OCEAN CITY – Albin “Hondo”Handy has held a lot of different positions and titles over his 35 years with the town of Ocean City. Tonight he will add another: Citizen of the Year.“Hondo” is to youth sports and recreation programs in the resort as the Boardwalk is to the beach. Simply put, it’s hard to… Read more »
BERLIN – When Don Fisher looked at the long abandoned train tracks just a stone’s throw from his house on Carey Road in Berlin a few months ago, he noticed something he found to be a bit strange — about 30 freight tanker train cars.“I don’t know where they came from or how they got… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Albin “Hondo” Handy has held a lot of different positions and titles over his 35 years with the town of Ocean City. Tonight he will add another: Citizen of the Year.“Hondo” is to youth sports and recreation programs in the resort as the Boardwalk is to the beach. Simply put, it’s hard to… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Bob Rothermel scratches the gray whiskers on his trademark beard as he tries to answer my question about how long he’s been a promoter. He’s a guy who always appears to either be crafting a plan or carrying another one out. His mind is tellingly in constant motion, and it’s notable how… Read more »
We are a society that loves signs.They can point us in the direction we want to go, and they can show us when we have strayed from our path. They can often tell us what we can do and what we can’t in a particular area, and sometimes, signs are just meant to boast our… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Did the Mayor and Council “cave” or did they “compromise?”That is the question many are asking in the resort this week after the proposed ordinances regarding new measures that would control unruly crowd behavior during off-season car shows was abandoned in lieu of the existing laws on Tuesday night, much to the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – While conflicting stories about the drowning death of a young girl near the Jetty rocks at the Inlet last weekend continue to shroud the tragedy in a mysterious veil, officials locally are left to ponder steps to avoid situations like this in the future.Ocean City Beach Patrol Captain Butch Arbin was quick … Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Bob Rothermel scratches the gray whiskers on his trademark beard as he tries to answer my question about how long he’s been a promoter. He’s a guy who always appears to either be crafting a plan or carrying another one out. His mind is tellingly in constant motion, and it’s notable how… Read more »
Bryan RussoNews EditorOCEAN CITY – Rising country singer and former Ocean City local Jimmy Charles will always remember Sept. 1 as the day his wildest dreams came true.That’s the day the video for his current single “Superman”, premiered on CMT (Country Music Television).“My phone exploded,” recalls Charles. “They premiered it at 6 a.m., put it… Read more »