OCEAN CITY – After hearing complaints from residents in regards to the plan to shorten the basketball courts at 4th Street, the Recreation and Parks Committee has unanimously agreed to adjust the plans for the downtown park so that the basketball courts will remain at regulation length.The master plan for the Downtown Recreation Complex, or… Read more »

BERLIN – Not many people ever see the piping plovers on Assateague Island, but with numbers increasing, visitors may get a glimpse of the threatened shore bird in the future.Maryland’s piping plover population on Assateague Island has nearly quadrupled since the birds were first protected in 1986, from 17 breeding pairs to 64 in 2006.North… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The 34th Annual White Marlin Open is officially in the books. Here’s a look at all the top fish and the payouts.White Marlin: 83 pounds, John Frankos (Virginia Beach, Va.), “Rebel” (Nags Head, N.C.), $1,394,480; 78 pounds, Rhett Bailey (Jensen Beach, Fla.), “Viking 54” (New Gretna, N.J.), $137,427; and 76 pounds, Gregory… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – It is no secret that Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and Governor Martin O’Malley have been proponents of slots in Maryland, and it is also no secret that slots have been both lauded and vehemently opposed by people all over the state as well as in Ocean City. With this in… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Convicted West Ocean City murderer Gregory Stokes, characterized by his defense attorney as “a damaged man who had been a damaged boy,” was sentenced this week to a combined 33 years in jail in Worcester County Circuit Court.Stokes, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Pamela Balk on Jan. 11… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The weigh scale at the Harbour Island Marina was a busy place for the second straight day on Tuesday as the leaderboard was shook up from top to bottom.White Marlin Open officials reported 310 of 398 boats fished on Tuesday. Boats can fish three of the tournament’s five days, and it’s unusual… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – There was plenty of action on the first day of fishing in the 34th Annual White Marlin Open with at least official fish in each category including a 71.5-pound white marlin caught by veteran angler Craig Ziegler on the “Intrinsic” currently worth $1.4 million. Ziegler and the crew aboard the “Intrinsic” had… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – After registration closed yesterday for the 34th Annual White Marlin Open, it was announced 396 boats are competing in the annual event, which will hand out a little more than $3 million this year.Although the number of boats and payout is down from last year, the same old excitement surrounds the event.More… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Despite growing support from some sectors and a passionate presentation of the Boathenge project Tuesday, the concept barely passed the scrutiny of the City Council, sliding through in a 4-3 vote to forward the project to the Army Corps of Engineers for further consideration. Joe Kroart III, owner of the Ocean Gallery… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – There are more questions than answers today as the bizarre case of a local woman charged with murder for somehow causing the stillborn birth of her infant, followed by the discovery of the remains of three more fetuses in and around her Ocean City home, continues to unravel.After two days of intense… Read more »