BERLIN – The town honored the legacy of Jesse Turner with this year’s Memorial Day parade.Amid the red, white and blue of the American flag, reminders of Turner, the Berlin Shoe Box owner who passed away in March, were present throughout the parade down Flower Street Monday.“We are doing this to honor one of the… Read more »
WALLOPS — Early risers on Wednesday could be treated to a rare scene in the skies over the resort area and across the Lower Shore as a rocket launched from the Wallops Flight Facility will create luminescent multi-colored clouds.NASA is scheduled to launch a two-stage Terrier-Improved Malamute rocket from the Wallops Flight Facility on the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — With the arrival of another summer season, local law enforcement is still waiting for an opinion from the Maryland Attorney General on the legality of women going topless in the same areas where men are allowed to go shirtless under the Equal Protection Act.Last August, at the request of Maryland resident Chelsea… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — When the smoke cleared and the dust settled after one of the more troublesome Cruisin’ Ocean City events in recent memory, resort officials this week were left pondering the future of the annual event.The annual spring Cruisin’ Ocean City event draws thousands of registered classic car enthusiasts and their fans and an… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The night sky over Ocean City will see a major change starting this weekend when the new value-added special promotion 100 Nights of Lights premieres.Earlier this winter, TEAM Productions, which produces many of the value-added special events in the summer, pitched a new concept to the Mayor and Council. Team Productions’ Bob… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — On the eve of Memorial Day weekend, federal, state and local officials were on hand in Ocean City on Wednesday to launch a new “Ride Inside” public safety campaign on the dangers of bow-riding.In the wake of several serious boating accidents in the resort last summer, including a fatal propeller strike that… Read more »
BERLIN – Harrison Avenue is now open to the public.Nearly a year after the portion of the street owned by the Adkins Company was blocked off, Harrison Avenue has been reopened. The lumber company removed its barricades Wednesday after being presented with a 1903 easement granted to the town.“We were glad to get it open,”… Read more »
BERLIN — Brown Box Theatre Project has set out to tackle its most ambitious production to date with an outdoor presentation of Jason Robert Brown’s hit off-Broadway musical, Songs for a New World.Featuring a dazzling cast of professional talent, Brown Box will bring the magic of contemporary musical theatre straight to Delmarva starting last weekend… Read more »
BERLIN – The Atlantic General Hospital Campaign for the Future recently received a donation of $10,000 from Dale and Charlotte Kerbin Cathell of Berlin for upcoming projects including the new John H. “Jack” Burbage, Jr. Regional Cancer Care Center.Charlotte and Dale were born and raised in Worcester County and have spent their entire lives here. Both… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A divided Ocean City Council this week approved a request for the resort to be an official sponsor of OC BikeFest with all of the advertising and marketing benefits it would provide to the tune of $25,000.During last week’s Tourism Committee meeting, Tourism Director Donna Abbott presented a request for a sponsorship… Read more »