Proposed Ocean City Hotel Drops Car Lift Concept After Council Opposes

OCEAN CITY – The request to install car lifts at a proposed hotel ended up not meeting city’s code this week and was pulled from the Board of Zoning Appeals agenda, although the town has the proli...

Brous Earns First “Tough Guy” Award

BERLIN- The first Atlantic Physical Therapy “Tough Guy of the Week” award for the Stephen Decatur varsity football team’s 2014 season went to Dryden Brous, who played an exception game in a 28-2...

Fifth Grade Student Helps First And Second Grade Students On The First Day Of School

Kate Conaway, a fifth grade student at Worcester Prep, helps first and second grade students on the first day of school, from left, Stephen Carullo, Lena Parker, Olivia Conaway, Carter Lehman and Oliv...

What’s Your Sign?

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): It might not be wise to pursue goals involving others, unless you can stop impulsively rejecting new ideas. Either open your mind or wait until next week, when this ̶...

Decatur Girls Start Season With 2-0 Mark

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity soccer team got its 2014 campaign off to a fast start with a pair of victories over Bayside North foes to start the year with a 2-0 record. In the season o...

Berlin Trail Network Effort Gets Boost With $30K State Grant

BERLIN — The State of Maryland announced $2.3 million in Bikeway Program grants this week, including a $30,000 slice to go toward Berlin’s planned Walkable, Bikeable trail network. The grant w...

Worcester County Volunteer Spirit Awards Presented

Worcester County Volunteer Spirit Awards were recently presented to 12 outstanding men and women. Two from Ocean Pines-based Star Charities were among those honored. Pictured, from left, are Star Char...

Voices From The Readers

Lohmeyer Memories Editor: The reprint of the 2005 interview by Shawn Soper with The Dispatch founder Dick Lohmeyer in the Aug. 29 issue was pure joy to read. Dick was one of a kind. I worked for him a...

Salisbury Council Agrees On Five-District Format

SALISBURY – After three years of mapping, the Salisbury City Council approved moving to five municipal election districts starting next year. The council held a public hearing this week in consideri...

Worcester Requests State Investigate Liquor Wholesaler For Alleged Unfair Trade Practices

SNOW HILL — In the latest chapter of the county’s ongoing and longtime liquor distribution history, Worcester County has requested a state investigation into alleged unfair trade practices by ...