BERLIN – Nine candidates for Worcester County Commissioner have filed to run as of June 10, with three more slated to file in the next week.Those who wish to run for office must file their candidacy by July 6. The primary will be held Sept. 14. The general election will take place Nov. 2.All seven… Read more »

BERLIN – St. Martin’s Church, which has endured for 254 years north of Berlin, is becoming part of the community once again with new opening hours and special events scheduled.A sturdy brick building along the Route 113 off ramp leading to Route 589, the Episcopal church remained in use for over 200 years, only closing… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – In recognition of World Ocean Day, state officials this week launched Maryland’s Coastal Atlas, an interactive online mapping and planning tool allowing public and private interests to explore coastal areas around the state including Worcester County’s shoreline and the waters off the coast of Ocean City.The atlas provides direct access to available… Read more »

Delbert H. “Del” Baker, Jr.Special To The Dispatch OCEAN CITY – I was beyond thrilled and both honored and humbled to be selected as this year’s 2010 Ocean City’s Hometown Hero and to represent this great city during the Air Show this past weekend. With this “temporary title” came the privilege of flying with the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — In the brief this week, Ocean City’s fiscal year 2011 budget passed through the second and final reading, the undomesticated animal or “iguana man’s” law gets the final nod after some finishing touches and the City Council approves a new logo for a new clean beach initiative.OC Budget Passes By Split VoteIt… Read more »

T.K. DickersonStaff WriterOCEAN CITY – J/R’s Ribs in Ocean City has come a long way since its beginnings 31 years ago as the town’s first true rib house. Though the restaurant is growing and improving in many ways, owners Debi and Jerry Sinnott make it a point to maintain the restaurant’s traditions of great food… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Tragedy struck in Ocean City last weekend when a 22-year-old Anne Arundel County man was struck and killed trying to cross Coastal Highway around 36th Street in the first pedestrian fatality of the summer season in the resort.The Ocean City Police Department this week continue to investigate a fatal pedestrian accident that… Read more »

WEST OCEAN CITY – Individuals attempting to put their boat in the water at the public boat ramp in the commercial harbor this week discovered a completely submerged tow truck reportedly stolen several hours earlier.Shortly before 10 a.m. on Wednesday, individuals were struggling to put their boat in the water at the public boat ramp… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Even though the town of Ocean City negotiated rising health care costs to half of what it could have been, the bottom line is that the town will pay almost $1 million more to provide health insurance for its workforce in fiscal year 2011.One of the most cumbersome statistics that was a… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — After banning the psychoactive plant Salvia Divinorum from the resort via emergency ordinance last summer, a newly alleged hallucinogenic herbal smoking blend has popped up in Boardwalk stores in the early weeks of the summer season, according to Ocean City police this week.Although officials say that it is too early to tell… Read more »