OCEAN CITY — The annual education drain coupled with this week’s persistent heavy surf and high rip current risks continues to create challenges for the Ocean City Beach Patrol, but the resort’s 10 miles of sandy beaches will remain covered through the holiday weekend and the final stretch of the summer season.The Ocean City Beach… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Worcester County Public Schools encouraged educators to get excited for the new school year with a kickoff celebration this week.On Tuesday, the school system hosted its third annual #WeAreWorcester Opening Kick-Off. Faculty and staff, all clad in Worcester T-shirts, filled the Ocean City Performing Arts Center to hear remarks from elected officials… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Delaware woman is facing 48 total charges, including driving while intoxicated and hit-and-run, after a wild spree on Coastal Highway resulted in at least two vehicle collisions.Around 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Ocean City Communications received numerous calls from witnesses, concerned citizens and victims of at least two separate collisions caused by… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The coastal region will be filled this weekend with Jeeps for one of the area’s fastest growing special events.Ocean City Jeep Week and its signature early-morning beach crawls are back for summer 2019, bringing thousands of attendees and their Jeeps to fill the resort.“Ocean City Jeep Week is really all about the… Read more »
SNOW HILL – Room tax in Worcester County will increase following a unanimous vote by the Worcester County Commissioners this week.On Tuesday, the commissioners voted 7-0 in favor of increasing the room tax from 4.5% to 5%. The vote came in spite of indecision voiced in previous weeks by District 1 Commissioner Josh Nordstrom, who… Read more »
BERLIN – Timothy Alexander knows something about overcoming adversity.In his senior year of high school, he was involved in a car accident that left him paralyzed. Once a star football player with the opportunity to play for any college in the country, Alexander was left to find his purpose in life.“The difference between the successful… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A local nonprofit is partnering with Delmarva Bike Week and OC BikeFest to launch the first zero-waste event in Ocean City.Last week, Go Green OC – a nonprofit dedicated to zero-waste goals in Ocean City – announced the organization’s partnership with Delmarva Bike Week and OC BikeFest to reduce the use of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Surfers Healing returned to the beaches of Ocean City this week for the 10th annual day-long surf camp for children with autism.On Wednesday, more than 200 children, their families and surfers from Hawaii, New Zealand and California gathered on the beach in front of the Castle in the Sand Hotel for Ocean… Read more »
BERLIN — A petition effort, election results and presentations by Ocean Pines Association officials highlighted the homeowners association’s annual meeting Saturday.Roughly 100 Ocean Pines Association (OPA) members were in attendance at this year’s meeting, which included remarks from General Manager John Viola as well as Doug Parks, president of the OPA board. Much of their… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY — Two local men, arrested last October for their roles in a vast cigarette smuggling and tax evasion conspiracy after a raid by federal officials at their West Ocean City home, pleaded guilty last week in a New York Supreme Court and now await sentencing later this month.Last October, federal officials raided… Read more »