Despite the Ocean City Mayor and Council formalizing plans to condemn and seize his property, local businessman Rick Laws is proceeding with his intention to develop the land into a bayfront hotel.Laws came before the Ocean City Planning and Zoning Commission last week to seek approval of his site plans for a five-story, 104-unit hotel,… Read more »
Response To Health Care Partisan RantEditor:Haven’t I had this conversation before? The last time I responded to a letter to The Dispatch from the political partisan from Berlin, I believe that she used the same old “swift boat type politicking” label to attack those who disagree with her views. (Remember the good old days when… Read more »
Rumors are blowing around on the political front these days, thanks largely to lower shore Senator Lowell Stoltzfus announcing he would not seek another term. One piece of gossip circulating this week was that Delegate Jim Mathias had privately decided he would seek the senate seat, but would not be confirming publicly until a week… Read more »
It’s easy to say Ocean City should not pass any ordinance it cannot enforce. In a perfect world, that would be the case. However, in reality, where practicality reigns, it does not always happen that way.For example, it was known for years on the Boardwalk the town did not have enough staff to enforce regulations… Read more »
Medical Care Deserves Credit Around HereEditor:Thirty years ago, Ed’s parents considered buying a retirement home in Ocean City, but did not follow through because they feared that the area lacked adequate health care. Ironically, soon after his father died at home, unable to get to a nearby hospital. Five years ago, we retired to Ocean… Read more »
Bank robberies are no laughing matter, but this week’s botched attempt at the Susquehanna Bank branch on 94th Street is at least worth a chuckle. According to police, a suspect entered the bank branch and slipped a note of unknown contents to a teller. An obvious assumption is it had something to do with hand… Read more »
The deadline for Ocean City dwelling units to have carbon monoxide detectors in place was February, two years after the new law was enacted. It has become obvious this summer that deadline has come and gone without everyone complying.Consequently, we think it’s time for Ocean City to hold random pop inspections to ensure the town’s… Read more »
Clean Up Our TownEditor:It’s amazing to me that our politicians don’t do something to protect the honest merchants we have. The competition is selling bootleg merchandise (legal?) falsely advertising services they don’t provide (legal?) and doing other things that are just not right. If this continues Dan Troiano will probably eventually give up and another… Read more »
State Senator Lowell Stoltzfus is calling it quits next year. Months ago, this was believed to be a fact among local Republicans, but it seemed of late people were speculating as to what he would actually do when it came down to a formal announcement. Stoltzfus confirmed last night he was done after his current… Read more »
The emergency ordinance, which bans salvia, approved by the Ocean City Mayor and Council is not being enforced as clearly written, and that’s something the town has to figure out immediately because it looks silly today.Members of the Ocean City Police Department walked around the downtown area on Tuesday checking for compliance with the new… Read more »