New OC Zoning District Proposal Removed From Comp Plan; Short-Term Rental Definition Sought

OCEAN CITY — A new R-1A zoning district that would essentially ban short-term rentals in Ocean City’s single-family residential communities will not be included in the revised comprehensive pl...

Hunting, Fishing Adventures Recounted In New Book

BERLIN – A local author is using his adventures in hunting and fishing to tell humorous and harrowing short stories about life in the Chesapeake Bay region. In C.L. Marshall’s newest book, “Ches...

Things To Do Around Town – November 10, 2017

Every Friday: FORGE Youth And Family Meetings 6:30-8:30 p.m. House of Mercy Sanctuary, behind House of Mercy Thrift Shop, Route 113, Selbyville. Small meal, music, games and life lessons. All are welc...

Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – November 10, 2017

Surfing became popular in Ocean City after Bill Wise and George Pittman opened the town’s first surf shop – the Eastern Surfer – in 1964. The surfing crowd was not welcomed by the city fathers i...

$28M Bond Approved For Major Capital Projects

OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week approved on first-reading an ordinance allowing the sale of $28 million in general obligation bonds to fund a handful of significant projects in town. The...

Seahawks Close Out With 49-0 Rout Of Eagles

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity football team trounced county rival Snow Hill, 49-0, last Friday to finish the season with a respectable 4-6 record. The Seahawks fell to Bennett in the penultimate...

The Resorter… Revisited – November 10, 2017

Summer of 1977 Volume XXIII Edition 1 Issue Highlights This week’s “Resorter Girl” was Diane McCall of Baltimore. The Surf and Sands Motel and the Satellite Resort Motel were teamed as “The Oc...

Last Beam Installed At AGH’s Burbage Cancer Center

BERLIN – The last beam to be installed in the new John H. “Jack” Burbage, Jr. Regional Cancer Care Center was signed and put in place last month. On-site to sign the beam was Atlantic General Ho...

Wicomico Amends Capital Program Funds

SALISBURY – Officials in Wicomico County this week approved changes to the county’s capital improvement program that allow for a $260,638 construction overage. On Tuesday, the Wicomico County Coun...

School Launches ‘The Nest’ Pantry To Help Hungry Students

SNOW HILL – A new food pantry at Snow Hill Middle School (SHMS) is expected to help hungry students. Located at the back door of the building, the pantry – nicknamed “The Nest” – is a new sc...