OCEAN CITY — The federal Army Corps of Engineers late this week is expected to begin an emergency dredging of the Ocean City Inlet that shoaled in even further during Winter Storm Jonas in late January although a long-term solution has not yet been reached.An already challenging shoaling problem in the Inlet was exacerbated during… Read more »
BERLIN – Community members gathered yesterday to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Atlantic General Hospital Thrift Shop.The thrift shop, located in the Berlin Shopping Center on Old Ocean City Boulevard, has raised more than $1.5 million for the hospital during the past decade.“It’s been great for the community and it’s been great for us,”… Read more »
ASSATEAGUE — In what must be considered a baby boom, the size of the wild horse population on Assateague will likely increase this spring after the results of pregnancy tests conducted last fall revealed three mares are carrying foals.While it certainly isn’t the most glamorous aspect of managing the famed wild horses on Assateague, a… Read more »
BERLIN — One week after Worcester officials threw their support behind a bill introduced in the House to pursue an exit strategy for the county’s Department of Liquor Control (DLC), Senator Jim Mathias responded to criticism his legislation did not represent the county’s wishes.As part of the exit strategy for the beleaguered DLC, a pair… Read more »
BERLIN — Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team held up their end in the battle with Pocomoke for the Bayside South championship with a 71-61 win over Cambridge-South Dorchester in the regular season finale on the road on Monday, but the Seahawks lost a fateful coin toss on Tuesday morning to the Warriors, who will… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials last week approved a first-ever sand lacrosse tournament on the downtown beach in Ocean City, but not before resolving some concerns about the type of balls proposed to be used during the event.The Mayor and Council last Tuesday approved the inaugural Ocean City Sand Lacrosse Tournament set for Saturday and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — After a nationwide search that stretched five months, there’s a new city manager in Ocean City.Doug Miller was the Mayor and City Council’s unanimous choice to assume the position as the town’s essential chief executive officer, and The Dispatch sat down with the self-proclaimed “worrier” to talk about his past experiences as… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Concerned citizens will have an opportunity next month to weigh in on the final design of the dune-style fence proposed for Coastal Highway at a known trouble spot for pedestrian safety.In January, the Mayor and Council approved the final design for the fence concept along the median of Coastal Highway from Convention… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Tourism officials reviewed the results of last year’s zip code collection last week to attempt to determine where the resort’s visitors are coming from and also received good news on some year-end statistics regarding visitor totals from last year.The Tourism Commission on Feb. 8 reviewed the results of a summer-long survey of… Read more »
(Editor’s Note: The following is another installment of an ongoing series during Black History Month.)BERLIN — Years before the world knew Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as the leader of the Civil Rights Movement, retired minister and Berlin native Rev. David Briddell called the now-iconic leader his dear friend.Briddell, who spent 40 years as a… Read more »