Offshore Powerboat Racing Returns Next Week

OCEAN CITY- The grand spectacle of offshore powerboat racing returns to the resort next weekend with the Offshore Powerboat Racing Association (OPA) Ocean City Grand Prix. Bull on the Beach is teaming...

Task Force Reviews Cruisin Event After New Tactics; Officials Agree Rain Reduced Infractions, Event Turnout

OCEAN CITY — Heavy rain during the spring Cruisin event did not provide a true barometer of how the new special event zone worked, so resort officials will stay the course and keep implementing ...

Planning Commission Signs Off Zoning Error Fix

OCEAN CITY — Although there are no immediate plans to develop the parcel, resort planners last week corrected an apparent mistake in zoning for a sliver of property at 33rd Street. The Ocean Cit...

K-9 Tracks Burglary Suspects To Bush

OCEAN CITY — An Olney, Md. man was arrested on first-degree burglary and other charges last weekend after allegedly swiping another man’s wallet on a municipal bus, breaking into a downtown mo...

Student Test Out Handmade Creations On River

SNOW HILL – Snow Hill Middle School students put their cardboard vessels to the test last week in the third annual Cardboard Boat Regatta. Last Friday, nearly 70 eighth-grade students in Denis Jenk...

Historic Comm. Signs Off Signage, Exterior Changes

BERLIN – The Berlin Historic District Commission approved signage and exterior changes for a number of downtown businesses last week. On June 6 the commission reviewed additional signage for the bui...

McColgan Awarded Worcester Prep John “Tres” B. Lynch, III Lacrosse Camp Scholarship

Freshman Graham McColgan has been awarded the Worcester Prep John “Tres” B. Lynch, III Lacrosse Camp Scholarship, which includes $500 toward a lacrosse camp of choice. Lynch was an avid athlete, ...

Worcester’s Cricket Center Brings On Facility Dog

BERLIN –  The Cricket Center has added a facility dog to its team of child advocates thanks to a national nonprofit. The Cricket Center, Worcester County’s only child advocacy center, welcomed J...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – June 15, 2018

Last Saturday’s rainfall and subsequent flooding deserved the attention it got at this week’s Ocean City Mayor and Council meeting. Although the totals aren’t exactly verified, it appears areas...

Seven remain in race for OPA Board

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (July 14, 2018) If recent history is to be believed, the annual candidate draw in Ocean Pines that determines the ballot order for board candidates produces somewhat m...