OCEAN CITY – With the summer season approaching, Ocean City tourism representatives receive an update this week on the current advertising campaign.Andy Malis and Allison Fiorelli of MGH, Ocean City’s advertising agency, attended this week’s Tourism Commission meeting to present an update on this summer’s advertising campaign.Fiorelli began by explaining the thought behind Ocean City’s… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Keep Waterways In Mind While Spring Cleaning
Kathy PhillipsSpecial To The DispatchThese spring days set our minds to cleaning the yard, opening the pool and getting the boat ready for summer fishing season. Our coastal watershed is a summertime playground for boating, fishing, crabbing, clamming and swimming. Each of us needs to do our part to keep our waterways ‘swimmable and fishable.’… Read more »
Council Division Tables Proposed Salary Increase
SALISBURY — A divided council postponed a vote this week to pass an ordinance on first reading increasing the salaries of future Mayor and Council members.The ordinance states, “the Salary Review Committee is appointed by the mayor to review the salaries of the mayor and council members and to make salary recommendations which shall be considered… Read more »
Berlin Elderly Couple Mourned After Murder-Suicide
BERLIN — An elderly couple’s apparent planned murder-suicide shocked many in the Berlin community this week, but many found comfort in their memories of the long-time residents.Early Wednesday morning, around 8, the Berlin Police Department received a call in reference to a shooting. Along with Berlin officers, the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation (WCBI) responded… Read more »
We Remember Those We Have Lost
Ginger Allen HadderSHOWELL — Ginger Allen Hadder, age 59, passed away peacefully on April 11, 2014 after a long valiant fight with cancer with her loving family by her side.Born in Salisbury and raised in Ocean City, she was the daughter of the late Robert Emory Allen, Jr. and Doris Givens Allen. She is survived… Read more »
Loud Boom Caused By Sonic Boom Offshore
OCEAN CITY — A loud boom on Monday, followed by windows rattling and homes and businesses shaking, was due to a sonic boom related to military jets in a testing track off the coast.Many residents and visitors reported the incident shortly after noon on Monday and initially there were concerns it was the result of… Read more »
Berlin Seeking To Create Public Urination Law
BERLIN — With thousands of people cramming into downtown Berlin last Saturday for a multitude of events, highlighted by the wildly successful “America’s Coolest Small Town” celebration, one of the interesting side stories to emerge is that Berlin does not have a public urination ordinance on its books.The huge party held in celebration of the… Read more »
Who’s Playing When And Where
28th Street Pit and Pub410-289-202028th St. & Coastal Hwy.Friday, April 18:Melissa Alesi, 7-10 p.m.Every Thursday:Local’s Dance Party with BKAdolfo’s410-289-400113th St. & The Boardwalk,In The Beach Plaza HotelFriday, April 18:Rhonda Apple & Dale BrittAtlantic Hotel410-641-35892 North Main St., BerlinFriday, April 18:Bryan Russo, 6 p.m.Every Monday: Earl BeardsleyBuxy’s Salty Dog410-289-097328th St. & Coastal Hwy.Friday, April 18: G-13Captain’s… Read more »
Operation Medicine Drop Set For Saturday
BERLIN – Worcester County residents are encouraged to clean out their medicine cabinets and participate in Operation Medicine Drop: Safe Communities-Healthy Waterways, a one-day drug take back effort on April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at numerous locations throughout Worcester County.Assateague Coastal Trust/COASTKEEPER, Worcester County Sheriff’s Office, Berlin, Ocean City and Ocean Pines… Read more »
State Providing Pot Hole Funding
SNOW HILL — After a long, harsh winter, the roads and highways throughout Worcester are showing the signs of excessive salt use and plowing, but help is now on the way in the form of a $10 million special one-time appropriation to the counties and Baltimore City exclusively for pot holes and weather-related damage.The Worcester… Read more »