OCEAN CITY — Near-perfect weather along with summer-like crowds on many weekends during the holidays resulted in a new attendance records for Winterfest this year, Ocean City officials learned on Monday.While the weather has taken a sudden turn for the worse this week with a return of winter temperatures, many days in late November and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s newest city manager, the self-proclaimed “happiest person in the room,” was formally introduced on Wednesday morning, ending a roughly five-month search to replace his predecessor.After a national search yielded dozens of applicants, the Mayor and Council on Wednesday morning officially introduced Miller, an experienced municipal administrator, as the resort’s newest… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — While not advocating for an outright ban on potentially harmful Styrofoam, the resort’s Coastal Resources Legislative Committee this week decided to pursue the issue further before making any recommendation.Several progressive communities across the country are already banning polystyrene in the form of Styrofoam cups, plates and carry-out boxes, for example. Closest to… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s newest city manager, the self-proclaimed “happiest person in the room,” was formally introduced on Wednesday morning, ending a roughly five-month search to replace his predecessor.After a national search yielded dozens of applicants, the Mayor and Council on Wednesday morning officially introduced Doug Miller, an experienced municipal administrator, as the resort’s… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s administration this week announced over $11 million in effective neighborhood revitalization and job creation programs to local jurisdictions all over the state including several in Worcester County and around the Lower Shore.Hogan announced on Tuesday the roughly $11 million in grants will be made available to local jurisdictions,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Defeated but not disheartened at the federal level, a group of Ocean City taxpayers last week filed suit in Worcester County Circuit Court as expected seeking a roll-back of sorts in the property tax rate in the resort to 2009 levels.In June, a group operating under the guise of the Ocean City… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY — While the federal criminal case against a West Ocean City business owner continues to plod along, a national bank this month filed a complaint in U.S. District Court seeking to seize the long-shuttered property.The U.S. Bank on Tuesday filed a complaint seeking emergency injunctive relief against West Ocean City business owner… Read more »
BERLIN — Thanks to a partnership with Ultra Solar & Wind Solutions, a local publishing company is now utilizing solar power to operate its office.Located on Old Ocean City Boulevard in Berlin, The Dispatch’s new solar system, which went online Dec. 9 after two months of financial, feasibility and engineering studies, consists of 58 panels… Read more »
BERLIN — While legislation seeking a mandated post-Labor Day start for public schools across Maryland is expected to be introduced again in the upcoming General Assembly session, at least one local school system is already seeking input on a return date for next year.With the start of the Maryland General Assembly session now just two… Read more »
BERLIN — Thanks to a partnership with Ultra Solar & Wind Solutions, a local publishing company is now utilizing solar power to operate its office.Located on Old Ocean City Boulevard in Berlin, The Dispatch’s new solar system, which went online Dec. 9 after two months of financial, feasibility and engineering studies, consists of 58 panels… Read more »