Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann

The Ocean City Bandstand was built on the Boardwalk at Somerset Street in the early 1950’s. At the time, Ocean City had its own band comprised of local musicians and concerts were very popular in th...

Lower School Students Decorate More Than 200 Pinwheels In Honor Of International Day Of Peace

In honor of last month’s International Day of Peace, lower school art teacher Rebecca Tittermary and her students decorated more than 200 pinwheels to display around campus to commemorate the occasi...

What’s Your Sign?

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Your moodier side might emerge this week. But the dark period should pass in time for the party-loving Lamb to go on a happy gambol with some very special people this wee...

Mixed-Use Project To Replace Former Fast-Food Chain

OCEAN CITY — A long-vacant fast-food restaurant site in north Ocean City could be getting a new lease on life after resort planners on Tuesday approved a different, albeit substantially larger, ...

Love It or Hate It, We’re Celebrating Scrapple

National Scrapple Day (yes, it exists) may be a month away, but with the scrapple capital of the world holding their annual scrapple celebration this weekend, we figured this was the perfect time to r...

ShoreBilly’s Swill: Annual German Invasion

Let me first apologize for my sporadic timing of my recent entries. I had some equipment failure in the form of a laptop that seems to have taken on a life of its own. None of my children are owning &...

Ocean City Issued Three Fines For Smoking Violations In New Restrictions’ First Season

OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s first summer with heightened smoking restrictions yielded three citations, totaling $150 in fines. Public Affairs Specialist Lindsey Richard of the Ocean City Police Depa...

Q&A With Patricia Dufendach: After Highway Fatality, ‘We Had To Do Something. It Had To Stop’

OCEAN CITY — In early November of 2013, Patricia Dufendach read a story about a horrific tragedy that claimed the life of a 16 year old boy who lived not far from her Berlin home. The boy was tr...

County Caps New Showell School Project Cost At $37M; School System Estimates Came In $54M

SNOW HILL – Plans for a new Showell Elementary School are moving ahead but only after the Worcester County Commissioners cut the project’s estimated cost. The Worcester County Commissioners approv...

Weekend Happenings: Apple-Scrapple, Good Beer Festival, Fall Fests and More!

As the weekend approaches, we are fairly confident that the weather will be a vast improvement over last weekend. We’ve been enjoying a gorgeous week so far – exploring the shore, taking advantage...