OCEAN CITY — A Selbyville man was arrested on multiple charges this week after first allegedly selling marijuana to undercover Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) detectives and later being found with a handgun and over 200 rounds of live ammunition in his vehicle.On Tuesday, OCPD undercover narcotics officers were working in a buy-sell operation attempting… Read more »
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Beach Replenishment, Inlet Dredging Funding In Place
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City got good news last week on federal beach replenishment funding when the Army Corps of Engineers announced it was including the last remaining piece of the funding puzzle in its fiscal year 2017 civil works plan budget.The Ocean City beaches are routinely replenished every four years with periodic emergency projects… Read more »
Horseshoe Crab Steward Program Volunteers Sought
OCEAN CITY — The Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) is looking for volunteers for its horseshoe crab stewardship program.From early May through late July, horseshoe crabs come ashore to spawn and lay their eggs during high tides, a spectacle that has become quite an attraction for nature enthusiasts each year in the resort area. Unfortunately,… Read more »
Youth Lax Tourneys Invade Resort
OCEAN CITY- The resort area will become ground zero of the youth lacrosse world this weekend with dozens of teams from all over the mid-Atlantic region descending on Ocean City and Berlin for a pair of simultaneous tournaments.The 2017 Brine Girls Lacrosse Festival will take place at Northside Park all weekend starting beginning Friday. Games… Read more »
First Delmarva ESA Contest A Big Success
OCEAN CITY- The Eastern Surfing Association Delmarva Chapter last weekend held its first contest of the season with good conditions in the event sponsored by Chauncey’s Surf Shop.The Delmarva ESA held the first contest of the summer-long series on the beach at 30th Street with a nice east swell of about two-to three feet with… Read more »
Worcester’s Brown Named Kelly Award Finalist
BERLIN- Worcester Prep varsity lacrosse standout Tucker Brown last week was honored as a finalist for the Ensign C. Markland Kelly Jr. Award given each year to the best high school lacrosse player in the state.The 71st Annual Ensign C. Markland Kelly Jr. Award ceremony, sponsored by the Maryland State Lacrosse Coaches Association, was held… Read more »
Big Thresher Highlights 21st Mako Mania
OCEAN CITY- The 21st Annual Mako Mania Tournament last weekend was a huge success with plenty of sharks caught and released and a record payout for the winners in several categories.With sharks showing up in good numbers in recent weeks, the early offshore fishing season heated up just in time for the annual Mako Mania… Read more »
Smoking Tickets Jump In Resort
OCEAN CITY — After a clear directive was issued for the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) to begin aggressively enforcing the town’s smoking ordinance, a significant spike in citations has been seen this early season.Three years ago, the Mayor and Council approved an ordinance banning smoking on the Boardwalk and on the beach except in… Read more »
Smoking Tickets Jump In Resort’s Early Season
OCEAN CITY — After a clear directive was issued for the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) to begin aggressively enforcing the town’s smoking ordinance, a significant spike in citations has been seen this early season.Three years ago, the Mayor and Council approved an ordinance banning smoking on the Boardwalk and on the beach except in… Read more »
Absent Formal Attorney General Opinion, New Topless Women Policy In Place On Ocean City Beach
OCEAN CITY — With still no formal opinion from the Maryland Attorney General’s Office on the legality of women going topless in the same area as men are allowed to go shirtless, the Ocean City Beach Patrol (OCBP) this week issued a directive to turn a blind eye, so to speak, on the issue.Last August,… Read more »