What’s Your Sign?

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Dealing with a difficult person can be the kind of challenge you Aries Lambs love. Or it could be an energy-draining exercise in futility. Be certain your goals are worth...

Coastal Bays Records ‘Significant’ Sea Grass Decline

SNOW HILL — Over the next few years, the Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) wants to grow public and private partnerships and make Worcester County a more attractive target for grant funding, ...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk

Who gives a you know what? That was the response of the minority on social media this week after this paper posted a story online about an Ocean City employee using an ambulance to taxi two women carr...

County Favors Replacing Old Showell Elementary School

BERLIN — A new Showell Elementary School (SES) got the go-ahead this week from the Worcester County Commission, which agreed with the Board of Education that replacing the building will be more ...

Ocean City Eyes Condemnation For New Mid-Town Boat Ramp

OCEAN CITY – The town is moving forward with the condemnation process on a piece of property that is key to a new two-lane public boat ramp on 64th Street, while city officials instructed staff this...

Man Seriously Injured After Diving Off Boat Into Bay

OCEAN CITY — A Pennsylvania man was seriously injured after diving from a pontoon boat into shallow water in the Isle of Wight Bay on Tuesday and had to be transported via Maryland State Police ...

OC Street Performers Largely Untouchable

It’s difficult to accept, but Ocean City has little to no recourse when it comes to the street performers. That much we know from the recent court ruling that protects them due to the First Amendmen...

Kiwanis Club Of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City Donate $300 To Children’s Theater

The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City recently donated $300 to the Children’s Theater, a part of the Ocean Pines Players. Above, Children’s Theater Director Paulette DeRosa Matrone an...

Voices From The Readers

Deficit Problem Editor: Since the passage of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Senate and House are supposed to pass a budget resolution in the spring of each year that sets the frame work for...

White Marlin Open Off To Quiet Start At The Scales; Final Two Days Likely To Shake Up Leaderboard

OCEAN CITY — While there were more fishing days left than not heading into the last two days of the White Marlin Open on Thursday, the 2014 event will likely be remembered for what didn’t happ...