Fact: Some folks around town are suggesting last month’s Boardwalk fire will serve the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company well in getting what it wants out of the city when they meet next week to deliberate over the future of fire service in the municipality.Opinion: All the firefighters involved are to be commended for their… Read more »
The Berlin Performing Arts Center Committee is hoping to make a presentation to the County Commissioners in the coming weeks, encouraging the elected officials to provide significant funding to an effort to build a cultural arts complex in the Berlin area.The committee, comprised of a diverse group of area residents, wants to build a performing… Read more »
BERLIN – It may not have been easy, but the Stephen Decatur boys’ varsity lacrosse team finally got the best of their cross-town rivals, Worcester Prep, getting out to an early lead and never looking back.Decatur led the entire way and ended up winning 13-8 behind a huge performance by Logan West, who dominated the… Read more »
When the truth is obviousCommercials featuring petsThe Worcester-Decatur lax rivalryA median full of daffodilsIgnoring a ringing telephoneWatching a squirrel do tree acrobaticsA thick chocolate milk shakePeople who are ‘green’ and don’t brag about itLooking forward to ‘May’s Flowers’Salmon on top of a saladWhen a lie is obvious
What a scene it was at the Boardwalk fire last Sunday. The nine-alarm fire attracted fire companies from all around the region, more than 20 in total, as well as hundreds of gawkers watching the firefighters – both paid and volunteer, for what it’s worth – try to contain the blaze to the Dough Roller… Read more »
The Ocean City Mayor and Council tabled a discussion this week on decriminalizing the town’s open container policy, but it’s our hopes it was simply a delaying of the inevitable.The decision to postpone talks was understandable, since two council members and the mayor were absent as well as the chief of the town’s police department.The… Read more »
BERLIN – One of Worcester County’s most influential and prominent citizens turned 100 years old last month.Katie Jenkins, a long-time teacher in the local school system, marked the occasion quietly with family and friends. Although she has experienced health issues in recent years limiting her mobility, Jenkins’ contributions to the community are immense and her… Read more »
That people put televisions in their bathroomsThe beach at Siesta Keys in FloridaThat Cracker Barrel serves breakfast all dayA surprising phone callThe daffodils of early springReading this paper online while on vacationSpecial events in BerlinHigh school lacrosse gamesThat Curry guy from DavidsonThe aura of a ballpark on baseball’s Opening DayThe smell of the year’s first… Read more »
When I first heard Brice and Shirley Phillips were being recognized as the Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce’s Citizens of the Year next month, I figured the chamber decided the couple was so special they deserved the award twice. After all, of course, they must have been recognized already with the award. However, it… Read more »
Ocean City Council President Joe Mitrecic did the right thing last week – he admitted the Mayor and Council mishandled the situation with the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company and should have done a better job of taking the lead on the matter.It’s not often a public official admits to a mistake these days. Unless,… Read more »