BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity basketball team will play host to the annual John Coleman Christmas Tournament next week featuring county rival Pocomoke and three of the top schools from Virginia’s Eastern Shore.The annual holiday tournament, named for long-time Worcester County Public Schools Administrator John Coleman, has become one of the highlights of the holiday… Read more »
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Friday, December 21 – White Marlin Open Suit Moves Ahead
SNOW HILL – The multi-party lawsuit asking a Worcester County judge to sort out the top three finishers in the blue marlin category of this year’s White Marlin Open nudged forward this week in Circuit Court with an agreement on the procedural aspects of the case.White Marlin Open organizers in September filed a complaint of… Read more »
Friday, December 21 – Resort Cop Fired After DUI Arrest
OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer arrested and charged with driving under the influence last week after a holiday party was terminated by Chief Bernadette DiPino on Monday following an administrative hearing.OCPD Officer Wilbur Thomas Jesson was arrested early last Wednesday morning in Delaware when his car left the roadway along… Read more »
Friday, December 21 – OC Extends Sex Shop Moratorium
OCEAN CITY – The end date of the moratorium on sexually oriented business licenses and zoning in Ocean City was officially pushed back another month this week with the unanimous vote from the City Council. In a regular session of the Mayor and City Council Monday night, the council was presented with a resolution extending… Read more »
Moore Intrigued By Possible ‘Culmination’ Of Legal Ca
BERLIN – If popular local attorney Joseph Moore is successful in his attempt to follow another Berlin native son to the bench of Maryland’s highest court, he will have bypassed an important step in the path taken by his predecessor, Judge Dale Cathell, but the two have otherwise followed eerily similar career paths.Moore last week… Read more »
Deal To Bring Subway Cars To OC Nearly Complete
OCEAN CITY – It now appears the effort to obtain more than 600 retired New York City “Redbird” subway cars for Ocean City’s ever-expanding artificial reef system off the coast is close to a done deal with the first batch of cars expected to arrive as early as this spring.According to Captain Monty Hawkins of… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
Decision ApplaudedEditor:The Assateague Coastkeeper and Assateague Coastal Trust would like to commend the County Commissioners for their vote on Tuesday, Dec. 18 to amend the county’s wastewater and sewer plan to accommodate expanded service for the Town of Berlin, without approving a new wastewater discharge into Kitts Branch and Newport Bay.We feel the commissioners made… Read more »
Wrecked Truck Driver
BERLIN – A Delaware man who first stranded his truck in the median on Route 50 before waving and jumping in front of cars attracted attention to himself to the point he was arrested for drinking and driving this week.Around 4 a.m. on Sunday, Maryland State Police troopers responded to the area of Route 50… Read more »
Thursday, December 20 – Reward Offered In Missing Woman Case
BERLIN – The family of a Delaware woman and mother of two, who went missing in the Pocomoke area over a month ago, this week offered a $5,000 reward for information to help locate her as the holidays near.Christine Marie Sheddy, 27, of Bowers Beach, Del., was last seen on Nov. 13 in the Byrd… Read more »
Live Bands And DJs
Assateague Island Oasis: 410-629-1492, Rt. 611; Entertainment Friday & Saturday, 6:30-9:30 p.m.Blue Ox & Babe’s Lounge: 410-250-6440, 127th St. Coastal Hwy.; Monday, Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve with Kevin Poole & Joe Mama, 9:30 p.m.Buxy’s Salty Dog: 410-289-0973, 28th St. & Coastal Hwy.; Friday, Dec. 21: DJ BK.Castaway’s: 410-524-9090, 64th St. Bayfront; Friday, Dec. 21:… Read more »