OCEAN CITY – A tentative agreement regarding the future of the town’s fire services was reached this week, a proposal that would place the fire and emergency services, volunteers and Fire Marshal’s office all under the control of one fire chief, current Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company (OCVFC) Chief Chris Larmore.The agreement, which will not… Read more »

ANNAPOLIS – The 2008 Maryland General Assembly session expired with Sine Die at midnight on Monday with several bills of local importance enacted into law and many others left on the table for debate another day.Thousands of pieces of legislation were debated during the 90-day regular session, and while few had the impact of the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Almost lost amid the attention given to the big downtown fire over the weekend was the terrible tragedy three days earlier on Coastal Highway near 62nd Street.Around 4:34 p.m. last Thursday, a woman carrying her 3-year-old child was struck by an SUV as she attempted to cross Coastal Highway at 62nd Street… Read more »

BERLIN – The cooperative efforts of the Maryland State Police (MSP), the Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office, the County Sheriff’s Office and a private sector bail enforcement company last week resulted in the arrest in Salt Lake City, Utah of a fugitive wanted in Worcester County for several serious offenses including first-degree assault stemming from… Read more »

OCEAN CITY- With an ironic twist of fate, an Ocean City woman vilified last summer by the local and national media when she was charged with murder in the death of her unborn fetuses was a hero of sorts this week when she helped save the life of an elderly man who collapsed in a… Read more »

OCEAN CITY –The Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company (OCVFC) responded to the Mayor and Council’s proposal this week, offering a counterproposal that would place the OCVFC in charge of all fire fighting responsibilities within the town. “The OCVFC has presented the Mayor and City Council with a plan that it believes resolves all the issues… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Diakonia homeless shelter in West Ocean City will close its doors in April if Worcester County cannot come up with the cash to keep the shelter open.“We are just now flat out of cash,” said Roy Frick, Treasurer and Vice President of the Diakonia Board. “Everything is going up. Utilities have gone… Read more »

By Greg Bach, Special To The DispatchMIZORAM, India – One of Sammy Wilkinson’s many great qualities was that he always thought of others, whether it was becoming an organ and tissue donor or helping out a teammate on the soccer field. So it was only fitting following his tragic death several years ago at the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Efforts to get Ocean City fire services back on track were made this week with the decision by the Mayor and Council to offer the position of interim fire chief to Volunteer Fire Chief Chris Larmore. Public outcry was resounding this week as local business owners, residents and volunteer firefighters poured into… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Fallout from a meeting between the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company (OCVFC) and the Mayor and City Council reverberated throughout the town this week with the announcement from the OCVFC that it will be relocating its services to West Ocean City. “The OCVFC has no alternative but to relocate our operations to… Read more »