OCEAN CITY — More than 75 surfers of all ages paddled into the midtown surf in Ocean City last Saturday with hopes of “dropping in” and becoming a Maryland State Champion.The Delmarva Chapter of the Eastern Surfing Association (ESA) hosted the day-long event on the beach at 36th street, premiered a brand new electronic scoring… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Allegations made this week by a prominent retired builder have raised questions about whether an Ocean City councilman has unethically used his elected office to settle personal vendettas or fill his own pockets in the seasonal rental market.George Harkins, the retired owner of Harkins Contracting and Harkins Concrete Construction, made a name… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Baltimore natives Edward and Marianne O’Keefe stood on the shoreline just steps from the water’s edge in front of the Castle in the Sand Hotel on Wednesday morning with tears in their eyes, and their cell phones in hand, poised to capture a moment they’ve been waiting years to experience: their 18-year-old… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — There was a time in Ocean City, albeit prior to 1976, when kids didn’t have a dedicated place to skateboard. Local promoter Brad Hoffman remembers that time well as he was one of those “punk” kids who were skating anywhere they could in the resort, grinding on the concrete banks at Trimper’s… Read more »
BALTIMORE — Republican Kathy Szeliga believes the candidate best suited for the US Senate seat left open by the retirement of the longest tenured female politician in US history is another strong Maryland woman.After Szeliga won the Republican primary in April for the US Senate seat that’s been held by Democrat Barbara Mikulski since 1987,… Read more »
BALTIMORE — A comprehensive new report from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) indicates that the severely depleted oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay may be rebounding slightly.Yet, that slight improvement coupled with how bleak the situation has become for the oyster population likely curbed any sense of unbridled optimism in the short term…. Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Angler Cheryl McLeskey is coming back to Ocean City to defend her 2015 White Marlin Open title, but for the Virginia Beach native, fishing in the world’s largest billfish tournament is about much more than a pursuit of glory.McLeskey became the first woman to win the tournament in its 42-year history when… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Water rescues performed by the Ocean City Beach Patrol are down substantially this summer.According to statistics, rescues are at a five-year-low.Ocean City Beach Patrol Captain Melbourne “Butch” Arbin says Mother Nature is playing a huge factor in driving down what many have perceived to be problematic numbers in recent years.“It’s been a… Read more »
BALTIMORE— Dr. Margaret Flowers says she’s more of an activist than a politician.Flowers, a former pediatrician, is the Green Party candidate on the ballot against Democrat Chris Van Hollen and Republican Kathy Szeliga to take over the U.S. Senate Seat in Maryland held for decades by the soon-to-be retiring Barbara Mikulski.While Mikulski, who is the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — In the weeks leading up to the White Marlin Open, the landline at event founder and lead organizer Jim Motsko’s house never stops ringing. See, the largest and richest billfish tournament in the world is still run out of a humble house in downtown Ocean City by the man who drummed up… Read more »