OCEAN CITY — Hoping to foster a working relationship to ease the acute labor shortage in the resort, Ocean City and state officials last week hosted an El Salvador ambassador to discuss a myriad of common issues.Last Friday, Mayor Rick Meehan, along with State Senator Mary Beth Carozza and Delegate Wayne Hartman and other local… Read more »
BERLIN – A community group shared plans to reinvigorate Henry Park by transforming its basketball courts into a work of art this week.Members of the nonprofit We Heart Berlin met with the Berlin Parks Commission Tuesday to discuss a proposal to paint the basketball courts at Henry Park. Group members believe that with a bright… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY – Event organizers say it is not too late to participate in the first annual Maryland Coast Bike Festival.On Saturday, May 8, community members are invited to join the inaugural Maryland Coast Bike Festival, a day-long celebration that begins and ends at the West Ocean City Commercial Harbor.“I think it will be… Read more »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6vBBlmXLcgWe had an absolutely beautiful day today with very warm temps in the 80s, sunny skies and light winds. It was definitely the kind of day we look for in May and the anglers were out in full force enjoying it.Captain Kane Bounds of the Fish Bound had a very nice day today with some… Read more »
BERLIN — A Virginia man has been identified as the deceased victim in a fatal accident on Route 376 in Berlin on Friday night, and three other victims remain hospitalized.Around 9:35 p.m. on Friday, Maryland State Police troopers from the Berlin barrack responded to the area of Route 376, or Assateague Road, near Grey Fox… Read more »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6vBBlmXLcgThe rain settled in this afternoon and soaked out some late day angling, but some damage had already been done both in the bay and in the ocean. Flounder fishing is getting better on an almost daily basis, rockfish are being caught around the bridges and inlet and tautog season is finishing up on a… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Thanks to the heroic efforts of all involved, including a Good Samaritan who leaped from the Route 90 bridge into the shallow water below, a two-year-old child ejected from a pick-up truck teetering over the guardrail remained in stable condition on Monday in a Baltimore hospital.Around 2:47 p.m. on Sunday, Ocean City… Read more »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6vBBlmXLcgThe wind is still blowing a bit today, but definitely not as hard as it has been. Combine that with the warm temps and sunny skies and folks were able to get out fishing. The ocean was still closed for business thanks to rough conditions, but there has been some pretty good fishing in our… Read more »
Kathleen Mary GallowayOCEAN CITY — Kathleen Mary “Kathy” Galloway, (nee Carter) age 77, of Ocean City passed away Wednesday May 12, 2021. Kathy was born in Burtonsville, MD and grew up in CarrollCounty and was the daughter of the late Harry “Butch” Carter.She graduated from Sykesville High School and then opened Kathy’s Carpets in 1969… Read more »