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Escalante nabbed in Texas for 2010 stabbing incident

(April 23, 2021) Manuel Armando Escalante Jr., 47, of Federalsburg, Maryland, was arrested in Laredo, Texas, on March 22, for an arrest warrant issued more than a decade ago for a stabbing that occurred in Ocean City. This arrest stems from an incident that occurred at a midtown restaurant on July 24, M. Escalante 2010. Escalante is suspected of stabbing the victim multiple times after an altercation in the restaurant’s parking lot. The victim was taken to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional (formally known as Peninsula Regional Medical Center) where he was treated for his injuries.

Investigators have been attempting to locate Escalante since the stabbing occurred.

Escalante has been charged by the Ocean City Police with attempted first degree murder, first degree assault, reckless endangerment, and dangerous weapon-intent to injure.

Escalante has been extradited to the Worcester County Jail where he is being held while awaiting trial on no bond.

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(April 23, 2021) The Ocean City Development Corporation (OCDC) has recently awarded and distributed grants of over $110,000 provided by the state to aid businesses in the Ocean City designated Main Street District.

Approximately 40 businesses were assisted with these t funds as part of Phase I of this program. The balance of funds (about $25,000) is now available to assist businesses for Phase 2 of the COVID Grant Relief Program. These funds can be used to reimburse a downtown business for PPE and covid-related expenses in 2021. With limited grant funds, OCDC intends to spread the grant awards to as many businesses as possible. All awards from this program are at the discretion of the OCDC.

These materials and equipment must have been used to protect customers, owners, and employees in these commercial establishments as a result of the current covid crisis. Such items add an additional financial burden to these Ocean City businesses, particularly small businesses. The OCDC’s Main Street district is generally defined as from the Inlet to 17th Street and from the bay to the Boardwalk, and south of 15th Street along the Boardwalk.

An applicant cannot request funding for this program for identical items that the business has received compensation for from other covid–19 programs. The phase 2 program consists of reimbursement of equipment and supplies, already purchased to address covid-19 from March 2020 thru April 2021, and includes other items such as outside tables and chairs purchased to address covid conditions. This state funding is limited and businesses are requested to apply as soon as possible. Applicants must apply by April 30 for these phase 2 grant funds in order to be considered for this grant request.

The online grant application is intended to be moderately easy to complete and can be located on the homepage of the OCDC website at www.ocdc.org. Click on “OCDC Grant for COVID Relief Program.” After all entries are completed and materials uploaded, the applicant will receive a note stating the submission was properly completed.

Financial requests can be made for the following limits: • Minimum of $250 of financial assistance per business. • Maximum of $3,000 of financial assistance per business.

The applying business must have a current business license issued by the Town of Ocean City and be located in the designated Ocean City Main Street district. A map of the designated Main Street boundaries and full program is on the application page. A completed W-9 form must be provided with each application.

Only one application per business entity in the Main Street District will be accepted. The owner shall provide evidence of payment(s) (i.e., copy of check, paid receipt, …) made to contractor/purchaser along with a copy of the invoice for each payment request to be reimbursed by the OCDC. These invoices and proofs of payment can be uploaded on the online application.

For more information or questions on this grant, contact OCDC office at (410) 289-7739.

OCDC paper shredding event

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Ocean Club/Clarion: Friday-Saturday, April 23-24, 7 p.m. to midnight

(April 23, 2021) The Ocean City Development Corporation is partnering with another local nonprofit organization, Lower Shore Enterprises, Inc. of Salisbury, to provide paper shredding services to the Ocean City community. On Thursday, April 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., LES will be bringing its large paper shredding truck to the OCDC parking lot located at the southeast corner of S. Philadelphia Avenue and Dorchester Street in downtown Ocean City.

This is an opportunity to dispose of unwanted documents and papers that may include personal items such as account numbers, signatures, old bills, and old medical records.

This LES truck will hold at least 8,000 pounds of shredded paper. Only paper products may be brought for shredding. Paper clips and staples are fine.

There is no charge for this service. OCDC is requesting businesses bringing paper to shred to provide a donation to the Lower Shore Enterprises.

Lower Shore Enterprises provides employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities as well as other services. OCDC is charged with revitalizing downtown Ocean City.

For more information about this shredding event, contact Ocean City Development Corporation at 410-289-7739.

Addiction awareness art sought

(April 23, 2021) The United Way New this year will be a Best in of the Lower Eastern Shore is once Show, a top prize across all grades again hosting the Lower Shore Addic- and counties. COINS tion Awareness Visual Arts Competition. Entries are due by 5 p.m. on April 23, and should be delivered to the 28th Street and Coastal Highway, Ocean City Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico United Way at 803 N. Salisbury 410-289-3100 / www.coinspub.com and Worcester County students in Blvd., Suite 2100, Salisbury. Each April 28: DJ Wax, 8 p.m. to close grades 6 through 12 may submit one piece must be accompanied by a comOCEAN CLUB/CLARION piece of fine art in any media includ- pleted entry and release form which ing painting, drawing, collage, mixed can be found, along with the full list 101st Street, Ocean City media, photography, sculpture or of rules, at www.uwles.org/art. In the Horizons Restaurant, in the Clarion video. This competition is made possible by Fontainebleau Hotel Works must have opioid or other support from the Maryland Opioid Op410-524-3535 / www.clarionoc.com drug and/or alcohol addiction aware- erational Command Center and the April 23-24: First Class, 7 p.m. to midnight NOWHERE SLOW DUO ness as the subject matter. An em- Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, and SEACRETS Seacrets: phasis on hope for/maintaining Dorchester County health departments. Saturday, April 24, 5-9 p.m. recovery is encouraged. For questions about the competi-49th Street and the bay, Ocean City Submissions must be no larger tion, contact Claire Otterbein at 410-524-4900 / www.seacrets.com April 23: My Hero Zero Duo, 5-9 p.m.; High Five Swan Dive Duo, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. April 24: Nowhere Slow Duo, 5-9 p.m.; Element K Duo, 8 p.m. to midnight; Gypsy Wisdom Duo, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. April 29: Opposite Directions, 5-9 p.m. THE VIEW AT THE CAMBRIA HOTEL 13 St. Louis Ave., Ocean City 443-856-4158 / https://www.choicehotels.com/maryland/oceancity/cambria-hotels/md310 April 27: Weekly karaoke w/host Chuck D, 7-11 p.m. than 28 x 28 inches and weigh no more than 10 pounds. Video submissions must be provided on a USB. Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third places winners in middle and high school categories in each of the four counties. Claire@uwles.org or call 410-7425143. United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore has been serving all communities in Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties for over 75 years.

APRIL 23, 2021 MNR lieutenant charged with DUI after hit-and-run

By Greg Wehner Staff Writer (April 23, 2021) Maryland Natural Resources Police Lt. Col. Ernest Leatherbury Jr., 55, of Ocean City was arrested by State Police at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Saturday in a parking lot near Route 113, and charged with driving under the influence, leaving the scene of an accident, and variLt. Col. Ernest ous other traffic violaLeatherbury Jr. tions. Police said state troopers responded to a hit-and-run accident that occurred on the eastbound side of Route 50 near Route 707, involving a Chevrolet Tahoe that was stopped at a red light. The driver of the Tahoe, later identified as Leatherbury, put the SUV into reverse and hit the car behind him, then left the scene.

Troopers found the SUV in a parking lot near Route 113 with Leatherbury in the driver’s seat. After an investigation, police added, Leatherbury was found to be under the influence of alcohol.

Leatherbury was taken to the Berlin Barrack, where he was processed, and released to a sober driver, according to police. Along with DUI and leaving the scene of an accident, he was charged with negligent driving.

Though he serves as a lieutenant colonel with the Maryland Natural Resources Police, Leatherbury is also retired from the Maryland State Police.

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During National Volunteer Week April 18 – 24, 2021

We thank our Atlantic General Hospital and Health System Auxiliary We Have Missed You & Welcome You Back!

Fran Adelhardt Carol Applegit Mary Ellen Arena Debra Bangle Jane Bartolomeo NicholasBartolomeo Christine Bauer Judith Baumgartner Carolyn Beatty Jean Beatty Jean Behrens Nancie Beste Amelia Bloodsworth Bette Bohlmann Betty Bowers Shirley Bradley Joan Braun John Briddell Joyce Brittan Denise Buccheri Carol Burroughs Anna Carpenter Nancy Cartwright Anthony Cavallaro Donna Cavallaro Mary Cetola Robert Chartier Jackie Choate Lorena Christian Julian Coates, Jr. B.J. Cohen Mary Cosentino Shirley Deemer Marie Deinlein Joan Dempsey Teri Denton Margie DiNenna Rina Dirickson Bradley Dornes Dianne Dunton Dorothy Duvall John Eckenrode

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• Junior Auxiliary Members •

Mina Engle John Ensor Rose Felty Emma Fralley Joyce Frisch MaryAnn Frontera Rosemary Gear Mary Lou Gerbes Jake Gillespie Christine Glick Michael Gough Robert Gresehover Carole Haag Elizabeth Hamilton Sue Harting Kay Heinlen Britney Hofman Marilynne Hofman Evelyn Houston Bruce B. Jarvis Nancy Jarvis Harriet L. Johnson Mary Lou Jones Kathie Jordan Dana Kim Loretta Kletzli Gerald Kountz Charleen Kuhblank Fred Kuhblank Betty Rose Kurka Rita Landis Eileen Leonhart Marilyn Levinson Barbara Lischak Doris Lloyd Kathleen Loetz Deanna Lowe Donna Lynn Jeanne Major Carole Mankus Paulette Mari Julianne Mariani Eileen Martin Jacklyn Mattson Rose Mary McAleer Carole McClay Susan McDonald Nancy McIntyre Joan Mclaughlin Caitlin McLeavey Molly McNaney Joyce Melocik Janet Mengel Millie Miller Sybil Mitchell Irma Molloy Sally Monaghan Janet B. Morse Ellen Morvick James Morvick Gloria Moyer Joan Murphy Hannelore (Hanna) Myers Gerald Niedentohl Patricia Nottingham Patricia Otto Susann Palamara Elizabeth Parkin Eileen Patterson Kathy Peyton JoAnn Poremski Tina Preziotti Geraldine Price Mary Katherine Pusey Martha Quinn Michael Ransing Kathryn Reeves Beth Riley Sandra Robins Laura Rohe Cynthia Roman Peggy Russo Karol Salafia Nick Salafia Mary Sansone Mary Jo Scarbath Kathy Schneider Karen Schultz Robert J. Schultz Carol Selig Eileen Shea Jackie Shockley Brigid Slavin Karin Sobczak Carmen Sowinski Joseph Sowinski Mary Sparta Deborah Staufenberg Joan Stearn Steven Stein Thomas Takesian Kathleen Tallman Caroline Taylor Susan Todd Robert Torrey Susan Trombino Margot Vaccarezza Vicky Vazquez Marie Visco Audrey Wahl Theresa Wallace Kenneth Waters Andrea Watkins Peggy Webster Joseph Weitzell Jacqueline Whaley Paul Whitson Susanne Whittaker Cordelia Whittington Barbara Wilcox Susan Wilson Jane Wolnik Janet Wozar Ellen Yannuzzi Don Yelton

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