BERLIN – Longtime incumbent Worcester County Commissioner Jim Purnell faces challenger Eddie Lee in the District 2 Democratic primary, which will determine who serves as the county representative of the district.With no Republican opposition, the victor in the primary will only need to gain more votes than any write-in candidates to take the commissioner seat… Read more »

Shawn J. Soper News EditorOCEAN CITY – On what was already a busy day for the U.S. Coast Guard in the Ocean City area, two local fishermen, reported long overdue after not returning to port at the designated time, were rescued well offshore after there vessel experience engine problems.On Tuesday, Coast Guard Station Ocean City… Read more »

SNOW HILL – The recent traffic death of a local dog on Peerless Rd. has raised questions about speeding cars and prompted a speed study on that street.The Worcester County Commissioners agreed to the Peerless Rd. speed study on Tuesday at their general meeting, before making a final decision on adding speed limit signs or… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City has a serious flooding problem that could cost millions of dollars to rectify, resort business owners learned this week during a presentation from a University of Maryland researcher heading up a study of the town’s aging stormwater management infrastructure over the next several months.Ocean City Economic Development Committee (EDC) members… Read more »

BERLIN – The seven candidates for the two local seats in the House of Delegates were recently asked to respond in writing to a questionnaire from The Dispatch.Incumbent Norm Conway is joined in the Democratic primary by candidates Bernard John Hayden and Gee Williams, while Republicans hopefuls include A. Kaye Kenney, Mike McDermott, Marty Pusey… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Fifty years ago this week, Ocean City experienced one of the darkest chapters in its history when thousands rioted on Labor Day weekend in protest of the arrest of a U.S. Marine at a Boardwalk amusement center at the height of a summer-long police crackdown on teen drinking and “rowdyism” in the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Maryland confirmed this week the body found 16 miles off the coast of Ocean City on Monday afternoon was that of a Washington, D.C. man caught in a rip current and reported missing in late August.Around 2 p.m. on Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard… Read more »

BERLIN – A second candidate’s forum, sponsored by the Assateague Coastal Trust, attracted nine Worcester County Commissioner candidates, who answered questions in front of a small crowd at Berlin Intermediate School Tuesday.Candidates in attendance included Democrat Eddie Lee, District 3 challenger; District 4 Democratic incumbent Commissioner Virgil Shockley and Democratic challenger Tommy Tucker; District 5… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – While the jury is still out for the most part and there is a good chunk of summer-like weekends on the calendar this month, Ocean City business leaders this week started tearing into some of the early numbers on the 2010 season and their general feeling appears to be one of “guarded… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — There will be no voter questions on the ballot for the upcoming Ocean City municipal election after the council removed three topics from the table.At Tuesday’s City Council work session at City Hall, City Clerk Kathy Mathias gave the final query to the voting seven to decide which, if any, questions would… Read more »