SALISBURY- A new wrinkle in the Governor’s Challenge holiday basketball tournament that returns later this month for the 38th year will pay homage to some of the great state championship teams from the Eastern Shore over nearly the last two decades.Now entering its 38th year, the annual Governor’s Challenge holiday basketball tournament will feature 120… Read more »
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Worcester Girls Start Season Fast
BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s girls’ varsity basketball team got its season off a fast start last weekend, sweeping two games in the Tip-Off Classic hosted by Indian River to open up with a 2-0 mark.With an experienced returning roster featuring 10 upperclassmen including seven seniors, expectations are high for Coach Scot Daly’s Worcester Prep team this… Read more »
Worcester Boys Drop Two In Tip-Off Classic
BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s boys’ varsity basketball team dropped a pair of games to start the 2018-2019 season last weekend, falling to Indian River and Laurel in the Tip-Off Classic.The Mallards traveled to Indian River to compete in the season-opening Tip-Off Classic last weekend and fell to the host in the opener on Friday, 54-36. Michael… Read more »
Husband To Serve Five Months For Hotel Room Attack On Wife
OCEAN CITY — A Brooklyn Park, Md. man, arrested in June after attacking his wife in a downtown hotel room, pleaded guilty last week to second-degree assault and was sentenced to five years in jail, all but five months of which were suspended.Around 7:25 p.m. on June 21, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) bicycle… Read more »
First-Ever CAR Golf Tourney A Big Success
BERLIN- The Coastal Association of Realtors (CAR) recently held their first charity golf tournament at the Ocean City Golf Club-Seaside Course with over $12,000 raised for the association’s foundation.A total of 76 golfers participated in the CAR’s first-ever charity golf tournament and raised over $12,000 for the foundation. The CAR Foundation is a fund held… Read more »
Assassins Win 6th Straight Flag Football Title
OCEAN CITY- The Pit-and-Pub Assassins once again captured the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s Adult Flag Football League championship this week for the sixth straight year.The top-seeded Pit-and-Pub Assassins edged Delmar, 21-20, in a hard-fought, extremely close title game under the lights at 4th Street on Tuesday. For the Assassins, Tuesday’s title win was… Read more »
Only One Bid Received For Scoper Franchise
OCEAN CITY — Providing further evidence the beach photography business continues to be challenging, just one vendor came forward this week when the bids were opened for Ocean City’s franchise.Ocean City’s beach photography franchise is essentially divided into two separate franchises and under the town’s code, one vendor can hold both franchises. By way of… Read more »
Canadian Jet Team Booked For Next Year’s OC Air Show
OCEAN CITY — After performing a rare early matinee last spring, the Canadian Air Force Snowbirds Jet Demonstration Team will be a featured element of the O.C. Air Show in June, air show officials announced this week.Last year, the Canadian Air Force Snowbirds, the Canadian equivalent of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the U.S…. Read more »
Ex-Police Chief Granted New Trial
POCOMOKE — An embattled former Pocomoke police chief convicted of misconduct in office after allegedly interfering with and glossing over an investigation into a hit-and-run incident will get a new trial, a state appeals court ruled last week.The Maryland Court of Special Appeals last week issued an opinion on an appeal filed by former Pocomoke… Read more »
Restaurant Fire Causes Minimal Damage In OC Due To Sprinklers, Quick Actions
OCEAN CITY — Fire system sprinklers and a quick-thinking employee are being credited this week with minimizing damage to a popular uptown restaurant.Around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the Ocean City Fire Department was dispatched to a reported building fire at Liquid Assets restaurant on 94th Street. Firefighter arrived and found the popular single-story restaurant evacuated.Upon… Read more »