About The Author: Shawn Soper

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Shawn Soper has been with The Dispatch since 2000. He began as a staff writer covering various local government beats and general stories. His current positions include managing editor and sports editor. Growing up in Baltimore before moving to Ocean City full time three decades ago, Soper graduated from Loch Raven High School in 1981 and from Towson University in 1985 with degrees in mass communications with a journalism concentration and history.

New Downtown Hotel Site Plan Revisions Approved

OCEAN CITY — With the new Cambria Hotel steadily rising from the old Cropper Concrete property just north of the Route 50 bridge, the developers came before the Planning Commission this week with some revisions to the original site plan.The exterior structure of the eight-and-a-half story Cambria Hotel and its associated amenities are taking shape… Read more »

Report: Pilot Conducting Ocean Survey For Commercial Fishing Operation Before Engine Trouble

Report: Pilot Conducting Ocean Survey For Commercial Fishing Operation Before Engine Trouble

OCEAN CITY — The small plane forced to make an emergency landing in the ocean last month suffered engine trouble about eight miles offshore and was attempting to get to the airport, according to a preliminary National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report released this week.Around 6:15 p.m. on July 16, a single-engine 1981 Cessna 172… Read more »

Nightclub’s Safe Theft Caught On Video

OCEAN CITY — A local man was arrested on theft charges last week after allegedly pinching money from a business’s safe where he worked.Around 6:30 p.m. last Friday, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer responded to a nightclub on 17th Street to investigate an alleged theft. The officer met with the club owner, who… Read more »

Engagement Ring Tossed In Bay During Argument

OCEAN CITY — A Pennsylvania man was arrested on assault and other charges last weekend after allegedly attacking his fiancé and throwing her $4,000 engagement ring into the bay from a hotel balcony.Around 12:10 a.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to a hotel at 45th Street for a reported domestic assault.OCPD… Read more »