BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team cruised past visiting North Caroline, 68-51, in the season opener on Tuesday for its 28th straight win at home.The Seahawks opened the 2017-2018 campaign at home on Tuesday against North Caroline amid high expectations. Decatur reached the state championship two years ago before falling in the title game… Read more »
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Seahawks Win Opener In Super Bowl
BERLIN- The Berlin Seahawks won their opener in the Pop Warner Super Bowl at Disney in Orlando on Monday afternoon, beating the Pasadena Trojans, 19-6.The Seahawks last month won the Pop Warner Division 3 Junior Varsity Regional Championship to advance to the Super Bowl at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando. On… Read more »
OC Council OKs Beach Trash Truck Purchase
OCEAN CITY — In what can best be characterized as a slam dunk, resort officials this week agreed to purchase a second state-of-the-art trash collection truck to remove the mountains of trash collected each night in the summer from the beach.Last year, the Mayor and Council approved the purchase of a single new state-of-the-art beach… Read more »
Five Days In Jail For Drunk Driver
OCEAN CITY — A Pennsylvania motorist pleaded guilty this week to multiple counts after striking a bicyclist in June and was sentenced to one year in jail, all but five days of which were then suspended.Around 9:50 p.m. on June 23, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer responded to the area of 67th Street… Read more »
Beautiful Weather For Jingle Bell 5K
OCEAN CITY- Beautiful early December weather arrived right on time for the 5th Annual Winterfest of Lights Jingle Bell 5K in Ocean City last weekend.The annual event took place at Winterfest of Lights at Northside Park in Ocean City last Sunday. Nearly 250 runners competed in the annual 5K race through the dazzling lights and… Read more »
Council To Review Draft Comprehensive Plan Revision
OCEAN CITY — Resort planners this week put the finishing touches on Ocean City’s revised comprehensive plan and forwarded it the Mayor and Council for approval, but not before making some last minute revisions in some sections.For the last year or so, the Planning and Zoning Commission has conducted a chapter-by-chapter revision of the town’s… Read more »
Route 90 Land Deeded Back To State As Surplus
OCEAN CITY- Ocean City officials this week voted to convey four acres of municipally-owned property along Route 90 back to the State Highway Administration (SHA) several decades after taking ownership of the parcel.The Mayor and Council on Monday approved on second reading an ordinance that will convey the roughly four-acre tract along the north side… Read more »
Fed’s Proposed Tip Sharing Changes Spark Concerns
OCEAN CITY — Under a federal rule change proposed this week by the Department of Labor (DOL), tipped employees could be required to pool their tips with their back-of-the-house co-workers or even their employers, a proposal that could have long-reaching repercussions in the resort area.The Trump Administration’s DOL on Tuesday announced a Notice of Proposed… Read more »
Decatur Middle Student Runs Half Marathon
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur Middle School student Aryavir Sangwan turned in a solid performance in the Rehoboth Half-Marathon last weekend, finishing 10th in his age group against competitors much older.Sangwan, 11, a Stephen Decatur Middle School student, finished the 13.1-mile Rehoboth Half Marathon in two hours and 43 minutes, which placed him 10th in the male… Read more »
Primary Search Catches 2nd Rare Opah
OCEAN CITY- Lightning struck twice last week for a local sportfishing crew that caught a second rare opah off the coast of Ocean City in less than a month.In mid-November, Captain Austin Ensor and the crew on the Primary Search out of Sunset Marina stunned the sportfishing community when it boated a rather rare opah… Read more »