OCES Celebrates 100th Day Of School Year

Ocean City Elementary recently celebrated its 100th Day of School.  Students completed class projects representing 100, dressed in creative ways to represent 100, collected hundreds of pennies f...

OCES 4th Graders Have Guest Reader During Read Across America Day

Fourth graders in Dr. Melanie Biscoe’s class had a guest reader, Julie Justice, read to them during Read Across America Day at Ocean City Elementary School. The post OCES 4th Graders Have Guest...

Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 6, 2020

On March 6-7, 1962, a devastating Nor’easter hit Ocean City causing the worst destruction in the town’s history. High tides and heavy rains brought flooding that covered the island and tr...

OC Lions Donate To Diabetes Camp

At the club’s recent meeting, Ocean City Lions President John Topher presented a donation to Katie Rimel and Eric Rimel for Camp Possibilities, a camp designed for youth with diabetes. The post...

Committee Rejects Proposed Sales Tax Expansion Bill

OCEAN CITY — While Ocean City wrestles with ways to encourage more year-round residents and make homeownership more affordable, a bill in the General Assembly that threatened to derail those eff...

Wicomico State’s Attorney Seeks Three New Positions

SALISBURY – Officials in Wicomico County introduced legislation this week creating three new positions in the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office.Wicomico County State’s ...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – March 6, 2020

The Coastal Association of Realtors (Coastal) has been consistently growing its presence as a political activist group in recent years. This week representatives from Coastal testified in Annapolis a...

County Health Department Provides Coronavirus Update

SALISBURY – Efforts to prepare local government agencies in the event of a novel coronavirus outbreak in the community highlighted a county council meeting this week.On Tuesday, Wicomico County ...

Kirby’s Wins Soccer Championship Over Boca JR

Kirby’s Pub last week won the championship in the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s adult over-30 indoor soccer league beating Boca JR, 4-3, in the title game. Pictured above, ...

OC’s Reserve Fund Balance Deserves Scrutiny

The Town of Ocean City has too much money in reserves based on its own policy. The numbers confirm the town’s fund balance carries more money than the norm, but what to do with the excess dolla...