OCEAN CITY – The local fishing industry needs to be promoted to visitors, according to the Ocean City Economic Development Committee (EDC), which met Wednesday morning for breakfast at the Ocean City Convention Center.“The fishing industry is a very, very important part of economic development,” said Debbie Travers, assistant executive director of the Ocean City… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Air Show will return to the skies over the resort next summer with a few changes including being moved to a weekend instead of mid-week as it was last year and a starting date about a week later than last year.Event organizer Brian Lilley and Ocean City Recreation and… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The City Council approved conceptual design plans this week for a new sign welcoming visitors to Ocean City on a beleaguered piece of property at the foot of the Route 50 bridge.The last vestiges of the former home of Richard and Marion Manning at 111 Caroline Street have long been cleared and… Read more »

GALVESTON ISLAND, Texas — Imagine a city full of debris dumped in front of City Hall and you will only begin to measure the devastation Texas residents are faced with as they cleanup after Hurricane Ike pummeled the coastline in the early morning hours of Sept. 14.Local teams from Royal Plus Disaster Kleenup have been… Read more »

BERLIN – With just over two weeks until current Berlin Administrative Director Linda Bambary retires, the town interviewed two candidates to take up her post this week.This is the first round in the hiring process. Each of the two candidates, both from out of town, will be interviewed by the selection committee, which includes interim… Read more »

BERLIN – Glen Riddle’s golf courses could be tapped to host a Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) major in 2010, Golf Operations General Manager James Mason said this week.Mason said that he is in “very early” talks with the LPGA to host one of its four major tournaments in 2010, the McDonald’s LPGA Championship, taking… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Two explosive devices were discovered on the beach in Ocean City last weekend, likely deposited there by recent storm activity, marking the second time in as many weeks a potentially dangerous device was found in the sand in the resort. Early last Saturday morning, Ocean City Police along with the Ocean City… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – With a warning up front about what should be a tight budget year, the Ocean City Mayor and Council this week opened bids for millions of dollars in expenditures from new police department uniforms and sewer main replacements to a new fire truck and renovation of the Ocean City Lifesaving Station Museum.Council… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The next significant steps in the ongoing effort to merge the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company with the town’s career firefighters moved forward this week with the approval of an expanded training and certification program for all firefighters and a new home for the fire chief.Ocean City Fire Chief Chris Larmore explained… Read more »

BERLIN – The Dispatch posed seven questions on relevant current events this week to the three candidates for the Berlin Council’s District 2 seat.Candidates Thom Gulyas, Lisa Hall and Jason Walter will compete for the spot, currently held by retiring Councilwoman Ellen Lang, in the Oct. 14 election. Here’s how they responded to the questions… Read more »