OCEAN CITY — K-Coast Surf Shop recently announced its second annual Art Contest, which is open to local school children in grades fourth through eighth.Schools currently planning to participate include Berlin Intermediate School, Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, Ocean City Elementary School, Showell Elementary School, Stephen Decatur Middle School and Worcester Preparatory School. Homeschooled children… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – In the last 13 years, the Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC) believes it has set an example of what a private and public partnership can accomplish.OCDC President Bob Givarz and Executive Director Glenn Irwin presented the Mayor and City Council with OCDC’s annual report this week.Since 2000, the OCDC has become comprised… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The Real Housewives of Worcester County are at it again, but unlike their television counterparts, they are working to ensure another successful Taste of Finer Things to benefit Coastal Hospice at the Ocean.The 2013 event will be held on April 4 at 6:30 p.m., again at Harrison’s Harbor Watch in Ocean City… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Ocean City will be glowing with green at the 32nd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival, which marches down Coastal Highway on Saturday, March 16.Sponsored by the Delmarva Irish-American Club, this Ocean City tradition has grown to become the second largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the state.Leading the parade are… Read more »

BERLIN — When Yale University’s Baker’s Dozen a cappella group visited Worcester Prepatory School this week for a concert and a student workshop, the response was overwhelming.“They blew me away,” said Worcester Prep student Elise Harmon.Of course, Harmon is a bit biased since her big brother, Hunter Harmon, a 2011 Worcester Prep alumnus, is a… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City man was arrested on theft and other charges last weekend after State Senator Jim Mathias observed him acting suspiciously in the Teal Drive area early last Sunday morning.Around 12:30 a.m. last Sunday, Ocean City Police received a call in reference to a suspicious person spotted in the area of… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — For a local man, a dream has come true as the restaurant where he started out busing tables he now owns.Peaky’s Rooftop Restaurant & Bar officially opened Feb. 27.  Owner Justin Schaub received the keys on December 24 and it was only a couple days later he and his team were in… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Following a sharp increase in pedestrian crashes last summer, a new Walk Smart campaign has been initiated to spread pedestrian safety awareness in Ocean City starting this summer.On Tuesday afternoon, Karen Waggoner of the Maryland Highway Safety Office came before the Mayor and City Council to request permission for projects sent forward… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — A revised site plan for a proposed 78 unit Holiday Inn Express in west Ocean City breezed through the Worcester County Planning Commission last week.The commission has seen previous versions of the site plan and expressed some reservations about the layout of the facility. Land planner Bob Hand told the commission that… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A proposal by an essential spice in most households of Maryland to be featured on Ocean City’s Boardwalk trams was turned down this week until further research takes place on the value of the advertising space.The town’s current vehicle advertising agency, Direct Media, requested approval to expand saleable advertising space on Ocean… Read more »