OCEAN CITY =- A proposal to double the tolls on the William Preston Lane Memorial Bridge, or Chesapeake Bay Bridge complex, this year and triple the rates by 2013 moved closer to becoming a reality last week when Maryland Transportation Authority board members endorsed the hike, prompting local officials to gauge public opinion on the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The hundreds of dead fish that washed up on the beach from Ocean City to Lewes last weekend were likely dumped by a commercial fishing vessel and did not perish in the ocean because of some water quality issue, state environmental officials said this week.Last Saturday, officials in Delaware resort towns started… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The City Council is looking to create a building inspector task force in order to check off a list of properties in town that are in need of repair and maintenance.City Engineer Terry McGean last week presented the Mayor and City Council with good news that Ocean City’s building department rate given… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The local community is dealing with both grief and anger this week after a 20-year-old Bishopville man and Stephen Decatur graduate was killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident on Route 90 and his helmet, which topped an impromptu memorial at the crash scene, was stolen just days later.Around 2:20 p.m. last Friday,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City could soon be sending out a big thank you to all its visitors.During Monday evening’s Mayor and City Council meeting, Councilman Brent Ashley proposed a “thank you” campaign.“As you all know, the strongest word in advertising is ‘you’,” Ashley said during the meeting.Ashley said that during the 1980’s different tourist… Read more »

SALISBURY — It’s been a busy week for the Salisbury city budget.The Salisbury City Council passed its fiscal year 2012 operating budget with a 4-1 vote Monday night, just to have it vetoed by Mayor Jim Ireton the next day. The council responded immediately and overruled Ireton’s veto Wednesday afternoon, again with a 4-1 vote.“The… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Approximately 200 people came to Lighthouse Sound Wednesday evening to celebrate the careers and accomplishments of 45 “Women Leaders” on the shore.The celebration, hosted by Lighthouse Sound, was a culmination of a three-month campaign, presented by The Dispatch newspaper and sponsored by Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Park Place Jewelers, Card’s Computers, Bank… Read more »

BERLIN- The soon-to-be-defunct Worcester County Liquor Control Board (LCB) last week made its final distribution of year-to-date revenues to Worcester County and its municipalities last week totaling over $815,000, a far cry from the $112,000 it contributed last year.The LCB, abolished this year by the General Assembly and replaced with a county-run operation, begins distributing… Read more »