BERLIN- The Stephen Decatur varsity baseball team’s “pass the hat” fundraiser last week for a local child battling leukemia was a rousing success with several hundred dollars raised.Prior to last Thursday’s game against county rival Snow Hill, Stephen Decatur’s varsity baseball team held a “pass the hat” fundraiser for four-year-old Max Long, a local kid… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC), a quasi-public organization charged with directing the revitalization of the historic downtown area, presented its annual update to city officials this month.The OCDC obtains grants for various initiatives, most notably the highly successful façade program, and holds sway over many major redevelopment projects in the downtown… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The preliminary bids for the first phase of the Boardwalk access control project came in considerably under budget, but that does not mean there will be added enhancements for the coming season.After a handful of domestic and international events when terrorists killed and injured dozens of victims by driving trucks and other… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The live broadcast of the opening day of the White Marlin Open, including a new half-hour pre-game show, will be sponsored by the Town of Ocean City after resort officials this week signed off on the initiative.During last week’s Tourism Committee meeting, Fish in OC promoter Scott Lenox pitched a new marketing… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A renewed debate about semi-annual testing on a north-end Delmarva Power substation this week touched off an often contentious exchange between a couple of resort heavyweights.About six years ago, Delmarva Power came to Ocean City seeking to expand its substation in the area of Sinepuxent Road between 137th Street and 138th Street…. Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Deciding what charitable, non-profit groups should get grants and at what level continued to vex Ocean City officials this week, as they continued through the budget process, and the answer certainly isn’t a clear one.The Mayor and Council continued its department-by-department review this week for the fiscal year 2019 budget and the… Read more »
SNOW HILL — An Ocean Pines man, sentenced in 2016 to five years in jail for possession of child pornography and other charges, was sent back to prison last week when it was learned an alleged child stalking case in Wicomico County last year triggered a violation of probation in Worcester.In June 2016, Sebastian Nicholson,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Federal officials have started the process of exploring new sand reserves for Ocean City’s ongoing beach replenishment project in U.S. waters with the traditional reserves in state waters becoming exhausted.The federal Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) last week posted a public notice it is now preparing a supplementary environmental assessment of potential… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — With the relaxing of marijuana laws in recent years, coupled with the proliferation of legal medical marijuana dispensary outlets in the area, resort officials are wrestling with how to fit weed into the town’s smoking ordinance.A few years back, Ocean City passed an ordinance banning smoking in most public areas, particularly on… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Deciding what charitable, non-profit groups should get grants and at what level continued to vex Ocean City officials this week, as they continued through the budget process, and the answer certainly isn’t a clear one.The Mayor and Council continued its department-by-department review this week for the fiscal year 2019 budget and the… Read more »