BERLIN – Despite the chilling temperatures, officials at Atlantic General Hospital have deemed this year’s 24th Annual Penguin Swim a success.As in years past, hundreds of individuals this week braved the chilly conditions and frigid ocean to take part in Atlantic General Hospital’s (AGH) annual Penguin Swim, a fundraiser to benefit the hospital and its… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — An uptown hotel was evacuated on a chilly Tuesday morning after three cars in the parking lot caught fire.Around 9:13 a.m. on Tuesday, the Ocean City Fire Department was dispatched to the front parking lot of the Carousel Hotel at 117th Street for a reported vehicle fire. Ocean City Police Department officers… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A Honduran man, who was convicted of first-degree murder for the stabbing death of a popular local woman in April 2008 and sentenced to life in prison, was denied a chance at a second trial last week, but will have the opportunity to seek a sentence modification.In April 2008, Roberto Murillo, now… Read more »
Jan. 5: Cash Bingo Bishopville Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary, Main Station. Cost: $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Twenty regular games with payout of $125 for single winner and jackpot included. Four early birds begin at 6 p.m., two specials and a 50/50 raffle available. Home-cooked food and beverages available for purchase. 443-880-6966. Jan. 6:… Read more »
Being away when the weather is bad at homeWhen my son says “Good morning”Close college football gamesSullivan’s Island, S.C.The last few miles of a long road tripSoaking in a hot tub while it’s snowingNot making New Year’s resolutionsVisiting somewhere newWatching people in costume run into freezing water to raise moneyHandmade cards from my kidsWhen I… Read more »
SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Commissioners recognized the importance of mentoring with a proclamation this week.On Tuesday the commissioners partnered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Eastern Shore to proclaim January as National Mentoring Month.“This January, National Mentoring Month, we reflect on the power of mentors to transform young lives, and we honor… Read more »
28th/127th Street Pit And Pub 410-289-2020/443-664-7482 28th St. & Coastal Hwy. & 127th St. & Coastal Hwy. Friday, Jan. 5: Jack & T (28th St. location) Wednesdays: DJ Wax (127th St. location) 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 Salty Dog/dry dock… Read more »
BERLIN — The new and and rebranded Ocean Downs Casino opened its long-awaited table games expansion last weekend to rave reviews, starting a new chapter for the gaming facility near Berlin.For the last several months, casino officials had been scrambling to complete the new 35,000-square-foot expansion to accommodate real table games at the Casino at… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — It was decided this week the proposed new public works facility at 2nd Street at St. Louis Avenue will take a little longer than expected to come to fruition, but there are benefits in terms of parking revenue to be realized by delaying the project.Public Works Director Hal Adkins presented an update… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A Waldorf, Md. man, indicted by the Worcester County grand jury last June on several charges including homicide while driving impaired in a pedestrian fatality in Ocean City last May, was found guilty on all counts after a two-day trial this week and now awaits his fate pending a pre-sentence investigation.In June,… Read more »