SALISBURY — For more than 40 years, Horner Honda has been supplying Salisbury with motorcycles, ATVs, scooters and energy generators. Looking into the future, owner Bud Horner expects to continue operating from the same location he has since 1969 and to keep pace with Honda’s push for more efficient vehicles and generators.Horner, whose father owned… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A new shopping center is being proposed to breathe new life into rare empty parcels of land on 67th Street.This week the Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed a couple of site plans, one being a proposed 20,727-square-foot commercial shopping center, known as the 67th Street Town Center, to be located on the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — After weeks of relative calm on the pedestrian collision front in the resort, another pedestrian was struck by a vehicle early Monday morning and was flown by Maryland State Police helicopter to PRMC in Salisbury and is listed in stable condition early this week.Throughout the month of June, pedestrians being struck by… Read more »
BERLIN — Citing hostile working conditions and unveiled hints of discrimination and harassment, the Berlin Mayor and Council today announced the town was disassociating itself from and ceasing all financial aid to the Berlin Fire Company (BFC).The Berlin Mayor and Council on Tuesday announced it will amend its fiscal year 2013 budget to cease all… Read more »
SNOW HILL — After a General Assembly special session this month proposed changes to Maryland’s gambling regulations, the Worcester County Local Development Council (LDC) went to work yesterday trying to understand exactly what the new rules will mean. While the changes received general support from the LDC, some did question what kind of impact loosening… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The 2012 season of the new Dew Tour kicked off yesterday in Ocean City under sunny skies. With a line of spectators stretching down the Boardwalk, the Pantech Beach Championships opened with a day of action both in and out of the water. The pioneers of bowl skating convened on the beach… Read more »
BERLIN — After a whirlwind five-day special session, state lawmakers this week approved legislation expanding casino gambling in Maryland, including the addition of table games and a sixth casino in Prince George’s County, and it will now be up to the state’s electorate to approve the changes in November.The Maryland General Assembly this week passed… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – This week The Dispatch caught up with Team Toyota athletes Bob Burnquist and Jamie Bestwick, as they were preparing to return to Ocean City this to compete in the Pantech Beach Championship of the Dew Tour this weekend.Burnquist is from Brazil and is a skateboard vert and Mega ramp specialist. His achievements… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A city councilman denied this week any abuse of power when he served $3,300 in meals to emergency responders during Hurricane Irene a year ago.Earlier this month, this publication received a letter alleging Hall’s Restaurant conducted business during Hurricane Irene when all other operators had to shut down amid fears of power… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — On the day family and friends solemnly marked the anniversary of the passing of beloved Ocean City resident and long-time public servant, the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) announced a major energy efficiency program for the state’s agriculture and farming industry in her name.MEA officials on Wednesday announced the Kathleen A.P. Mathias Agriculture… Read more »