BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team took the next big step in its “unfinished business” season last weekend, beating visiting Wilde Lake, 65-55, in front of raucous sell-out home crowd to win the state 3A-East region championship for the second year in a row.Last year, the Seahawks reached the state championship game but fell… Read more »
BERLIN – The friends and family of a local middle school student who was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor are pulling businesses and community members together for two benefit fundraisers.Family friends Brenda Kelly and Scott Bowden and family member Amanda Boston-Davis, with the help of Stephanie Hastings Valdivia and Kim Widgeon, are leading two… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A Pocomoke man found guilty in January of multiple drug distribution and weapons charges stemming from a long investigation into his illicit activities in Worcester County and Virginia has been sentenced to 25 years.Kinsey Nixon, 42, of Pocomoke, was sentenced to 25 years in the Department of Corrections after being found guilty… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Maryland House of Delegates late last week approved a bill requiring businesses to provide paid sick leave to most employees, but an amendment so critical to resort businesses to increase the threshold for eligibility to 120 days did not make it through on the final version.The Maryland Healthy Working Families Act,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week approved the fiscal year 2018 annual transportation plan, but not before defending many elements of the proposed upgrades at the public works campus on 65th Street.Each year, Ocean City submits its annual transportation plan requests to the Maryland Transit Authority for state and federal funding for a variety… Read more »
BERLIN — An unidentified male suspect is in custody on Wednesday afternoon after walking into a Worcester County Health Department facility in Berlin with a backpack allegedly containing an explosive and threatening to cause harm to all in the area.Shortly after 11 a.m. on Wednesday, the unidentified suspect entered the lobby of the Worcester County… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week approved a conditional use amendment allowing for the installation of a grain silo at a mid-town brewery, but some on the Mayor and Council later regretted the decision amid concerns the company had not been entirely forthcoming over an existing silo.On Monday, the Mayor and Council approved the… Read more »
BERLIN — Two local women were arrested on heroin possession charges last week after Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers tracked them from a known purchase area in Selbyville and pulled them over in the area of Routes 113 and 589.Some OCPD officers are routinely sworn in as fully-vested law enforcement officers with the Worcester… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Just two days after the Town of Ocean City and its firefighter-paramedic union reached an 11th-hour agreement on a new contract, union officials submitted a petition at City Hall seeking a referendum for binding interest arbitration.Last Tuesday with the clock ticking down on the negotiations deadline, the Mayor and Council and the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Restaurant Association of Maryland (RAM) last week announced the nominees for its annual awards gala later this spring and once again the resort area is well represented with nominees in several categories.Ocean City’s restaurant community has brought home more than its share of the annual RAM awards and will have ample… Read more »