OCEAN CITY — Torrential downpours in the early part of last weekend likely prevented a true barometer for the first motorized event with the new special event zone and other efforts in place, but early indications are the new initiatives achieved the desired results.After last year’s rocky motorized special events season, resort officials formed a… Read more »
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Smoking Ordinance Amended In Resort
OCEAN CITY — Common sense prevailed this week when resort officials passed an amendment to the town’s smoking ban ordinance to include marijuana and vaping.In the last month or so, it came to light the town’s no smoking ordinance as written had some gaps in it with regard to smoking marijuana and vaping in certain… Read more »
City Officials Dismissed From Topless Lawsuit
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials named as individual defendants in the civil suit challenging Ocean City topless ordinance were dismissed this week, but the case against the town will continue to go forward.Last June, the Ocean City Mayor and Council passed an emergency ordinance prohibiting women from going topless in certain public areas including the… Read more »
McDonough Earns Pitcher Of Year Honors
BERLIN- Post-season accolades for Stephen Decatur’s varsity baseball team were announced this week including a Bayside South Pitcher of the Year award for senior Tristan McDonough.McDonough, who helped lead the Seahawks to a 16-2 mark and a trip to the second round in the state playoffs with his arm and his bat, was named Bayside… Read more »
Seahawks Solid In State Regional Meet
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity outdoor track teams acquitted themselves well at the state 3A-East region meet this week with a handful of top 10 finishes in some events.On the boys’ side, Decatur’s London Drummond had a great meet with a fourth-place finish in the high jump and a ninth-place finish in the 200. Eric Bontempo… Read more »
Ocean City Adopts $127 Million Budget
OCEAN CITY — With little fanfare or discussion, Ocean City officials this week formally adopted the fiscal year 2019 budget at a little over $127 million, holding the town’s property tax rate at last year’s level.After a weeks-long process during which the proposed budget was scoured over, the council unanimously approved the fiscal year 2019… Read more »
Launch Marks Facility’s 9th Space Station Resupply Mission
OCEAN CITY — On an otherwise quiet early Monday morning, a major rocket launch from NASA’s nearby Wallops Island Flight Facility arced its way across the skies on its way to the International Space Station.Around 4:45 a.m. on Monday, NASA and its private sector partner Orbital ATK launched an Antares rocket from the Wallops Island… Read more »
Assault Charges In North OC Fight
OCEAN CITY — A Salisbury man was arrested on assault charges last weekend after allegedly punching two women and causing a major melee that spilled out into the roadway at Coastal Highway and 120th Street.Around 1:30 a.m. last Sunday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to a large fight at Coastal Highway and 120th… Read more »
OC Woman Dies In Wicomico Accident
SALISBURY — An Ocean City woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident on Route 50 near Salisbury last Friday.Around 3 p.m. last Friday, Maryland State Police troopers responded to a motor vehicle accident at Route 50 and White Lowe Road in Wicomico County. The investigation revealed a Toyota Camry driven by Maria Ellis, 77, of… Read more »
First Surf Contest Of Summer Series Slated
OCEAN CITY- Th Eastern Surfing Association (ESA) Delmarva District will hold its first contest of the 2018 of its summer-long tournament series this weekend on the beach at 30th Street.The Delmarva ESA Summer Surf Series gets underway with the first tournament of the season on Saturday. Delmarva ESA hold five amateur surf contests each summer… Read more »