OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s boys’ winter basketball lead continued this week with a full slate of games at Northside Park. The following is a look at some of this week’s action:(bullet) O.C. Rec Boosters 25- O.C.-Berlin Optimists 18: Avery McCormick led the Boosters with 11 points while Kodie Johnson scored… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Fager’s Island will be hosting a unique event this month aimed at providing a break from the winter doldrums.On Friday, Feb, 15, Fager’s Island and GoodCleanFunLife.com will host six of the Mid-Atlantic’s finest songwriters and performers from multiple genres on the main stage. Tapped to appear are Nate Clendenen and Blake Haley… Read more »

SNOW HILL — Looking to create a more prepared substitute teacher, Worcester County Public Schools offered a day of workshops last week, including a program designed to teach classroom management techniques.The workshop event was one of two held throughout the year that substitutes are expected to attend to qualify for a higher pay rate and… Read more »

BERLIN — A proposed water column lease in the Chincoteague Bay off South Point for the purpose of aquaculture has become the touchstone of a much larger debate about the public’s right to recreate in state waters and has now resulted in a bill introduced in the General Assembly aimed at preserving those fundamental and… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The city’s strategic planning process is coming to an end but not before the Mayor and City Council discussed challenges that have surfaced during public meetings and ways to bring governance back to a high level of decorum.Last Friday the Mayor and City Council met to discuss final matters within the strategic… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) Acting Chief Kevin Kirstein gave an overview last week of the department’s 2012 Annual Report.In 2012, there were 1,497 reportable offenses, representing incidents that have to be reported to the FBI like homicide, rape, robbery, assault, breaking and entering, larceny and motor vehicle thefts. Since 2006, there… Read more »

SNOW HILL — A series of changes to Article 2B, which governs the sale of alcohol in Maryland, could quadruple the maximum fine for serving alcohol after hours, require a supervisor with alcohol training on site at all times and permit the off-sale of beer, wine and liquor from seven-day license holders. However, putting the… Read more »

BERLIN — At last week’s Berlin Town Council meeting, roosting areas for bats were approved for Stephen Decatur Park, a new town event aimed at supporting the fight against breast cancer gained the nod and it was learned a popular theatre group that first visited Berlin this fall will be returning in September.Bats in Berlin… Read more »