SNOW HILL — A Baltimore man, arrested in June after pulling a switchblade on an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer who nearly had to shoot him, was found guilty Tuesday on assault and weapons charges and now faces as many as 10 years in jail.It took a Worcester County Circuit Court jury a little… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City could get the alternative post-Labor Day special event it is looking for next fall when it piggybacks on the major National Folk Festival in Salisbury.During last week’s Tourism Committee meeting, members got an overview of the National Folk Festival coming to Salisbury this September. For decades, the National Folk Festival… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Efforts to manage short-term online rentals in Ocean City could get a boost from some outside help to track down scofflaws.For at least the last two years, Ocean City officials have been monitoring the proliferation of short-term vacation rentals in the resort brokered by online platforms Airbnb and VRBO, for example. The… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s boys’ winter basketball league continued last week with several games in different age brackets.In the 8th-grade division, the red team edged the green team, 38-37. Aidan Hammond led the red team with 14 points, while Zimere Handy scored 13 and Carson Barnes added seven.In the Division… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity wrestling team this weekend is hosting its annual War on the Shore tournament featuring some of the top prep teams and players from across the region.War on the Shore, long a staple on Maryland’s prep wrestling winter schedule, gets underway today with two dozen of the top teams from the mid-Atlantic… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The proposed expansion of the iconic Ocean City Lifesaving Station Museum at the foot of the Boardwalk will likely require a change in state law and city officials this week asked Delegate Mary Beth Carozza to pursue the legislative change.For decades, the Ocean City Lifesaving Station Museum has sat on the south… Read more »
SNOW HILL — On a cold, slushy Monday evening this week, Deputy State’s Attorney William McDermott announced he was seeking election to State’s Attorney for Worcester County.As expected, McDermott announced on Monday he is running for Worcester County State’s Attorney in the upcoming election after current State’s Attorney Beau Oglesby was appointed by Governor Larry… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City officials took a closer look this week at projects proposed in the town’s draft capital improvement plan (CIP) for the next five years and agreed to go back and prioritize the projects listed in the document when it became clear not all had participated in the initial process.During Tuesday’s work… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The battle against opening the ocean to drilling for oil began anew this week after the Trump administration announced a plan to consider vast areas of coastline for the controversial practice.President Trump last week signed an executive order reopening vast areas of the nation’s coastline, including the mid-Atlantic region to offshore oil… Read more »
BERLIN- Last week’s epic snowstorm that blanketed the shore with a foot of snow and caused schools to be closed through the early part of the week on the heels of the holiday break has wreaked havoc on the local prep sports schedule.The severe storm wiped out the heavy prep sports schedule last Thursday and… Read more »