Minimal Impact With Inlet Parking Lot Move

This week’s decision by the Ocean City Mayor and Council to lower the free roam time at the Inlet Parking Lot from 30 minutes to 20 is not a big deal. Although it’s been labeled as a money grab by...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – February 10, 2017

One year after Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan ordered all school systems must ring their first bell after the Labor Day holiday, Delaware and Pennsylvania are in the process of trying to do the same thing....

Cops And Courts – February 10, 2017

Shoplifting Leads To Drugs OCEAN CITY — A Frankford, Del. man was arrested last week on theft and drug charges after an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer allegedly observed him swiping...

We Remember Those We Have Lost – February 10, 2017

James Robert Pond BERLIN — Jim Pond, born in 1939, died Dec. 2, 2016. He was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Falls Church, Va. He graduated from George Mason High School. He bought Mister...

Resort Kicks Off Ad Campaign Earlier Than Ever

OCEAN CITY – Officials in Ocean City are taking advantage of cold weather and hotel room discounts to launch the town’s earliest summer advertising campaign to date. At an Economic Development Com...

Proposed Berlin Fire Station Gets Site Plan Approval

SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Planning Commission approved a site plan for a new Berlin Fire Company building on Route 50 last week. Though there’s no timeline for construction yet, the fire co...

Kiwanis Club Of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City Sponsors SD Middle School Builders Club

The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City sponsors the Stephen Decatur Middle School Builders Club each year. Pictured at the first meeting of the year are the new officers of the SDMS Builde...

Worcester Prep Lower And Middle School Chess Club Participates In Chess Tournament

Some members of the Worcester Prep (WPS) Lower and Middle School Chess Club, run by Head of Lower School Celeste Bunting, traveled to Salisbury this month for the Wicomico County Recreation, Parks ...

Seahawks Roll As Briddell Scores 1000th

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team continued to steamroll through the Bayside Conference last week, beating Bennett, 77-67, as guard Gary Briddell picked up his 1,000th career...

OC Elementary School Raises $2,400 For American Heart Association

In January, Ocean City Elementary School students in grades 1-4 participated in its annual Jump Rope for Heart Event, raising over $2,400 for the American Heart Association.  The 225 jump participan...