Fenwick Eyes Commercial Zone Planning Study

FENWICK ISLAND – Citing recent struggles with the town’s aged zoning code, officials in Fenwick Island last week agreed to move forward with a planning study of the commercial district.Las...

School’s Soup Bowl Project Benefits Sunshine Fund

BERLIN – Students at Berlin Intermediate School gathered for a good cause last week as the school hosted its eighth annual Soup Bowl Project.Last Thursday, students, parents, teachers and commu...

Eastern Shore Ballot Theatre To Present Peter Pan

SALISBURY — The Eastern Shore Ballet Theatre (ESBT) will debut its newest full-length ballet production, Peter Pan, on April 4, 5 and 6 in the Wicomico High School Auditorium.For the first time ...

New OC Fire Chief Expected By Summer

OCEAN CITY — Ocean City Fire Chief Chris Larmore is officially retiring on Friday after nearly three decades and Tuesday’s meeting was the last in a long series of meetings the chief rarel...

Fenwick Police To Carry Narcan

FENWICK ISLAND – Police officers in Fenwick Island will now carry Narcan as emergency calls outside the resort increase.Last Friday, Fenwick Island Police Chief William Boyden announced all offi...

Decatur Girls Cruise Past Mallards, 15-8

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity lacrosse team took control early in its game with crosstown rival Worcester Prep on Wednesday, withstood a comeback attempt by the Mallards and ul...

The Dispatch Marks 35 Years In Circulation

This month marks 35 years in circulation for this newspaper. Whenever we encounter these sorts of milestones, we can’t help but think about our founding publisher, Dick Lohmeyer, who was also o...

Cops And Courts – March 29, 2019

Cab Ride To Drug Market Leads To ArrestOCEAN CITY — An Ocean City man was arrested on heroin possession charges last week after an undercover Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer alleged...

Decatur Boys Hold Off Mallards Late

BERLIN- Wednesday’s annual backyard brawl between the Stephen Decatur and Worcester Prep boys’ varsity lacrosse team produced another classic in the long series with the Seahawks hanging ...

Fenwick Road Resurfacing Planned

FENWICK ISLAND – A street resurfacing project will commence in Fenwick Island early next month.In the coming months, construction crews will conduct patching repairs, utility adjustments, crack ...