OCEAN CITY – President Obama announced this week a vast area off the mid-Atlantic coast totaling nearly three million acres could soon be open to offshore oil and natural gas drilling, bringing the domestic oil drilling debate within 50 miles of Ocean City and Assateague Island.The president on Wednesday announced the proposal to open the… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Coast Guard Rescues Overturned Boater In Bay
OCEAN CITY – A local man was rescued from the chilly, storm-tossed seas in the Assawoman Bay last Sunday after his paddle boat turned over in the area of 118th Street.Around 6:20 p.m. last Sunday, Coast Guard Station Ocean City received a call from a cell phone from an individual who believed his paddle boat… Read more »
Boggs Raises Early Voting Questions
SNOW HILL – Maryland’s new early voting initiative for this fall’s elections is causing some anxiety for county politicians, who have questions on how vote counting and reporting will work.County Commissioner Judy Boggs has some doubts about early voting, which will be offered in Maryland for the first time this year.Boggs wondered how long it… Read more »
Area Assault Team Strengthened
BERLIN – The safety net for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence in Worcester County got a little wider and stronger this week with the endorsement of a collaborative effort to coordinate their best care and legal processes.On Tuesday, Worcester County Sexual Assault Response Team, or SART, officials came together to formally endorse new… Read more »
Readers’ Weigh In On Matters
Insightful Interview On Health Care Editor: Kudos to Michael Franklin, president and CEO of Atlantic General Hospital, for his honest and informative responses regarding health care reform in last week’s issue of The Dispatch.Albeit a different avenue, I too have been in the healthcare industry for over 35 years and have seen first-hand the inadequacies. No,… Read more »
Did Cab Drivers Expose Loophole Or Defraud City?
OCEAN CITY — When the town of Ocean City established the 25 percent transfer fee for taxi medallions in last month’s controversial ordinance, seemingly no one thought that the town’s take would ever be a quarter.Three taxi medallions have been sold or transferred thus far since March 1 in which the town collected transfer fee… Read more »
Fatherhood Adventures
It may be a sign of things to come, but I’m convinced Beckett has an addictive personality.Presumably all toddler-aged kids are like this – they fascinate on a single thing, wear it out and then move on to another object of obsession. I know my son is this way.The latest craze that came out of… Read more »
Eight Years For Burglary
SNOW HILL – A Snow Hill man arrested in November after breaking into a neighbor’s house and stealing jewelry and several guns, some of which he allegedly pawned later to purchase crack cocaine, pleaded guilty this month in Worcester County Circuit Court to theft and was sentenced to eight years in jail.On Nov. 11, 2009,… Read more »
Who’s Playing When and Where Musically Speaking
Buxy’s Salty Dog 410-289-097328th St. & Coastal Hwy. Friday, April 2: TBASaturday, April 3: TBACarousel Resort Hotel & Condominiums410-524-1000On the beach, 118th St.Every Friday: DJ Rupe, 7-9 p.m.Clarion Hotel410-524-353510100 Coastal Hwy. Ocean Club: Friday, April 2 & Saturday, April 3: Power PlayDr.Unks Bar & Grille410-213-7775 • 9636 Stephen Decatur Hwy., West OCFriday, April 2: Anniversary… Read more »