OCEAN CITY — With two motorized special events on the horizon, the resort’s task force met this week with a promise of an even stronger presence and a new strategy to tackle some of the challenges.In the wake of a couple of troublesome motorized special events in the past, Ocean City formed a task force… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Improvements at the town’s dog park at 94th Street have been completed, but the entire park complex could be expanded in the future. Back in July, Public Works Director Hal Adkins presented a plan to the Recreation and Parks Committee for expanding the diminutive dog park at 94th Street in-house with little… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Buoyed by a successful season blessed with great weather for the most part, resort officials are recommending a modest increase in the hotel package rate at the town-owned Eagle’s Landing golf course.During the Sept. 10 Recreation and Parks Committee meeting, Eagle’s Landing PGA Professional Bob Croll presented a plan to increase the… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity soccer team stayed on a major roll to start the season this week, blanking county rival Snow Hill, 7-0, on Tuesday.The Seahawks have started the season with a perfect 4-0 mark after the win over Snow Hill on the road on Tuesday. Decatur beat the Eagles, 7-0. In its first… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The 41st annual Charles Kratz and Scott Smith Challenge Cup last weekend was one of the closest ever with just a handful of release points separating the Ocean City Marlin Club from the Cape May Marlin and Tuna Club.The Challenge Cup, which pits teams of boats from the Ocean City Marlin Club against… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Pennsylvania man struck by a vehicle on Baltimore Avenue early Saturday morning succumbed to injuries sustained in the collision on Wednesday.Around 12:15 a.m. on Saturday, David Folger, 55, of Philadelphia, attempted to cross Baltimore Avenue at 22nd Street in a marked crosswalk from west to east when he was struck by… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The Mayor and Council week approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the first-ever Spartan obstacle course race in Ocean City set for Oct. 5.Spartan, a national sports event company based in Boston, produces high-intensity obstacle course runs all over the country. For the first time ever, Spartan is bringing it obstacle… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week approved a plan to repave and widen sidewalks along Robin Drive, but not before debating over whether the project was driven by fear or aesthetics.For the last three weeks, the Mayor and Council have been debating the merits of a handful of options for the repaving of Robin… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The Town of Ocean City filed a formal motion to dismiss the $1 million civil suit brought by the family of a woman who was found deceased and buried on the beach in July 2017.The suit was filed by the decedent’s mother, Gayla Lutyk, through her attorneys in July, just one week… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — National Aquarium staffers on Monday conducted a necropsy on the juvenile sperm whale that washed ashore around 112th Street on Sunday morning in an effort to determine what caused its demise.On Sunday morning, a juvenile sperm whale came ashore in the area of 112th Street. Onlookers gathered around the distressed whale and… Read more »