Lifting Capacity Limits Confirms Progress

This week’s announcement rolling back capacity limits and other restrictions is more about symbolism than pragmatism. Loosening the restrictions represents progress, but it comes with complicat...

Sidney Beckstead Scholarship For The Arts Announced

OCEAN CITY — The Art League of Ocean City announced a new scholarship funded by the recently-created Sidney M. Beckstead Scholarship for the Arts that will be awarded annually to a local art st...

Republican Women Of Worcester Hold General Meeting

The Republican Women of Worcester County recently held its general meeting last month at The Dunes Manor, Ocean City. Pictured, from left, are RWWC First Vice president Sandy Zitzer, guest speaker De...

OC Council Approves Plan Extending Fire Apparatus Life

OCEAN CITY — A plan to get more longevity out of the Ocean City Fire Department’s apparatus was approved this week along with a detail schematic on how to fund replacements in the long-ter...

Worcester Prep Kindergarteners Participate in “100 Ways To Move”

Dressed in athletic wear, kindergarteners at Worcester Preparatory School participated in “100 Ways to Move” games and activities. Above, teacher Heather Dennis races to the finish line w...

Wicomico Will Open Schools After Labor Day

SALISBURY – School officials this week approved a post-Labor Day calendar for the 2021-2022 academic year.In a virtual meeting on Tuesday, the Wicomico County Board of Education approved on seco...

Pines Golf Offers Launch Monitor To Help With Club Fittings 

BERLIN — Individual instruction and club fittings at Ocean Pines Golf Club with PGA General Manager of Golf John Malinowski now feature the Foresight GCQuad Launch Monitor.This state-of-the-art...

Assateague Island Welcomes Foal

ASSATEAGUE — As if almost on cue with the arrival of March and suddenly warmer weather, a foal was born into the herd of wild horses on the Maryland side of Assateague Island last week.While th...

County Commissioners Proclaim March Professional Social Work Month

At their meeting Tuesday, the Worcester County Commissioners presented a proclamation recognizing March as Professional Social Work Month to, front from left, Sandy Kerrigan and Mike Trader of the He...

New Lease Eyed For OC Post Office

OCEAN CITY — While its future recently appeared in doubt, the downtown U.S. Postal Service (USPS) branch at 5th Street will remain in place for a while after resort officials this week agreed to...