OCEAN CITY – Drivers looking to showcase their love of Ocean City to every car on the road now have an official way to do it.Ocean City joined the growing trend of personalized vanity plates this week, as the City Council unanimously approved a vintage OC logo to be made available to all Maryland drivers… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – While everyone involved with the Play it Safe campaign hoped that it would catch on back in 1989, no one ever expected it to “catch fire” and become such a bright shining light two decades later in raising awareness against drug and alcohol use amongst teens.As the Play it Safe Ocean City… Read more »

BERLIN – Another new face has joined the ranks of hopeful politicians in Berlin, with Phil Cropper’s decision to run for the District 1 town council seat left vacant by the election of Gee Williams to the mayor’s slot.“I’m not happy with the way things have been going in the past few years in Berlin,”… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A local woman who provided phony prescription documents to an undercover Ocean City police narcotics agent as part of an elaborate scheme earlier this year pleaded guilty last week in Circuit Court to distributing painkillers and was sentenced to two years in jail.On Feb. 8, an undercover OCPD narcotics agent made arrangements… Read more »

BERLIN – Gee Williams will no longer need to list “interim” before the title of Berlin mayor after achieving election to the top elected post in town Tuesday with 59 percent of the vote.Williams, who took over as mayor temporarily when previous Mayor Tom Cardinale unexpectedly died in May, defeated former Mayor Rex Hailey by… Read more »

BERLIN – Lisa Hall won the District II Berlin Town Council seat Tuesday, beating out nearest rival Thom Gulyas by 33 votes.The District II votes broke down to 167 for Hall, 134 for Gulyas and 93 for Jason Walter.“I never thought about winning until tonight. I just wanted to get out in the community and… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A firearm shooting range that could be coming to Berlin has citizens concerned over neighborhood impacts and the need to change town law to allow the use.Local businessman Duane Maddy is asking for changes to the zoning code to allow indoor shooting ranges as a conditional use, which would allow him to… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – It remains to be seen which way voters in Maryland will go on the slots issue when they head to the polls next month, but if the decision strictly comes down to which side raised and spent the most to advance their cause, there will likely be one-armed bandits at Ocean Downs… Read more »

Where Candidates Stand On OC IssuesIn a continuing effort to brief Ocean City registered voters on the candidates and their viewpoints, The Dispatch presents the final installment of a three-part, question-and-answer series with the seven City Council candidates.Question 3: Ocean City is currently pursuing or in the middle of some large capital improvement projects, including… Read more »

BERLIN – The cost of Berlin’s Comprehensive Plan went up this week by almost $12,000.Last December, the Berlin Mayor and Council engaged Davis Bowen and Friedel (DBF) to create the town’s new comprehensive Plan at a cost of $30,805.Tim Bourcier of DBF went before the council Wednesday night to request another $11,685 to complete the… Read more »