Community rallies around Jake Newcomer

Rachel Ravina, Staff Writer (Dec. 20, 2018) It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – after a community rallied around 11-year-old cancer patient Jake Newcomer to give him a night he surely wo...

Worcester County Slow To Fill Economic Development Post

SNOW HILL – Nearly a year after the departure of the county’s economic development director, the position remains vacant.While the Worcester County Economic Development Department’s...

Whaleyville Man Connected To Berlin Vehicle Robberies

BERLIN — A Whaleyville man was charged last week with numerous counts of rogue and vagabond and theft after a months-long investigation into a series of vehicle break-ins in the Berlin area.Duri...

Local Boy Escorts First Lady To Children’s Hospital Book Reading In ‘Amazing Opportunity’

WEST OCEAN CITY – A local boy had the opportunity of a lifetime last week as he escorted first lady Melania Trump during a visit to Children’s National Health System in Washington D.C.Oce...

Community Rallying For Popular Local Fisherman With Massive Fundraising Effort; ‘Willbilly’ Died After Saturday Crash

OCEAN CITY — The local community is once again rallying around its own this week after a Saturday afternoon accident on Old Ocean City Road in Wicomico County claimed the life of a popular and ...

New West OC Theater Opening Pushed To Spring

WEST OCEAN CITY – Despite delays in the design and permitting process, officials with Flagship Cinemas said the construction of a new movie theater at the White Marlin Mall will be completed by...

Pre-K Students At OC Elementary School Work On Retelling Stories

Students in Jennifer Fohner’s pre-kindergarten class at Ocean City Elementary School are working on retelling stories. Students used flannel boards, props and masks to help retell the stor...

A Week In Business – December 14, 2018

Board Members NamedBERLIN – The Coastal Association of REALTORS® (Coastal) installed its 2018-2019 Board of Directors at a recent special ceremony at The Dunes Manor Hotel in Ocean City.Ber...

Woman Awaits Sentence In Church Embezzlement

SNOW HILL — A local woman is awaiting her fate pending a pre-sentence investigation this week after entering a plea to multiple counts of theft and embezzlement from an Ocean City church where ...

American Legion Donates $1,000 Check To Light Up OC Program

Phil Ludlum from American Legion Post #166 presented a $1,000 check to Joe Manganello, president of the Ocean City Downtown Association, for the Light Up OC program. The local legion post is one of t...