OCEAN CITY — Ocean City this week renewed its agreement with OC BikeFest including the addition of a dedicated police officer directing traffic near the event’s headquarters at Convention Center Drive at the cost of the promoter.The Mayor and Council on Monday had before it a request to renew the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with… Read more »
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Seahawks Sweep Two, Close In On Title
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity lacrosse team swept a pair of games in impressive fashion this week, beating Cambridge-South Dorchester, 17-3, and routing Wicomico, 20-1, to improve to 7-3 and close in on the Bayside South title.After falling to Cape Henlopen in a tight one, 11-9, back on April 10, the Decatur girls have now… Read more »
Mallards Crushing Opponents On Road
BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s boys’ varsity lacrosse team have proven to be road warriors down the back stretch of the season with three straight wins away from their home field in Berlin in the last week by a combined 60-6 margin.The Mallards were cruising along this season before dropping two in a row two weeks ago… Read more »
Seahawks Rout Clippers, Clinch South
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity baseball team entered Tuesday’s home game against old rival Bennett with a one-game lead in the Bayside South and routed the Clippers, 11-1, to clinch the title and move on to the conference championship game.The Seahawks were kind of up and down early in the season, but appear to have really… Read more »
Annual Half Marathon A Huge Success
OCEAN CITY- Thousands of runners from all over the country descended on the resort area last weekend for annual Island to Island Half Marathon and 5K races.The Island to Island Half Marathon and 5K races, hosted by OC Tri Running for the benefit of Worcester Youth and Family Counseling, was held last Saturday with near… Read more »
Former Seahawk Stacking Up College Awards
BERLIN- Former Stephen Decatur lacrosse standout Dryden Brous is stacking up awards in his first year at Lynn University in Florida this season including Freshman of the Year in the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) last week.Brous, a face-off specialist at Decatur, was named Freshman of the Year in the conference last Thursday and was also… Read more »
Seahawks Solid In Delmarva Relays
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity outdoor track teams made a solid showing last week at the Delmarva Relays at Wicomico Stadium, placing well in most of the relay races and collecting a handful of individual honors.On the boys’ side, Wyatt Davy was fifth in the high jump and tied for seventh in the pole vault. Jared… Read more »
Worcester Girls On A Major Roll
BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s girls’ varsity lacrosse team has really hit its stride coming down the home stretch with four straight wins in impressive fashion after hitting a mid-season stumbling block.The Mallards opened the season with five straight wins before suffering their first loss of the year to Bayside North power Queen Anne’s back on April… Read more »
Trump’s Order Renews Battle Over Offshore Drilling
OCEAN CITY — President Trump late last week signed an executive order reopening vast areas off the mid-Atlantic coast, including Ocean City and Assateague, to offshore oil exploration and drilling, renewing a years-long battle that resulted in the previous administration reversing the plan.Communities up and down the east coast and throughout the mid-Atlantic region breathed… Read more »
City’s ‘Double-Donation’ Policy With Nonprofits Questioned
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s future donations to nonprofit organizations and programs also supported by Worcester County government were called into question this week during a first-reading of the proposed fiscal year 2018 budget.The Mayor and Council on Monday approved on first reading the proposed fiscal year 2018 budget, but not before a larger debate… Read more »