OCEAN CITY — More than 350 people packed the Temple Bat Yam synagogue this week to say goodbye to distinguished businessman and beloved community leader Hal Glick, who passed away on Dec. 24.Glick, 74, ended his courageous battle with cancer on Christmas Eve with his loving family at his side and leaves behind a lasting… Read more »
Author Archives: Bryan Russo
Q&A With Phil Houck: Raising Money For Penguin Swim A Year-Round Effort For Bull’s Team
(Editor’s Note: To listen to the entire conversation through The Dispatch’s Download, click over to www.mdcoastdispatch.com/podcasts.)OCEAN CITY — For the past 22 years, Bull on the Beach owner Phil Houck has started his new year off the same way: by leading a growing crowd of people into the chilly waters of the Atlantic Ocean.Yet, Houck… Read more »
Worcester’s North-End Property Values Increase; Assessed Areas Include Berlin, Pines, Bishopville
BERLIN — Property values appear to be rising in the state of Maryland, even and perhaps especially in Worcester County.According to the most recent report released this week by the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation, of the 24 counties in the state, Worcester ranks fifth in highest full cash value change for residential properties… Read more »
Ocean City Community Remembers Hal Glick As ‘Good Man And Great Leader’
OCEAN CITY — More than 350 people packed the Temple Bat Yam synagogue this week to say goodbye to distinguished businessman and beloved community leader Hal Glick, who passed away on Dec. 24.Glick, 74, ended his courageous battle with cancer on Christmas Eve with his loving family at his side and leaves behind a lasting… Read more »
Worcester’s North-End Property Values Increase
BERLIN — Property values appear to be rising in the state of Maryland, even and perhaps especially in Worcester County.According to the most recent report released this week by the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation, of the 24 counties in the state, Worcester ranks fifth in highest full cash value change for residential properties… Read more »
Q&A With Rick Meehan, Mayor On City’s Successes, Acting Manager Role, 2016
OCEAN CITY — There are few people with more good things to say about Ocean City than Mayor Rick Meehan. Of course, it’s part of the job description for Meehan to get people fired up about Maryland’s favorite vacation destination, but he has always quietly balanced his not so quiet optimism for and promotion of… Read more »
Holidays Can Be Lonely Time For Some In Community
BERLIN — Eighty-five-year-old Gerta Stover got her holiday shopping done early this year, and she didn’t even have to leave her apartment.“I do all my shopping, and everything else online,” said the Gull Creek Senior Living Facility resident in her wonderfully thick German accent. “Why would I want to go to the stores and deal… Read more »
Spiritual Awareness, Personal Approach Merge At MBS
OCEAN PINES — Principal Mark Record stands by the front doors of Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School each morning when the kids arrive. He welcomes each of the almost 300 students by name, something he says he could never have done when he was in the public school system.Record has been an educator for almost… Read more »
Diakonia Provides Hope, Place To Mark Holidays For Some Homeless Families
OCEAN CITY — For the past three years, a local woman named Casey has had nowhere to call home for the holidays.But this year, she not only has a home, but she feels like she’s gained a family too.“You never realize how much you enjoy decorating, until you have nothing to decorate,” said the 48-year-old… Read more »
Q&A With Rick Meehan: ‘We’ve Positioned Ourselves Well In The Marketplace’
OCEAN CITY — There are few people with more good things to say about Ocean City than Mayor Rick Meehan. Of course, it’s part of the job description for Meehan to get people fired up about Maryland’s favorite vacation destination, but he has always quietly balanced his not so quiet optimism for and promotion of… Read more »