OCEAN CITY — With the clock now ticking on the spring Cruisin’ event, the Mayor and Council last week advanced an ordinance requiring registered participants to purchase a permit for parking oversized trailers on city streets to second reading as an emergency ordinance at the request of the show’s producer.As part of the ongoing effort… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — One week after the deadline for a new labor contract between the Town of Ocean City and its firefighter union expired with an impasse over proposed shift changes, the issue continued to boil over at a chippy Mayor and Council meeting on Monday.Last week, the deadline on the town’s new contract with… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — During the day, Walter “Buck” Mann may be best known as the owner of Mann Properties, one of the resort’s leading property management companies since the early 1970’s. But, for more than three decades, the former city councilman and long-time board member of the Delmarva Irish-American Club has been helping to put… Read more »
BERLIN — After one of the most memorable days of high school basketball in Worcester in recent memory, or perhaps ever, three county varsity basketball teams are heading to the state’s Final Four in their respective classes.On Saturday, the Stephen Decatur boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams played a double-header with regional championships on the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — You might know Greg Shockley as a small business owner and the proprietor of the popular Boardwalk establishment Shenanigans. But, over the past 20 years, Shockley has been one of the most instrumental figures in helping to drive the local business community’s and the town’s interest’s forward.Shockley sat down with The Dispatch… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City officials this week approved a plan to increase trash collection on the south end of the Boardwalk during the season, but had to find a creative way to fund the new vehicle and crew to accomplish it.On Tuesday, Procurement Manager Catrice Parsons explained to the Mayor and Council the pending… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The deadline for a new labor contract between the Town of Ocean City and its firefighters union expired at midnight on Monday with no break in the impasse over the proposed work schedules, resulting in the town’s “best and last offer” becoming the new contract by default.Since late January, the Town of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — All is relatively calm on the Ocean City street performer front after the Mayor and Council this week agreed to accept task force recommendations tweaking the controversial busker ordinance.Throughout a process that was chippy at certain times and downright nasty at others, the Boardwalk Task Force, appointed by the Mayor and Council… Read more »
BERLIN – A storyteller used the song and dance of his native Uganda to take Buckingham Elementary School students on a virtual trip to Africa as they celebrated Read Across America Day this week.On March 2, African storyteller Ssuuna performed for students in all grades at Buckingham Elementary in Berlin. Within minutes of being introduced… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – It took more than 13 years of planning and litigation to demolish the Royalton Hotel on the Ocean City Boardwalk, but now its owners are hopeful that rebuilding one of the resort’s mainstay oceanfront hotels will only take 13 months.The 38-unit hotel on 11th street and the Boardwalk was torn down on… Read more »