Pre-kindergarten students at Seaside Christian Academy put their hands over their mouths while breathing as Ocean City Deputy Fire Marshal Ryan Whittington demonstrates how it sounds when a fire fighter has on breathing apparatus.
Mark Fritschle Group/Condominium Realty has donated $1,500 to the Ocean City Lions’ Wounded Warriors Fund and the 11th Annual Wounded Warriors Golf Tournament, which was held last month at the Ocean City Golf Club. The tournament benefits wounded troops from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and other conflicts. Pictured, from left, are Lion Ben Dawson,… Read more »
South Point Issue Needs AttentionEditor:Please read pages 27-28 of The Dispatch last week and understand this is only a portion of my arguments for adding a bike lane or shoulder to South Point Road. This subject is not closed and is a continuation of several requests presented over the years.Two citizens that signed my petition,… Read more »
BERLIN– Three hundred and sixty two days a year, the second floor meeting room at the Ocean City library is just that. A meeting room filled with tables and chairs.For three days in October, however, it’s transformed into a dark maze of dim lights and spooky sounds.“I thought it was very scary,” eight-year-old Xander Wakefield… Read more »
ASSATEAGUE – Naming rights for four of Assateague Island’s five new foals born on the Maryland side of the shore this year will go up for auction starting early next month.Online bidding begins Nov. 2 and will run through Dec. 17. The remaining foal will be named by the winner of a raffle contest that… Read more »
SNOW HILL – Recent storms and flooding have prompted county leaders to resume the practice of sending staff to the National Hurricane Conference.In April, for the first time in a decade Worcester County will send more than a dozen employees to New Orleans for the 2017 National Hurricane Conference. The Worcester County Commissioners voted 6-0… Read more »
Ocean City Elementary students Avari Shoff and Areti Gjikuria look at the interactive National Geographic website on their iPads.
The Ocean City/Berlin Leo Club has installed new officers for the 2016/2017 year. The Leo Club is a youth group sponsored by the Ocean City Lions Club and is based at Stephen Decatur High School in Berlin. Every year the Leos assist the OC Lions in raising awareness and funds for their many eyesight programs…. Read more »
The incumbent Ocean City Mayor and Council members maintain not everything is as it seems at City Hall. While the votes might be 7-0 in most cases, some of the incumbents made it clear in recent weeks there is typically plenty of discourse prior to that happening. While that was extolled as a good thing,… Read more »
Stephen Decatur High School students excelling with volunteerism were celebrated last month at the Presidential Service Award ceremony with guest of honor Maryland Delegate Mary Beth Carozza. This year, sixty-two Stephen Decatur High School students received the Presidential Service Award for community service. Pictured are Gold Award recipients Cole Norman, Jenna Shumate, Dominic Klebe and… Read more »