OCEAN CITY — Local resident Effie Cox was honored this week with the William Donald Schaefer Helping People Award for Worcester County for her role in founding and fostering the Ocean City Surf Club’s Adopt Your Beach program.Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot on Monday presented the award virtually to Cox and the Ocean City Surf Club…. Read more »
OCEAN CITY — There were mixed messages from Gov. Larry Hogan this week on the state’s COVID-19 recovery plans, which are on a “pause” as some key metrics continue to increase, but the biggest takeaway is an expansion of mandatory masking requirements.Hogan on Wednesday held yet another press conference on the ongoing pandemic and the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The combined Bike Week 2020 events planned for September were the latest to fall victim to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic when organizers that week announced they will be postponed.On Wednesday, organizers announced OC BikeFest and Delmarva Bike Week planned for Sept.16-20 have been postponed until next year.“Due to COVID-19 and extensive discussions… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Just when it seemed the 47th White Marlin Open set for next week could not get any stranger, event organizers announced on Thursday the tournament will be extended by two days for the first time ever because of the anticipated arrival of a tropical storm off the mid-Atlantic coast.Through much of the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Lanham, Md. man was arrested on first-degree assault charges last week after allegedly barging into a downtown hotel room and threatening two women with a large knife.Around 7:15 p.m. last Friday, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer was dispatched to a hotel on 5th Street for a reported assault. When… Read more »
ASSATEAGUE — A fundraising effort conducted by a local organization that advocates on behalf of the wild horses on Assateague Island far exceeded its goal, allowing the group to redouble their efforts.In May, the Assateague Island Alliance (AIA), the friends group of the Assateague Island National Seashore, which advocates on behalf of the wild horses… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Independent stakeholders in one of two offshore wind projects appear to have little concern with the significantly larger turbines selected, according to briefs filed with the Maryland Public Service Commission following a hearing last month.In June, the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) held an evidentiary hearing on the proposed change in wind… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — It was a tough night last weekend for the Ocean City Police Department’s mounted units, which were repeatedly touched and harassed while helping to break up a large fight outside a resort nightclub.Around 1:20 a.m. last Sunday, OceanCity Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to the area around a nightclub on 17th Street… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — With the resort’s municipal election just a little over three months away, local resident and Ocean City lifer Peter Buas this week officially threw his hat in the ring for one of four available City Council seats.Ocean City will hold its municipal election on Nov. 3 in conjunction with the federal and… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A Berlin man, convicted of homicide by motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs after a fatal collision on Route 589 near Ocean Pines in December 2018, was sentenced last week to 10 years with all but four suspended.Bryan Wersten, 32, was convicted in February of homicide by motor vehicle while… Read more »