Trice Wins Worcester Prep School National Geography Bee

Mina Trice, a fourth grade student from Seaford, was the winner of the Worcester Preparatory School National Geography Bee for grades fourth through eighth. She is pictured with Lower School Head Cele...

NEW FOR TUESDAY: OC Arrests Jumped 14% Last Year; Disorderly Conduct Tops Calls For Service

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) Acting Chief Kevin Kirstein gave an overview last week of the department’s 2012 Annual Report. In 2012, there were 1,497 reportable offense...

A Week In Business

Re-Accreditation Earned FRUITLAND — Apple Drugs Diabetes Center has recently been re-accredited by the American Association of Diabetes Educators. The accreditation comes after an annual review ...

Resort Burglar Sentenced

OCEAN CITY -- The second of two Berlin residents arrested last summer after police connect him to a series of break-ins in the resort pleaded guilty this week to two counts of theft less than $1,000 a...

NEW FOR THURSDAY: Great White Shark’s Online Track Captivating Many

OCEAN CITY -- The public’s long fascination with great white sharks has reached a crescendo in recent weeks with the appearance of a massive 16-footer cruising along the coast including a pass b...

Council Wants Committees Back; Specifics Will Be Decided

OCEAN CITY – The Mayor and City Council voted to move ahead in re-establishing the committees and commissions that were dissolved over two years ago with future discussions promised to set speci...

Resort Nightclub Cleared In $1M Civil Lawsuit

OCEAN CITY -- A popular Ocean City nightclub this week was cleared in a $1 million civil lawsuit by a plaintiff who was brutally raped on a private parking area away from the establishment in 2008. Af...

Mayor Calls Rumors ‘Local Politics At Its Dirty Worst’

BERLIN -- Looking to quiet what he referred to as a “whispering campaign” by political enemies, Berlin Mayor Gee Williams spoke out Monday at a Mayor and Council meeting about rumors that ...

Berlin To Form Utility To Combat Flooding Woes

BERLIN -- A last-minute pushback from town residents, businesses and non-profits worried about annual fees did not halt the Berlin Mayor and Council’s decision to establish a new stormwater util...

Md. Bill Seeks Increased Waterway Patrols

OCEAN CITY -- Frustrated with an alarming spike in the number of illegal catch and poaching cases in the state’s waterways, including the areas around Ocean City and the coastal bays, and perhap...