BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity basketball team dropped two game this week to dip below the .500 mark after reaching the milestone earlier last week.Last Tuesday, the Seahawks routed county rival Snow Hill, 60-20, to climb back to the .500 mark after a topsy-turvy season when stringing wins together has been challenging. Breaking even was… Read more »
Author Archives: Shawn Soper
About The Author: Shawn Soper
Decatur Track Teams Solid In Regionals
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity indoor track teams turned in solid performances this week in the state 3A-East Regional meet in Prince George’s County with top 10 finishes in a handful of events.The top finish by any Decatur athlete in the 3A-East Regional meet was a second-place finish by Alyssa Romano in the pole vault. Kevin… Read more »
Seahawks Beat Bennett, Earn Top Seed
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity wrestling team dropped its first regular season match of the season last week to North Caroline, but rebounded quickly with a win over Bayside South rival Bennett just two days later.The Seahawks were 12-0 when they traveled to North Caroline last Wednesday for a match against the Bayside North power. When… Read more »
Mallards Win Streak Snapped By Royals
BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s girls’ varsity basketball team had its five-game regular season winning streak dating back to mid-December snapped this week with a 51-33 loss to Delmarva Christian on the road on Monday.In their first game back since winter break, the Mallards fell to the Royals, 51-33, on Monday when they couldn’t get much going… Read more »
Decatur Boys Roll Past Mardela, 78-34
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team cruised past visiting Mardela, 78-34, on Monday and appears to have put a little mid-season malaise behind them.The Seahawks lost three straight to Woodbridge, Snow Hill and Bennett over the period of about a week from January 26 to February 1 and perhaps more importantly lost a little… Read more »
Worcester Boys Fall To Delmarva Christian
BERLIN- In their first game in nearly two weeks, the Worcester Prep boys’ varsity basketball team fell to Delmarva Christian, 65-48, on the road on Monday.The Mallards have played just four games since the middle of December thanks to the holiday vacation, January’s major snow storm and winter break. They were back on the court… Read more »
Short-Term Rental Definition Weighed As Online Booking Concerns Continue
OCEAN CITY — The effort to define short-term rentals in Ocean City, particularly those in single-family neighborhoods, continued this week, and although challenges remain, resort planners appear to have locked in a solution to the thorny problem.In the wake of growing complaints about vacation rentals in some of Ocean City’s traditional year-round neighborhoods, resort officials… Read more »
New Hampshire Topless Case Mirrors Ocean City Dispute
OCEAN CITY — While a challenge to Ocean City’s ordinance prohibiting women from going topless awaits a federal court ruling, the New Hampshire Supreme Court last week heard oral testimony on a similar case.Last June, amid a backlash from concerned residents and visitors over the potential for Ocean City to allow women to go topless… Read more »
Effort Continues To Delay Paid Sick Leave State Date
OCEAN CITY — With the clock ticking on the effective date of the controversial paid sick leave bill, State Senator Jim Mathias and a handful of colleagues this week were able get a bill through that could delay its implementation until July 1.The Maryland Healthy Working Families Act would require a business with over 14… Read more »
OC Mall Demolition Work Not Sign Of Redevelopment Plans
OCEAN CITY — Some demolition has begun on the long dormant Ocean Plaza Mall at 94th Street, but the work should not be mistaken as a sign a major redevelopment is near.At the close of Tuesday’s meeting, Planning Commissioner Peck Miller told his colleagues the property manager for the old 94th Street Plaza mall had… Read more »