OC Swears In New Police Chief; Buzzuro” ‘So Very, Very Proud’

OCEAN CITY – It was standing room only on Monday evening at City Hall’s Mayor and Council chambers as members of the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) and the public arrived to welcome O...

New Elevator Celebrated At Believe In Tomorrow House

OCEAN CITY – About 50 members of the community joined together to commemorate the ribbon cutting of a brand new elevator at the Believe In Tomorrow House By The Sea, a retreat facility for criti...

Miles 2 Give Running Team Nearing Ocean City Finish Line

OCEAN CITY – The Miles 2 Give team is less than a month out of reaching the finish line in Ocean City after running across country all in the name of Sarcoma Cancer. When The Dispatch first spok...

Jack’s Gelato Confirms Teen’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

OCEAN CITY -- Ocean City has a long-standing tradition of providing summer jobs to teenagers. Few go as far as 13-year-old Jack Fager, however, and start their own business. Beginning in late-April, F...

Officials Get First Look At New District Maps

SNOW HILL -- Because a population boom from 2000 to 2010 has thrown Worcester County Commissioner Districts out of alignment, the county will move to adopt a new re-districting map this summer. Develo...

Salisbury Non-Profit Briefs Council On New Approach

SALISBURY -- A local non-profit with a long history of service is going through an extensive re-branding campaign and appeared before the Salisbury City Council this week to spread the word about thei...

Paving Policy Update Planned

SALISBURY -- The Salisbury City Council is considering an update to its aged paving policy, written in 2005, that officials hope will add flexibility. “It is outdated. It hasn’t been updat...

Mixed Report On Coastal Bays

WEST OCEAN CITY -- It was good news, bad news last week as the Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) released its annual report card for the estuaries in and around the resort area with an overall grad...

Softball World Series Coming To Lower Shore

OCEAN CITY – The bases are aligned for the largest girls’ softball tournament in the country to come to the Wicomico/Worcester County region, and the Town of Ocean City approved a final me...

Serious Injuries Reported In Resort Boating Accident; Driver Charged With Alcohol Violation

OCEAN CITY -- One man was severely injured and another faces charges of operating a boat under the influence of alcohol this week after an accident in the Assawoman Bay on Saturday when victim was str...