Dunes Manor Hotel & Suites will present its annual “Polar Express” Experience on Sunday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec. 22 with all proceeds from benefiting the Believe in Tomorrow Children’s Foundation, a Baltimore-based charitable organization that provides hospital and respite housing services to critically ill children and their families.“Our hotel guests… Read more »