OC Elementary Fourth Graders Work On Writing Skills

Faith Murray’s fourth grade class from Ocean City Elementary has been working on writing skills. They read an article called “Should Kids Be on Reality TV?” and then had a class deba...

Tech School Students Present ER Waiting Area Designs

BERLIN — Worcester County students presented their award-winning design for a new emergency department waiting room to representatives of Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) last Friday. Having take...

Star Charities Holds Annual Beef ‘n Beer Benefit

Star Charities held its annual Beef ‘n Beer benefit dinner Jan. 11 at the Ocean Pines Community Center with proceeds going to Home of the Brave, a holiday away-from-home for combat veterans and ...

School Officials Explain How Weather Closure Process; Tuesday Pre-Storm Closure Defended

NEWARK — The Tuesday night snowstorm followed by single-digit temperatures for much of the week led to a mid-winter break for Worcester County schools this week, but the decision-making process ...

Decatur Track Teams Turn in Solid Meets

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity indoor track teams turned in solid performances in the latest meet last week with the girls finishing third overall and the boys finishing seventh out of the 20 tea...

District 2’s Purnell Confirms He Will Not Seek Re-Election

SNOW HILL — Although the election is months away, it’s guaranteed there will be at least three new faces on the next Worcester County Commission after Commissioner Jim Purnell confirmed this w...

SD Middle School Gecko And Cobra Teams Sponsor 15-Team Dodgeball Tournament

Stephen Decatur Middle School’s seventh grade Gecko and Cobra Teams recently sponsored a 15-team Dodgeball Tournament as part of the Student Health and Wellness Initiative. Teams designed their unif...

Things To Do Around Town

Every Saturday & Sunday, Now-April 27: Pancake Breakfast 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Ocean City Municpal Airport Terminal Building. To benefit the Huey Veteran’s Memorial Display. Pan-cakes, eggs, bacon, s...

With Month To Go, Berlin Leads ‘America’s Smallest Cool Town’ Contest

BERLIN — After finishing third in preliminary voting earlier this winter, Berlin has now entered the final round for Budget Travel’s “America’s Smallest Cool Town” contest and is currently i...

Ocean City Area Digs Out From Smaller Snowfall Than Expected

(Editor’s Note: To see more photos of the storm and the after effects, click over to www.facebook.com/thedispatchoc) OCEAN CITY —  Ocean City employees are working this morning to clean u...