OCEAN CITY – Atlantic General Hospital could be seeing some significant facility improvements in the future if $700,000 in funding is raised to match a $700,000 state grant. Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) President and CEO Michael Franklin presented the Mayor and City Council with the proposed improvements this week, including a Primary Care Clinic, Child… Read more »
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Voices From The Readers
Politics Ruining OCEditor:After much thought, soul searching, conversations with my wife, family and close friends, I made the decision that I can no longer sit back and allow politics to continue to ruin our community. I am not “a come here”. I have lived all my life in Ocean City. When I finished college and… Read more »
OC Gears Up for St. Pat’s Tourney
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s annual St. Patrick’s Soccer Tournament turns 20 this year with 150 teams and hundreds of players from all over the mid-Atlantic region expected to converge on the resort for the three-weekend event.From modest beginnings 20 years ago when competition was held in just four divisions, the… Read more »
OC Riptide Lax Team Completes Perfect Season
BERLIN- Providing further evidence youth lacrosse is on the rise in the Ocean City area and across Worcester County, the Ocean City Riptide boys’ under-11 team recently completed a perfect 7-0 season at a winter indoor league at the Crown Sports Center in Salisbury.The Riptide boys’ lacrosse team ran the table against teams made up… Read more »
Decatur Wrestlers Claim First-Ever Team State Championship
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s men’s varsity wrestling team continued to build on its growing legacy of dominance last weekend, winning its first-ever state dual meet championship in its first season since moving up to Class 4A-3A.The Seahawks’ emotional roller-coaster ride began last Thursday with its third regional title in four years, culminated by a narrow win… Read more »
Three Arrested In Parking Lot Fracas
OCEAN CITY – Three Delaware residents were arrested last weekend and charged with a variety of serious offenses after the car they were in struck another vehicle in the parking lot of a mid-town restaurant, causing a large crowd to gather.Around 2:20 a.m. last Sunday, OCPD officers responded to Fager’s Island parking lot in response… Read more »
We Remember Those Who Have Passed
Russel B. ‘Bo’ RuggerioBERLIN – Russell B. “Bo” Ruggerio, 69, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin.Born in Hammonton, N.J., he was the son of the late Joseph Ruggerio; and is survived by his 96-year-old beloved mother, Nancy Alizzo Ruggerio, of whom he was most proud that they remained together in… Read more »
Council Votes 4-3 On Paid Chief Plan
OCEAN CITY – Efforts to get Ocean City fire services back on track were made this week with the decision by the Mayor and Council to offer the position of interim fire chief to Volunteer Fire Chief Chris Larmore. Public outcry was resounding this week as local business owners, residents and volunteer firefighters poured into… Read more »
Thursday, February 21 – OC Formalizes Sex Shop Laws
OCEAN CITY – The issue of sexually oriented businesses was laid to rest with little fanfare this week with the City Council voting unanimously to approve the second reading of two ordinances which outline the zoning and licensing of sexually oriented businesses in Ocean City. The discussion over sexually oriented businesses spanned nearly one year… Read more »
A Look At Who Was Out On The Town This Week
Weekly pictures from the restaurant and bar scene around the Ocean City area