Published August 10, 2007
OCEAN CITY - After hearing complaints from residents in regards to the plan to shorten the basketball courts at 4th Street, the Recreation and Parks Committee has unanimously agreed to adjust the plans for the downtown park so that the basketball courts will remain at regulation length.
The master plan for the Downtown Recreation Complex, or the Bayside Park, were presented to the Mayor and Council in July, outlining plans that included expanding the Ocean Bowl Skate Park, widening St. Louis...
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Published August 10, 2007
BERLIN - Not many people ever see the piping plovers on Assateague Island, but with numbers increasing, visitors may get a glimpse of the threatened shore bird in the future.
Maryland's piping plover population on Assateague Island has nearly quadrupled since the birds were first protected in 1986, from 17 breeding pairs to 64 in 2006.
North America is home to several populations of the small, sand and white colored birds that feed at the water's edge, and all have increased, though the Great...
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Published August 10, 2007
OCEAN CITY - The 34th Annual White Marlin Open is officially in the books.
Here's a look at all the top fish and the payouts.
White Marlin: 83 pounds, John Frankos (Virginia Beach, Va.), 'Rebel' (Nags Head, N.C.), $1,394,480; 78 pounds, Rhett Bailey (Jensen Beach, Fla.), 'Viking 54' (New Gretna, N.J.), $137,427; and 76 pounds, Gregory Hoffa (King of Prussia, Pa.), 'Nasty Habit' (Cape May, N.J.), $90,784.
Blue Marlin: 632.50 pounds, Carl Hurledaus (Annapolis), 'Wireless' (Annapolis), $378,210;...
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Published August 10, 2007
SNOW HILL - Convicted West Ocean City murderer Gregory Stokes, characterized by his defense attorney as 'a damaged man who had been a damaged boy,' was sentenced this week to a combined 33 years in jail in Worcester County Circuit Court.
Stokes, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Pamela Balk on Jan. 11 in her parents' West Ocean City home, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and cruelty to an animal in a pre-arranged deal with Worcester County State's Attorney Joel Todd...
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