OCEAN CITY — With a big crowd on hand on a picture-perfect late June morning, a total of seven fully-rehabbed sea turtles were released from the beach at 40th Street and returned to their ocean home.The National Aquarium’s Animal Care and Rescue Center, in cooperation with allied agencies from other mid-Atlantic states, on Monday released… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur girls’ varsity lacrosse standout Chloe Sass last week was named a U.S. Lacrosse Academic All-American, adding to the list of accolades rolling in for the recent graduate.U.S. Lacrosse named Sass an Academic All-American last week, recognizing the Decatur senior accomplishments on and off the field. Sass was a team captain for the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Marlin Club’s 35th Annual Canyon Kick-off tournament gets underway next week 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 »
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Marlin Club’s 39th Small Boat Tournament was once again a big success last weekend with plenty of action both inshore and offshore.Dozens of boats participated in the tournament, which provides an opportunity for some of the smaller vessels in the resort’s sport fishing fleet to compete before the larger Ocean… Read more »
BERLIN- Hunter Simon, a student at Berlin Intermediate School, was selected to receive the annual Franklin Burroughs Golf Scholarship to attend the Eagles Landing Golf Camp.The scholarship is named after Burroughs, who owned One-Time Plumbing, Inc. for more than 25 years. Simon received the scholarship during the recent field day at BIS and will attend… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Pennsylvania man is being held without bond after allegedly beating and robbing a man Ocean City Police found lying in the street last week.Around 4:20 a.m. on Tuesday, June 12, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers observed a male lying in the ocean block on 81st Street who was badly beaten…. Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Mayor and Council this week approved a conditional use request that will allow for a new escape room in a midtown shopping center.Last week, the Ocean City Planning Commission had before them a request for a conditional use in an LC-1, or commercial, zoning district that would allow for the development… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — One man found himself on the wrong side of the median fence this week and now faces several charges.Around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, Ocean City Police Department officers responded to the area of 48th Street and Coastal Highway to assist with a disorderly individual later identified a Duane Ferguson, 21, of Thomasville,… Read more »
BERLIN- Berlin Intermediate School sixth-grader and Beach Lacrosse standout Lauren Lynch has been named a 2018 Maverik National Lacrosse All-Star and has been selected to participate in a national event scheduled for mid-July.Lynch, the daughter to Craig and Melissa Lynch and a current sixth-grader at BIS, will compete at the Maverik National Lacrosse Academy and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The grand spectacle of offshore powerboat racing returns to the resort this weekend with the Offshore Powerboat Racing Association (OPA) Ocean City Grand Prix.Bull on the Beach is teaming up with the OPA to bring the Ocean City Grand Prix back to the resort area this weekend with three days of events, festivals… Read more »