NEW FOR MONDAY: Employee Bonus Pitch Stirs Up City Council

OCEAN CITY -- An unexpected proposal to give municipal employees a one-time $500 bonus on July 1 was met with resistance last Friday, but the Ocean City Mayor and Council did resolve to discuss at the...

Things I Like

Putting away the winter jackets Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie” How Mike Wallace reported My son’s love of sandals Berlin’s annual Little League parade The Boardwalk early in t...

NEW FOR FRIDAY: OCPD Outlines Planned Technological Advancements

OCEAN CITY – Police Chief Bernadette DiPino provided an update to the Mayor and City Council this week as the department prepares for the upcoming summer season. “When I became chief nine ...

Thoughts From The Publisher's Desk

The prospects of a special legislative session in Annapolis should scare all Marylanders because recent history indicates these short gatherings almost always result in government raising taxes or fee...

City Seeks Changes To Boardwalk Comfort Station

OCEAN CITY – With hopes to break ground on the new Caroline Street Comfort Station in October, the design was turned down once again this week, as the Mayor and City Council seeks additional mod...

Super Walmart Opening Celebrated

BERLIN -- After a years-long approval and construction process, the new Super Walmart on Route 50 in Berlin opened early Wednesday morning amid much fanfare and ceremony. The cavernous new 85,000-squa...

Voices From The Readers

Contrasting Figures Simple To Explain Editor, In last week’s edition of The Dispatch, in the section Between The Lines, you posed the dilemma of how two key economic indicators for Ocean City, r...

Pedestrian Struck

OCEAN CITY -- One of the first pedestrian collisions of the year on Coastal Highway occurred last Saturday evening when a Pennsylvania man was struck around 81st Street. Around 5:45 p.m. last Saturday...

New Arts Center Ground Breaking Planned

OCEAN CITY -- Ground breaking will occur on April 15 at 1:30 p.m. for the new Ocean City Center for the Arts on 94th Street The center will include a large gallery than can accommodate more than one e...

OC Neighborhood Watch Coordinator Recognized

OCEAN CITY -- After 35 years of dedicated service, Ocean City Police Neighborhood Watch Coordinator Mary Cascio was recognized on Tuesday before the Mayor and City Council.  Presenting Cascio wit...