Currently Reading: Maryland

“It’s not magic,” Diane Davis-Hayes says. “But it might appear that way to some.” Davis-Hayes, Director of the Medical Laboratory Science Program at Salisbury University, is talking about the laboratory results that appear on the screen for health care staff … Continue reading →

Each year on April 22nd, teams of eco-friendly individuals and community members combine efforts to support Mother Earth. April 22nd is Earth Day; a day known globally as International Mother Earth Day across the world. Earth Day is celebrated in … Continue reading →

Stories abound in this seaboard town of Ocean City, MD—once nothing more than a fishing village with vast hunting areas all around—of spirited women who figured out how to capitalize on the bounty they could have, in what was once … Continue reading →

Worcester County, MD is primarily known as a place for tourism. As thousands of individuals flock to Ocean City during the summer months, they travel past fields, farms, and agricultural history. The importance of agriculture to the Eastern Shore of … Continue reading →

“There’s something about the energy here, it’s been really good to me,” said Pedro Barros about Ocean City after securing his skate bowl win a t the 2012 Dew Tour. Alli Sports, a division of the NBC Sports Group, announced … Continue reading →

Get your appetites ready! Not only have area restaurants open their doors to the spring and summer crowds, but May 5th marks the beginning of the very popular Ocean City Spring Restaurant Week. Many of the area’s most celebrated restaurants … Continue reading →

Written by Shawn J. Soper, News Editor of The Dispatch After years of season closures and shrinking keeper size limits and creel limits, Maryland’s summer flounder season opened last Thursday with some of the loosest regulations in recent memory. The … Continue reading →

Any day that surpasses 50 degrees on a weekend is one meant for early spring gardening on the Eastern Shore. Last Saturday, green-thumbs were outside in their yards pulling weeds, clearing out flower beds for new mulch, trimming their shrubs, … Continue reading →

The 16-foot great white shark, Mary Lee, that passed by Assateague and Ocean City in late January is causing people to talk once again. Have no fear, this time no one is talking about Mary Lee coming near our coast, … Continue reading →

Written by Kristen Conn, Marketing & Public Relations – Wicomico County Recreation, Parks & Tourism Follow your nose to the Pork in the Park BBQ Festival, presented by Gateway Subaru. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, this Eastern Shore staple will be … Continue reading →

A zaghareet is a chirp-like, noisy, and loud ululation performed to honor someone. The word zaghareet was generated in the Middle East and is commonly related to forms of Arabic belly dancing. The sounds of many high-pitched zaghareet calls of … Continue reading →

Written by Travis Brown, Staff Writer – The Dispatch Table games at the Casino at Ocean Downs are under “serious consideration,” according to General Manager Joe Cavilla, but there are no concrete plans in place currently. Cavilla was on hand … Continue reading →