Arrest After DisturbanceOCEAN CITY — A local woman was charged with multiple accounts of second-degree assault last week after first causing a disturbance at an uptown motel and then moving over to a nearby restaurant where the aggressive behavior continued.Around 6:55 p.m. last Wednesday, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer was dispatched to a… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity soccer team bowed out of the state playoffs last week after an impressive run in the regular season.The Seahawks went 10-2 in the regular season, their only losses coming to Parkside and Bennett. Decatur had a six-game winning streak ended by Bennett in the regular season finale, setting up what… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity football routed visiting Queen Anne’s, 42-6, last Friday in its first home playoff game in 17 years to advance in the state 3A-Eastregional bracket.The Seahawks led 7-0 after one quarter and 14-6 at the half. Decatur scored 14 points in both the third and fourth quarters to pull away from the… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity cross-country teams acquitted themselves well in the 3A-South region championship meet last week with both the boys’ and girls’ teams finishing seventh among the teams competing.On the boys’ side, Tristan Dutton finished sixth, while Ethan Justice was 22nd, Gavin McCabe was 33rd, Reid Caimi was 47th, Luke Braciszewski was 51st, Aaron… Read more »
Seahawks Soaring: Three senior Stephen Decatur girls’ varsity lacrosse players this week signed national letters of intent to continue their athletic and academic careers at the next level in college next year. Pictured above from left are Emma Meyer, Darby Moore and Meredith Eitel. Coming next week are more pictures, profiles on the players and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — There was a brief confrontation last week between a local commercial fishing boat and an offshore wind survey vessel, which ran afoul of the fishing boat’s gear, resulting in a meeting this week with elected officials.Last week, a US Wind vessel surveying offshore was outside the designated lease area and ran through… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A wild chase through the downtown area last weekend ended with an arrest of a Salisbury man on numerous charges, but no serious injuries or collisions.Around midnight last Saturday, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer patrolling in the downtown area observed a vehicle traveling south on Philadelphia Avenue make an illegal… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City got a clean bill of health when a report on an audit of the town’s financial statements for fiscal year 2021 were presented last month.Chris Lehman of SB and Company presented the findings of his firm’s comprehensive audit of the town’s books, its internal controls and designs and a full… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s private sector food waste composting program is exceeding expectation, resort officials learned this week, but there is still plenty of room to grow.In July, Hobbit Restaurant owner and Ocean Compost LLC representative Garvey Heiderman pitched his pilot food waste composting program to the Mayor and Council. The concept calls for… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Fire Department had a busy Halloween night with a pair of simultaneous incidents at a midtown hotel and an iconic downtown restaurant.Around 9:05 p.m. on Sunday, Ocean City fire and EMS units responded to the Hilton Hotel at 32nd Street for reported smoke in the structure. Firefighters arrived on… Read more »