Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – April 17, 2020

This postcard image (circa 1909) shows an Ocean City in the time before paved streets and traffic jams. Photographed from the old water tower on Somerset Street the view looks east across Baltimore A...

A Look at Local Sports this Week in Years Past

With spring high school sports seasons on indefinite hiatus, The Dispatch thought it might be interesting and fun to take a look back at what was making local sports headlines this same week in years...

The Adventures Of Fatherhood – April 17, 2020

In general, parents are incrediby hard on themselves.I’ve long thought this was the case, but the quarantine of 2020 has been revealing. I see the pressure imposed every day at home as well as t...

Obituaries – April 17, 2020

Grace Marie ScheuJUPITER, Fla. — Grace Marie Scheu, 83, of Jupiter, Fla., passed away April 11, 2020 in Stuart, Fla.Born on Dec. 9, 1936, in Bronx New York, she met her husband, George in Ocean ...

I Caught My First Keeper Flounder of the Season

At a time of year when I’m used to doing a fishing report every couple of days, I find myself only doing one about once a week.  We are still in the grips of the Corona virus pandemic and G...

OPA 2020 Board election process underway

By Greg Ellison Candidate filing deadline approaching on May 10, with final list due by June 1 (April 16, 2020) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors 2020 election is coming into focus with t...

Lakernick announces OP candidacy

By Greg Ellison (April 16, 2020) The OPA Board of Directors 2020 election became competitive this week after Dr. Stuart Lakernick entered the fray to expand the field to three candidates. Lakernick, a...

OP residents produce masks for responders

By Greg Ellison (April 16, 2020) Hundreds of face masks were delivered to emergency responders and other essential workers last weekend, courtesy of Ocean Pines residents who formed a group to make th...

OPA Election Committee brainstorms

By Greg Ellison Body examines how to handle processes  in light of restrictions (April 16, 2020) Seeking transparency while also observing covid-19 health safety restrictions on public gatherings, th...

Pines volunteers form new Facebook group

By Greg Ellison (April 16, 2020) Despite collecting a host of warm memories over her 50 years of owning property in Ocean Pines, Pat Veitenthal experienced a high mark last week. “I’ve seen many a...