OCEAN PINES- The 26th Annual Santa’s Open charity golf tournament last week at Ocean Pines was once again a huge success with thousands of dollars raised and gifts collected for children facing adversity through the Big Brothers-Big Sisters of the Eastern Shore program.Over 90 golfers competed in the tournament and numerous areas businesses participated in… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Weeks after the Trump administration authorized seismic air gun testing for offshore oil and gas exploration off the mid-Atlantic coast, a coalition of environmental advocacy groups this week filed suit in federal court intent on stopping the potentially dangerous practice.In late November, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced it had issued its… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball got its season off to a fast start this week, edging Bayside North power Queen Anne’s, 59-56, at home in the opener last week followed by an easy 87-44 win over county rival Pocomoke on the road on Tuesday.Against Queen Anne’s in the opener last week, the Seahawks led… Read more »
BERLIN- After starting the season with an 0-4 mark, Worcester Prep’s boys’ varsity basketball team vented a little frustration on visiting Gunston on Tuesday with a 51-10 win over the Herons.The Mallards opened the season by dropping two close ones in the Tip-Off Classic hosted by Indian River and followed that with a pair of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — After a major dust-up in Rehoboth Beach this week over the positioning of a nativity scene on town-owned property, a closer look at the hundreds of holiday displays in Ocean City revealed the number of faith-based displays included is fairly underwhelming.Last week, St. Edmond’s Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach placed a nativity… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The City Council got a first look at the proposed fiscal year 2020 capital improvement plan (CIP) this week and are now in the early stages of prioritizing the “must haves” and the “nice to haves.”City Engineer Terry McGean on Tuesday presented the draft fiscal year 2020 CIP to the Mayor and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week refused to budge on the proposed installation of small-scale cell phone towers in residential areas after an often-tense debate, but it remains to be seen if the vote for “no action” will deter the proposal.As far back as 2015, private sector company Crown Castle announced a proposal to… Read more »
WHALEYVILLE — A Delaware man, arrested in July after a raid at a residence in Whaleyville turned up thousands of bags of heroin, other drugs and a loaded handgun, pleaded guilty last week to possession with intent to distribute and was sentenced to 20 years, all but 10 of which were suspended.On July 20, the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The 6th Annual Ocean City Marlin Club Rockfish Tournament got underway today with the first official fishing day of the nine-day event.The Marlin Club’s 6th annual rockfish tournament will run from Friday to December 16. Boats and teams of anglers will decide to fish five of the nine days. As the name of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- Beautiful early December weather arrived right on time for the 6th Annual Winterfest of Lights Jingle Bell 5K in Ocean City last weekend.The annual event took place at Winterfest of Lights at Northside Park in Ocean City last Sunday. Nearly 250 runners competed in the annual 5K race through the dazzling lights and… Read more »