BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girl’s varsity lacrosse team won its second straight state Class 3A-2A East Region championship in Wednesday, beating visiting Kent Island, 12-6, in a physical contest to advance to the state’s Final Four for the second year in a row.The Seahawks, which are still unbeaten on the season at 15-0, wore down Kent… Read more »
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Decatur Boys’ Lax Upset in OT
The Seahawks played well all year and earned a number-two seed in the Class 3A-2A East bracket and a first round bye. However, their appearance in the state tournament was short-lived with an 11-10 overtime loss to Northeast at home last Saturday. After the two teams were tied at 10-10 at the end of regulation,… Read more »
We Remember Those Who Have Pasted
OCEAN CITY- Ocean City lost a treasured icon last week when Martha J. Bunting, matriarch of a historic resort family, passed away at her West Ocean City home at the age of 74.For decades, Bunting and her late husband Captain Bill Bunting, who died in 1994, owned and operated the historic Angler Restaurant and Marina… Read more »
OCVFC Reassured of Leadership Role in Resort’s Fire Service
OCEAN CITY- The leadership of the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company were reassured during a two-hour heart-to-heart with the Mayor and Council on Tuesday they are still the lead agency in the umbrella of sorts that covers fire service in the resort, but a mysterious memorandum of understanding encouraging the volunteer outfit to work more… Read more »
Suspected Rape Case Forwarded to Circuit
OCEAN CITY- A Baltimore man arrested in April for allegedly raping a woman in an Ocean City motel had his case forwarded to Circuit Court this week after District Court Judge Danny Mumford found there was probable cause after reviewing testimony in a preliminary hearing in District Court.Ernest Wesley Smith, 53, of Baltimore, was in… Read more »
It’s Time to Get Ill
“I haven’t been this sick in years.”I recalled thinking this at some point in the middle of the night this past Mother’s Day, as I shuffled down the hallway of my home wrapped in a blanket like I had just been pulled out of the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean by the Coast Guard… Read more »
Thursday, May 17 – OC Rape Suspect Sought
OCEAN CITY- Resort police are looking for a suspect in the reported rape of a recent college graduate early last Saturday morning on the porch of an unoccupied house on 13th Street.The 22-year-old victim, in Ocean City celebrating her recent college graduation, reportedly left the Party Block on 17th Street around 2:15 a.m. last Saturday… Read more »
Diving Into The Area’s Cultural Activities
New Electric Supply Contract Accepted
OCEAN CITY- Resort officials this week agreed on a new electric supply contract for municipal service with an option that could save the town hundreds of thousands of dollars.City Engineer Terry McGean told the Mayor and Council on Tuesday the town’s current electric power agreement is about to expire at the end of June and… Read more »
Powerboat Races Set to Return Next Month
OCEAN CITY- The grand spectacle of offshore powerboat racing is set to return to the resort on Father’s Day weekend, June 15-17, with the arrival of the OPA Racing and Super-Cat Pro Series.For years, the annual offshore powerboat races were a staple in the resort each fall before being discontinued for several years. Last fall,… Read more »