BERLIN- Coming off a highly successful 2018 campaign, Decatur’s boys’ varsity lacrosse team placed several players on the Bayside South All-Conference teams when the awards were announced this week.The Seahawks went 9-5 on the season and advanced to the second round of the state regional playoffs this spring. When the Bayside South All-Conference awards were… Read more »
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Sass Earns Defensive Player Of Year Honors
BERLIN- Several Decatur girls’ varsity lacrosse players were honored this week when the Bayside South All-Conference awards were announced including a Defensive Player of the Year award for Chloe Sass.The Decatur girls had an up and down season, but the Seahawks placed several players on the Bayside South All-Conference lists. Named to the Bayside South… Read more »
OC Council Relaxes Morning Start Time For Hotel Project
OCEAN CITY — Satisfied potential noise issues won’t become problematic, resort officials agreed to bend the rules and allow an earlier start time for a mid-town hotel construction project.The Mayor and Council on Monday had before them a request to relax the ordinance that prohibits construction work around Ocean City before 9 a.m. during the… Read more »
Position Created In OC To Help Volunteers
OCEAN CITY — In an effort to halt the membership drain that has plagued fire departments around the region in recent years, resort officials this week announced a recruitment and retention coordinator has been hired.Volunteer fire companies have been experiencing a drain on membership rolls in recent years, and the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company… Read more »
Guilty Plea In Last Summer’s Fatal Hit-And-Run Accident
OCEAN CITY — A local man, charged with multiple offenses last August after a fatal hit-and-run collision, pleaded guilty last week and awaits his fate pending a pre-sentence investigation.Around 3 a.m. last Aug. 30, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to a reported hit-and-run collision involving a bicycle in the area of 2nd Street… Read more »
Teen Arrested On Major Drug Charges
OCEAN CITY — A Pennsylvania teen was arrested on drug distribution charges this week after resort police found a large amount of narcotics in his motel room when he did not check out at the scheduled time.On Monday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers were dispatched to a motel room on 1st Street and Baltimore… Read more »
OC Smoking Ordinance Enhanced; Enforcement, Butt Receptacles Questioned
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials have approved an amendment to the town’s smoking ban ordinance, but not before a discussion about the need for more enforcement and possibly more receptacles for cigarette butts.Throughout the spring, it came to light Ocean City’s existing smoking ordinance had some gaps in it with regards to smoking marijuana and… Read more »
Council Sends Utility Substation Issue Back To Planners
OCEAN CITY — The issue of semi-annual testing at a north-end Delmarva Power substation is heading back to the planning commission after the Mayor and Council rejected the planning body’s recommendation to eliminate it.Citing a narrow 3-2 vote by an undermanned planning commission in April, along with new ideas on how and how often to… Read more »
OC Chief Fires Back On Union’s Service Reduction Claims
OCEAN CITY — After Ocean City’s firefighter paramedic union president made an impassioned plea for help from the town’s elected officials on Monday, Ocean City Fire Chief Chris Larmore fired back with a detailed explanation why an ambulance crew is no longer being sent to every automatic fire alarm.On Monday, Career Firefighter Paramedics Association of… Read more »
Rehabbed Seal Set Free In Ocean City
OCEAN CITY — With a big crowd watching, a fully-rehabbed male juvenile harbor seal reluctantly peaked out of his temporary cage on the beach at 40th Street on Thursday morning and then made a beeline straight to his ocean home.On a picture-perfect Thursday morning in June, “Marmalade” was released from the beach at 40th Street… Read more »