Currently Reading: Ocean City

Written by Shawn J. Soper, News Editor – The Dispatch Work wrapped up last week on the dredging of a navigation channel at the entrance to a West Ocean City marina, including depositing the dredged material on Skimmer Island north of … 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 →

The Red Doors Community Center, known for offering community-centered, innovative classes for all ages, is about to go on a hiatus for the summer tourist season. Special events will still be held during the summer months, but if your children … 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 →

Dress Forever 21 / Kimchi Blue crewneck sweatshirt / Forever 21 love 21 contemporary / Free People bag / Forever 21 imitation jewelry / Charlotte Russe stud earrings / Betsey Johnson betsey johnson / American Apparel – Leather Ballet Flat By the time this part of year – the time when it is … 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 →

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 →

In the United States, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. Breast cancer, seemingly on the rise – and a devastating diagnosis to receive – is not the immediate death sentence it once was, … Continue reading →