FENWICK ISLAND – A Fenwick Island committee will meet next week to discuss the next step in establishing a continuous sidewalk system after receiving $250,000 in state capital funds.Next Tuesday, the Fenwick Island Pedestrian Safety Committee will meet to discuss strategies for starting a sidewalk construction project after learning attempts to secure capital funding from… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2019
Things To Do Around Town – July 5, 2019
Every Monday: TOPS Meeting 5:30-6:30 p.m. Atlantic General Hospital, Berlin. Take Off Pounds Sensibly is a support group promoting weight loss and maintaining a healthy life-style.410-641-0157.Every Monday: Delmarva Chorus Meeting 7 p.m. Ocean Pines Community Center. Women of all ages invited to sing with the group. 410-641-6876.Second Monday Of Month: Ocean Pines Camera Club 7… Read more »
The Resorter … Revisited – July 5, 2019
Summer of 1965Volume IXEdition 6Issue HighlightsThis week’s “Resorter Girl” was Terri Steele, who was also featured in Hess Apparel’s full-page ad.New at Frontier Town this year was a prairie dog colony, a wooded picnic area and U-Driv-Em goat carts.In the column, “Then I Wrote,” the Editor wrote, “One of the liveliest and happiest places in… Read more »
State Surfing Championships Next Week
OCEAN CITY- The Eastern Surfing Association (ESA) Delmarva District next weekend will host the Maryland State Surfing Championships, the third contest in a summer-long contest series, on the beach at 35th Street.The Delmarva ESA holds six amateur surfing competitions throughout the summer at different locations around the resort area. Participants in various age, gender and… Read more »
Commissioners Question Sewer Flow Estimates, Plan To Meet With Committee
SNOW HILL – Heated discussion surrounded recommendations for standard sewer flow calculations at a meeting of the Worcester County Commissioners this week.During a work session on Tuesday, staff presented the commissioners with a draft resolution establishing standard flow calculations. They said the resolution, which was developed by the county’s sewer committee, would streamline the sewer… Read more »
Wicomico Council Debates Joining Opioid Litigation
SALISBURY – Officials in Wicomico County this week said they would soon decide on taking part in legal action against opioid manufacturers.On Tuesday, the Wicomico County Council met with executive staff to reconsider a lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies.Last year, the council opted against joining a multi-district lawsuit against opioid manufacturers for their alleged role in… Read more »
OCBP Alumni Of The Week, Nelson Jacobsen: Saving The Planet Now
(Editor’s Note: The following is a series on the men and women who have spent their summers protecting all those who came to Ocean City for fun and safe vacation.)OCEAN CITY — Nelson Jacobsen had graduated from DeMatha High School in 1982. He hadn’t been in Maryland very long, having just moved from Texas two… Read more »
More Community Help Programs Eyed
SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Local Management Board will seek proposals for four new programs following approval from the Worcester County Commissioners this week.On Tuesday, the commissioners approved the management board’s plan to issue request for proposals for four new programs. The programs, according to Jessica Sexauer, director of the board, would address needs… Read more »
Berlin Planners To Hear Annexation Request
BERLIN – The Berlin Planning Commission is expected to consider the annexation of the I.G. Burton Chevrolet property next week.On Wednesday, July 10, the commission will review the proposed annexation of I.G. Burton Chevrolet on Old Ocean City Boulevard.“Their function is to look at the site plan and come up with recommendation to pass along… Read more »
Former Germantown School Celebrated At Luncheon
SNOW HILL – After being gutted and used as a maintenance garage for decades, the county’s lone remaining Rosenwald school today provides visitors with a glimpse of local African American history.The Germantown School, built in 1922, reopened as a museum in 2013. It now offers visitors the chance to step inside a piece of the… Read more »