Open Houses Of The Week – December 21, 2018

OCEAN CITY Gateway Grand Oceanfront 48th St Units 306 & 1012 Saturday 10-12 Jon Barker Mark Fritschle Group/ Condominium Realty 410-723-6292OCEAN CITY Bayview Grand Bayfront 5th-6th St Models Ope...

Maryland Capital Enterprises, Inc. Awarded $50,000 From Business Finance Group

Maryland Capital Enterprises, Inc. (MCE) has been awarded $50,000 from the Business Finance Group to provide microloans to small businesses on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and in the Baltimore-Anna...

OC Elementary Again Earns State Blue Ribbon Honor

OCEAN CITY – State officials named Ocean City Elementary School a Maryland Blue Ribbon School this week.Ocean City Elementary, which received the distinction previously in 2001 and then went on...

Several Worcester Prep Art Students Place In 2018 Eastern Shore Classic Dog Show Art Contest

Several Worcester Prep art students placed in the 2018 Eastern Shore Classic Dog Show Art Contest, which connects student and canine through artistic expression. Students in lower school art tea...

Berlin Intermediate STEM Students Design Arcade Games

Sixth grade students STEM students Dylan Cannon and Evan Frye demonstrate the cardboard pinball game they built as their second term project at Berlin Intermediate School. The students researched var...

Things I Like – December 21, 2018

Mondays after a Ravens winWatching my kids in a church Christmas programHelping othersMy wife’s Buckeye creationsAnonymous donationsAcapella groupsHow light flatscreen TVs are these daysClear bl...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – December 21, 2018

According to U.S. District Court Judge James Bredar’s ruling, Ocean City officials have a better read on public sensibilities around these parts about topless women than a professor from the Un...

The Dispatch And Ravens Roost 58 Donate To Local Family In Need

The Dispatch newspaper and Ravens Roost 58 each donated $500 worth of gifts and gift cards to help one local family in need have a special Christmas this year. The donation was made to Worcester Yout...

Diakonia Receives Donations From Kiwanis Club

The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City donates to Diakonia each year and helps to sort the food at Diakonia’s Food Pantry, which helps those in need of shelter and assistance. Pictu...

Stephen Decatur High School Senior Samantha Stephan Collects Toys For St. Jude’s Hospital

When Stephen Decatur High School senior Samantha Stephan, pictured above, watched her 3-year-old cousin battle childhood leukemia, she knew that she wanted to do something to help the thousands of fa...