BERLIN — The 11th Annual Berlin Peach Festival will be held Saturday, Aug. 3, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., on the grounds of the Calvin B. Taylor House Museum. Admission is free. Rain date for the festival will be Sunday, Aug. 4.Mayor Gee Williams will officially open the festival. The Boy Scouts from Troop… Read more »
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Woman’s Family Files $1M Lawsuit Over 2017 Death
OCEAN CITY — The family of a Texas woman who was found deceased and buried in the sand on the beach at 2nd Street this week filed a $1 million negligent death suit against the town of Ocean City asserting the town’s beach cleaning equipment drove over her “not once but twice” as she laid… Read more »
New MD State Record Mahi and 2019 Big Fish Classic Results
WOW!! I just got back from the awards banquet for the 6th Annual HUK Big Fish Classic and had to take a couple of minutes to reflect on what an awesome day and weekend of fishing it was. The Big Fish had a record number of boats this year with 72, there was a record… Read more »
Tournament Record 455 Pound Blue Marlin
WOW!! What a day of scales action for Day 2 of the 6th Annual HUK Big Fish Classic at Talbot Street today!! The time flew by because we saw a ton of fish. Spectators were treated to swordfish, some huge mahi, a true Allison yellowfin tuna, the fist ever true albacore longfin tuna ever for… Read more »
White Marlin Worth $245,000
I just got back from Day 1 scales action for the 6th Annual HUK Big Fish Classic and I’ll admit it was a slow day, but there were some quality fish that hit the board. 22 boats are fishing the first window of the Big Fish and that window doesn’t close until 3 PM tomorrow… Read more »
Record 72 Boats and $492,000 in HUK Big Fish Classic
The weather forecast for this weekend is beautiful and it certainly seemed to help the turnout for the 6th Annual HUK Big Fish Classic at Talbot Street Pier. I just got word that the BFC has broken records for total boats with 72 and for purse with $492,000 in total prize money. Scales action starts… Read more »
Busy Few Hours For Uniformed Cops On OC Bus Detail
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City police officers participating in a ride-along program on the resort’s municipal bus system had a busy weekend with a pair of incidents a couple hours apart.Each summer, the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) puts officers on municipal buses in a ride-along program to monitor illicit activity and to ensure safety…. Read more »
Baltimore County Scores Major Offshore Wind Deal
OCEAN CITY — The developer of the smaller of two offshore wind energy farms announced a landmark agreement to develop a vast staging area in Baltimore County, ensuring at least the significant investment and jobs-creator will be in Maryland.In 2017, the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) approved two offshore wind energy projects off the coast… Read more »
Fenwick Hotel Developer Waiver Approved
FENWICK ISLAND – Officials in Fenwick Island have granted a new hotel permission to begin construction in the early morning hours for nine days.On July 17, Spiro Buas, developer of the new Tapestry Collection by Hilton, came before the Fenwick Island Town Council requesting a waiver to allow construction at his property to begin at… Read more »
$100K Grant To Help Build Regional Airport’s Drone Center
SALISBURY – A $100,000 grant is expected to help develop a drone facility at the Salisbury Regional Airport.Last week, Airport Manager Dawn Veatch came before the Wicomico County Council in a work session to request an amendment to the fiscal year 2019 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) in the amount of $100,000 to accept an Economic… Read more »