BERLIN — Citing hostile working conditions and unveiled hints of discrimination and harassment, the Berlin Mayor and Council today announced the town was disassociating itself from and ceasing all financial aid to the Berlin Fire Company (BFC).The Berlin Mayor and Council on Tuesday announced it will amend its fiscal year 2013 budget to cease all… Read more »
SNOW HILL — After a General Assembly special session this month proposed changes to Maryland’s gambling regulations, the Worcester County Local Development Council (LDC) went to work yesterday trying to understand exactly what the new rules will mean. While the changes received general support from the LDC, some did question what kind of impact loosening… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The 2012 season of the new Dew Tour kicked off yesterday in Ocean City under sunny skies. With a line of spectators stretching down the Boardwalk, the Pantech Beach Championships opened with a day of action both in and out of the water. The pioneers of bowl skating convened on the beach… Read more »
BERLIN — After a whirlwind five-day special session, state lawmakers this week approved legislation expanding casino gambling in Maryland, including the addition of table games and a sixth casino in Prince George’s County, and it will now be up to the state’s electorate to approve the changes in November.The Maryland General Assembly this week passed… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – This week The Dispatch caught up with Team Toyota athletes Bob Burnquist and Jamie Bestwick, as they were preparing to return to Ocean City this to compete in the Pantech Beach Championship of the Dew Tour this weekend.Burnquist is from Brazil and is a skateboard vert and Mega ramp specialist. His achievements… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A city councilman denied this week any abuse of power when he served $3,300 in meals to emergency responders during Hurricane Irene a year ago.Earlier this month, this publication received a letter alleging Hall’s Restaurant conducted business during Hurricane Irene when all other operators had to shut down amid fears of power… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — On the day family and friends solemnly marked the anniversary of the passing of beloved Ocean City resident and long-time public servant, the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) announced a major energy efficiency program for the state’s agriculture and farming industry in her name.MEA officials on Wednesday announced the Kathleen A.P. Mathias Agriculture… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — In what could become a common occurrence with the proliferation of scooters in the resort and their inevitable interactions with motor vehicles, a Salisbury man has filed suit seeking $500,000 from a Massachusetts woman, alleging she was negligent when she struck him with her car while he was riding a scooter on… Read more »
SNOW HILL — At this month’s Board of License Commissioners (BLC) meeting, only $1,000 worth of fines was levied for underage alcohol sales, though the board stressed that it observed a disturbing lack of communication and training in several cases that needs to be rectified.With only three cases, there were a small number of sales… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Two anglers caught Maryland state record groupers off the coast of Ocean City late last month within a week of each other and from the same boat.On July 22, Robert Purcell of Bishopville caught a 56-pound snowy grouper while fishing in the Norfolk Canyon about 75 miles off the coast of Ocean… Read more »