OCEAN CITY — While it merely represents an online community’s will, a petition submitted to the Mayor and Council this week containing over 10,000 signatures urged the elected officials to reverse their position on a nostalgic century-plus old Boardwalk building.On Tuesday, petition organizer Vicki Magin presented to the Mayor and Council the hard copy of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Snow Hill man faces multiple charges in the fatal hit-and-run collision that claimed the life of a foreign seasonal worker from Slovakia last month.Around 3 a.m. on Aug. 30, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to a reported hit-and-run collision involving a bicycle in the area of 2nd Street and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Mid-Atlantic Tournament wrapped up late last week with one boat taking first place in two major categories for the first time ever and collecting a record payout for the event.The Mid-Atlantic concluded with a flourish last Friday after five days of fishing during which the leaderboard was erased and rewritten several times…. Read more »
BERLIN- The Stephen Decatur High School varsity football “Tough Guy of the Week” awards will return to the sport pages of The Dispatch again this fall for the 17th year as the Seahawks prepare for their season opener on Friday night at home against Arcadia.Most of the accolades in football at any level are reserved… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Marlin Club’s 59th annual Labor Day White Marlin Tournament got underway on Friday as the “granddaddy” of resort area fishing tournaments.While it may lack the glamour and high payouts of the White Marlin Open, the Ocean City Marlin Club’s 56th Annual Labor Day White Marlin Tournament trumps all others in… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The grand spectacle of offshore powerboat racing returns to Ocean City next weekend with the Bull on the Beach Offshore Grand Prix.Bull on the Beach is teaming up with Offshore Powerboat Racing (OPA) to bring the Ocean City grand prix race back to Ocean City next weekend, Friday, September 8 to Sunday, September… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The 4th Annual Huk Big Fish Classic originally scheduled for July will go off next weekend after a rare mid-summer nor’easter postponed the event.The Big Fish Classic was set to go off for the fourth year in row in late July with participating boats competing in one of two 32-hour time periods to… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- After surviving the Ocean City Tennis Center’s summer-long Delmarva High School Grand Prix series, eight finalist from five different high schools competed last weekend in the championship finals with winners emerging in several divisions.In the boy’s Gold Flight, top-seeded Dominic Anthony of Worcester Prep defeated Stephen Decatur’s Trevor Hayes in the championship match… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week got their first look at revised modifications to the regulations regarding directional boring by private sector companies for pipes, cables and other utilities, but did not take immediate action on the changes after deciding it needed a few tweaks.Last spring, Councilman Dennis Dare proposed a temporary moratorium on… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Police Department on Thursday continued an investigation into a hit-and-run collision that has left a foreign seasonal worker from Slovakia in critical condition.Around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, officers responded to a reported hit-and-run collision involving a bicycle in the area of 2nd Street and Philadelphia Avenue. The bicyclist, a… Read more »