OCEAN CITY — A routine traffic stop last Sunday resulted in the arrests of two Virginia men and the recovery of four loaded handguns along with marijuana and paraphernalia.Last Sunday, members of the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) Special Enforcement Unit were on proactive patrol when they pulled over a vehicle for failing to stop… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Not only did Ocean City lose its annual Fourth of July fireworks shows, the town also lost a considerable amount of revenue when paid parking throughout the resort was shut down for a day due to a software glitch from a third-party provider.An external software upgrade on the town’s parking kiosks started… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City late last week filed a motion to dismiss a civil suit filed in federal court in early June impaled in the chest by a flying umbrella on the beach in July 2018.In July 2018, Pennsylvania resident Jill Mendygral was impaled in the chest by a rented beach umbrella that had… Read more »
With most COVID restrictions eased, the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s summer sports camp program is back in full swing. Last week’s beach volleyball camp, led by Salisbury University women’s volleyball coach Justin Turco was a big success.Submitted photo
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Marlin Club’s 39th Annual Canyon Kick-off tournament got underway today with the first of three official fishing days.The Canyon Kick-Off, held each year on or near the Fourth of July weekend, is the first major event of the season each year for the Ocean City Marlin Club and serves as… Read more »
BERLIN — A local woman was flown to Shock Trauma with grave injuries last weekend after getting hit by a vehicle on Route 50 near Friendship Road last Sunday evening.According to Berlin Police Chief Arnold Downing, the call came in around 5:50 p.m. last Sunday reporting a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian on westbound… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Last week’s partial condo building collapse in South Florida provided an opportunity to research Ocean City’s building inspection process, and the takeaway is structural maintenance inspections are largely left to the building’s owners.Last Thursday, half of a 40-year-old, 12-story condo building in Surfside, Fla., a resort community near Miami, collapsed to the… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity lacrosse team was well-represented when All Bayside South post-season awards were announced this week.Named to the All-Bayside South First Team from Decatur were Tori Mueller, midfield; Darby Moore, attack; Jessica Beck, goalie; Brittyn Leonard, attack; and Juliana Fohner, defense. Named to the All-Bayside South Second Team from Decatur were Malery… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Pennsylvania man was arrested last weekend after allegedly falsely identifying himself as a police officer and threatening to shoot a man during a domestic argument between a couple downtown.Around 1:05 a.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to a motel at 20th Street for a reported assault in… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A local skydiving plane had to ditch in the bay near the Ocean City Municipal Airport last Sunday after the aircraft had an engine failure.Around 1:30 p.m. last Sunday, one of the planes belonging to Skydive Ocean City took off from the Ocean City Municipal Airport with five people on board, including… Read more »