Volunteers from the Art League of Ocean City recently painted the utility box on the corner of Wicomico Street and Baltimore Avenue in downtown Ocean City. This project was sponsored by Janet and Terry Hough and portrays birds that are native to the area. PPG Paints donated materials and Delmarva Power provided approval to the… Read more »
ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Your work on a recent job assignment is impressive and is sure to be noticed. Meanwhile, expect to receive news about an upcoming holiday event you won’t want to miss.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Saving the world one person at a time is what you were born to… Read more »
Brandon Ely, general manager of Ripley’s Believe It or Not in Ocean City, honored three fourth grade students from Berlin Intermediate School. Students received a certificate and tickets to the museum. The students honored for having a positive attitude towards learning each day were Nicholas Perella, Caydence Walter and Nate Winklbauer.
Jack and Paul Townsend of Selbyville, Del. are given credit for bringing big game fishing to Ocean City. They had fished for marlin off the coast of Florida and speculated that the marlin would follow the warm waters of the gulf stream north to the Delmarva coastline. They took VIPs, such as Lou Gehrig of… Read more »
BERLIN — The Atlantic Physical Therapy 2017 “Tough Guy of the Year” award went to Stephen Decatur varsity football standout Justin Manganiello during a special ceremony last week.For the last 17 years, the Atlantic Physical Therapy (APT) “Tough Guy of the Week” has graced the sports pages of The Dispatch and this year was no… Read more »
New Board Chair NamedBERLIN – At its annual Corporation Meeting, Atlantic General Hospital’s Board of Trustees voted in a new Board Chairman, Hugh T. Cropper, IV, who is the former treasurer of the board.Cropper is a graduate of Worcester Preparatory School in Berlin, the College of William and Mary and the University of Maryland Law… Read more »
Cocaine Dealer SentencedSNOW HILL — A Pennsylvania man, arrested in June on multiple drug and weapons charges after Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers observed him acting suspiciously in the downtown parking lot, pleaded guilty last week and was sentenced to five years, all but one of which was suspended.Around 10:30 p.m. on June 9,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — After resort officials were blindsided somewhat last summer by a State Highway Administration plan to repave and replace sidewalks along Baltimore Avenue before the town moved forward with a major redesign of the corridor, SHA officials this week said they would stand back until the town is ready.For the last year or… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — With the dune-style median fence project now in full swing, resort officials heard a briefing on some aspects of the project last week, including the enhanced lighting system along Coastal Highway, the anticipated completion schedule and the potential for future phases in out years.State Highway Administration (SHA) officials updated the Mayor and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Officials in Ocean City this week approved on first reading an ordinance that would convey city-owned property along Route 90 back to the state.In a meeting of the Mayor and Council Monday, officials unanimously agreed to the first reading of an ordinance that would transfer a four-acre lot along Route 90 to… Read more »