OCEAN CITY – Malibu’s Surf Shop on 8th Street in Ocean City transformed its 13th annual surfing tournament into an all out surf party on Saturday June 30. Malibu’s owner Lee Gerachis along with Ocean City locals Chris Hazard, Doug Brown, Jeff Jester and Evan Hunt were grilling up free food for all of the… Read more »

SNOW HILL – The dumping of used carpet cleaning solution into the coastal bays may be an issue in Ocean City, but not in Worcester County, staff reported to the commissioners after looking into the matter.Commissioner Judy Boggs asked staff to investigate possible dumping after reading a column by Dave Wilson, Maryland Coastal Bays Program… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Nearly picture perfect weather and about 200 participants conspired to make the 3rd Annual Greene Turtle West 5K, benefiting the Ocean City Paramedics and EMTs, a huge success again this year.With plenty of sunshine and the race time temperature hovering around 72 degrees with low humidity, conditions could not have been much… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A federal plan to open a vast, three-million acre area off the coast of Virginia not far from Chincoteague and Assateague Island to offshore oil and natural gas drilling was ostensibly killed last week when the U.S. Senate voted not to lift a moratorium on the practice in many areas of the… Read more »

SNOW HILL – An Ocean Pines woman arrested last October and charged with several counts of burglary and felony theft for stealing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from a residence in the community was sentenced this week to seven years in jail.Jodi Lynn Schlaile, 40, of Ocean Pines, was arrested in October and charged… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – At the City Council meeting Monday evening, the Mayor and Council met to discuss a variety of issues. A few of the issues included traffic regulations on Jacqueline Ave., second readings regarding leash laws and business licenses and two Ocean City Police Department general orders. The following is a brief look at… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Mayor and Council worked to better the downtown flea markets at the City Council meeting Monday night, agreeing that it is a great program for the downtown area in need of a few adjustments.Councilman Jim Hall and Downtown Association representative Bob Rothermel presented the current progress of the flea markets to… Read more »

BERLIN – Serious car accidents continue at the recently “improved” intersection of Routes 113 and 12 near Snow Hill, prompting a local activist group to schedule a public meeting to discuss the situation and perhaps urge state officials to ensure similar design flaws are not repeated at other intersections as the dualization project continues.The most… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Worcester County’s drug court will get its own assistant state’s attorney, at least for the next year, after the County Commissioners approved the request Tuesday.The new, grant-funded position will only last as long as the grant monies. The County Commissioners were adamant about limiting the position to one year unless the grant… Read more »