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 »

OCEAN CITY – Resort police last week closed the books on burglaries at three downtown marina businesses in early September after connecting a pair of local brothers to the break-ins through surveillance video obtained from one of the victims.In early September, OCPD detectives began investigating three commercial burglaries and one attempted burglary at waterfront businesses… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Some have called travel agents “dinosaurs destined for extinction”, but for Oasis Travel in West Ocean City, it hopes to be a name of distinction when you are booking your next vacation.With the rapid growth of online travel agencies and discounted travel websites like Priceline and Expedia, store-front travel agencies have seemingly… Read more »

SNOW HILL – An Ocean City man arrested in April for breaking into the same resort pharmacy he did a year earlier pleaded guilty last week in Circuit Court to second-degree burglary and was sentenced to 12 years in jail with all but one year suspended.Around 3 a.m. on April 28, Ocean City Volunteer Fire… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Maryland motorists have a slightly higher chance at having a deer “frozen in their headlights” this year according to state authorities, as the annual deer migration has hit its peak months.Historically, October, November, and December are the primary months for deer migration and mating in the country and motorists are urged to… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – With one unanimous decision, the Mayor and City Council approved a subaqueos water main improvement project in Ocean City, and saved the town almost $166,000 in the process.By granting the bid for a subaqueous water main improvement project on 10 sites ranging throughout Ocean City to Aaron Enterprises for $378,040, the town… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Two Dundalk men arrested in April in connection with a rash of burglaries in the resort last winter after detectives turned their cyber-savvy techniques against them appeared in Circuit Court for separate trials last week and ended up with two different outcomes including jail time for one and probation for the other.In… Read more »