OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Marlin Club’s 37th Annual Canyon Kick-off tournament got underway today with the first of three official fishing days.With tuna practically jumping in the boat for most of the resort area’s sportfishing fleet for the last week or so, and billfish and dolphin turning up in good numbers offshore, there… Read more »
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First Leg Of Tennis Grand Prix In The Books
OCEAN CITY – The first leg of the Delmarva High School Tennis Grand Prix hosted by the Ocean City Tennis Center is in the books after a successful opener last weekend.Each summer, high school tennis players from all over the Eastern Shore compete in the Delmarva Grand Prix to qualify for the championships in August…. Read more »
OC Fast Breakers Win Tourney In OT
OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Fast Breakers, a team of local sixth-graders from in and around the resort area, won the championship in their division at the Battle of the Boardwalk at Northside Park last weekend.The Fast Breakers sixth-grade team, coached by NBS referee Scott Foster under the program directed by Paul Weisengoff, won… Read more »
Alleged Drunk Driver Hits Cop Car
BISHOPVILLE — A Bridgeville man faces multiple charges this week after running off the road and colliding with a Maryland State Police vehicle conducting an unrelated traffic stop on Route 113 near Bishopville.Around 8 a.m. last Friday, a Maryland State Police trooper pulled over a commercial dump truck on Route 113 just south of Bishopville… Read more »
West OC Bike-Pedestrian Path Project Officially Underway
WEST OCEAN CITY — Ground was broken Tuesday morning on a new pedestrian and bicycle-friendly shared path between Route 611 and the Route 50 bridge in West Ocean City, the latest link in the resort area’s aggressive Walk Smart program chain.After a rash of fatal pedestrian collisions about six years ago, Ocean City and the… Read more »
White Marlin Open Adds New Categories
OCEAN CITY – Always finding ways to improve the tournament, the White Marlin Open is adding a few new wrinkles for the 2019 event set for the first week in August.The White Marlin Open will be held in Ocean City from August 5 through August 9 and the payout this year is expected to reach… Read more »
Ocean Pines Freedom 5K Set For Next Week
OCEAN PINES- The Ocean Pines Freedom 5K kicks off the community’s Fourth of July festivities next Thursday morning.The 5K race will start at the Worcester County Veterans Memorial, go around the beautiful South Gate pond. From there, runners will cross Ocean Parkway, travel through the Parke community, cross back over Ocean Parkway and around the… Read more »
Four Rehabbed Sea Turtles Released From Assateague
ASSATEAGUE — The National Aquarium Animal Rescue Team released four sea turtles, including two Kemp Ridley’s and two loggerheads, from the beach last week at Assateague after their successful rehabilitation.National Aquarium Animal Rescue Team staffers released the four sea turtles from the beach at Assateague State Park on June 20. The two Kemp Ridley’s came… Read more »
Busy Afternoon For First Responders; Two Incidents Minutes Apart Require Air Transport
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City emergency services had their hands full for a brief time on Wednesday afternoon with two traumatic injury incidents minutes apart, each requiring medevac flyouts.Around 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Ocean City emergency services responded to a reported motor vehicle collision on southbound Coastal Highway near 123rd Street. The investigation revealed a… Read more »
West OC Bike-Pedestrian Path Project Officially Underway
WEST OCEAN CITY — Ground was broken Tuesday morning on a new pedestrian and bicycle-friendly shared path between Route 611 and the Route 50 bridge in West Ocean City, the latest link in the resort area’s aggressive Walk Smart program chain.After a rash of fatal pedestrian collisions about six years ago, Ocean City and the… Read more »