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Commissioners Wrong On Diakonia DecisionEditor:I was incredibly disappointed by the Commissioners recent vote to effectively delay the expansion of Diakonia.Its mission is second to none and rep...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2024/01/25/voices-from-the-readers-january-26-2024/

Tax Relief Needed For Middle ClassEditor:When I first starting to pay my taxes in the 60’s we could deduct all interest payments. Credit was difficult to get, unlike now. Now credit easy is to...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2024/01/18/voices-from-the-readers-january-19-2024/

Commissioner Off Base With BOE AccusationsEditor:(The following letter was addressed to Worcester County Commissioner Eric Fiori.)I read your “thoughts and reasoning into your vote” to not f...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2024/01/11/voices-from-the-readers-january-12-2024/

Juvenile Services Requires AttentionEditor:I would like to enlighten Worcester County residents of the punishments enforced upon our youths within our county by employees of Worcester County’s...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2024/01/04/voices-from-the-readers-january-5-2024/

Sports Complex Opposition Editor: (The following letter was addressed to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore with an enclosure of a letter opposing a sports complex.) Enclosed you will find a letter which I ...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/12/28/voices-from-the-readers-december-29-2023/

Empower Our Students To Understand, EngageEditor:I am writing to express my unwavering support for intellectual freedom, the right to access diverse educational materials, and a staunch oppositi...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/12/21/voices-from-the-readers-december-22-2023/

Creating Problems Where There Are NoneEditor:After listening to the Nov. 21, 2023 Board of Education meeting in its entirety, I along with many others, was appalled by the unkind comments of sev...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/12/14/voices-from-the-readers-december-15-2023/

Unacceptable CommentsEditor:During a recent Ocean City Planning Commission meeting, Palmer Gillis disparaged members of the City Council with reckless and baseless accusations. In response to lea...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/12/07/voices-from-the-readers-december-8-2023/

School Board Flirting With Concerning ChangesEditor:This letter is written with all due respect to Editor Steve Green and in response to the editorial he penned in “Between the Lines,” The D...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/11/30/voices-from-the-readers-december-1-2023/

360 Families ServedEditor: I would like to publicly thank and acknowledge those members of the Worcester County Bar Association who donated to our annual Thanksgiving Charity fundraiser, which is...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/11/23/voices-from-the-readers-november-24-2023/

Public Decency At IssueEditor:I read Editor Steve Green’s missive on the flag controversy and the First Amendment. Sometimes, we must cut through the nonsense and simply speak our intuitive tru...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/11/16/voices-from-the-readers-november-17-2023/

Losing Faith In CountyEditor:Has the Fiscal Year 2025 budget allocation to the Worcester County Board of Education already been decided by the County Commissioners? By the article posted online t...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/11/09/voices-from-the-readers-november-10-2023/

Incidents Require ReportingEditor:I am no longer a resident of Worcester County, but I have family and friends on the shore and I am alarmed to learn there is so many incidents, up to and includi...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/11/02/voices-from-the-readers-november-3-2023/

Support For SchoolEditor:To the leaders of Worcester County and the State of Maryland, I cannot convey how troubled I am about the recent news that the new Buckingham Elementary School project ...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/10/19/voices-from-the-readers-october-20-2023/

County Disappoints With Memorial HandlingEditor:In 2017 our family sought to correct multiple inaccuracies on the Vietnam Memorial at the Worcester County Courthouse in Snow Hill. Because our tw...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/10/12/voices-from-the-readers-october-13-2023/

Human Perspective On Route 113’s DivisionEditor:Over the past seven decades, Route 113 has divided our town geographically. In 1952, a network of interstates was developed across the nation, o...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/10/05/voices-from-the-readers-october-6-2023/

Request For HelpEditor:A few weeks ago, my friends I went out for drinks to the Caribbean, The Angler, MR Ducks and Shotti’s. Somewhere along the line I lost my backpack.It is a black Under Arm...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/09/28/voices-from-the-readers-september-29-2023/

Book Policy UnacceptableEditor:In rebuttal to Gwen Lehman’s letter to the editor response, “no,” banning public school books is not about misinterpreting Huck Finn. It is about XXX pornogra...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/09/21/voices-from-the-readers-september-22-2023/

Developer Criticizes Process, CouncilmanEditor:Monday’s Berlin Town Council meeting resulted in yet another failed agreement after at least a couple previous failures. As everyone already know...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/09/14/voices-from-the-readers-september-15-2023/

Parents, Stay Informed On Child’s EducationEditor:School is back in session, parents are completing all those forms, which apparently now are done online. Parents, be mindful of the consent you...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/09/07/voices-from-the-readers-september-8-2023/

Paint OC Wrap UpEditor:Our 18th Annual “Artists Paint OC” plein air festival Aug. 9-13 was another impressive event for us and the town. Thank you to the 50 professional artists who spread ou...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/08/31/voices-from-the-readers-september-1-2023/

Tent Compromise SoughtEditor:I’m weighing in on the canopy/tent debate. My husband has had a few Mohs surgeries. Another friend has a medical condition that limits the time spent in the sun. Th...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/08/24/voices-from-the-readers-august-25-2023/

Message To Task ForceEditor:Before we discuss the loser’s recent efforts to resurrect the “Sports Complex,” I feel a need to clear the air on some past letters and responses and give credit...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/08/17/voices-from-the-readers-august-18-2023/

Wind Turbine Culture Wars Editor: In Florida, they have culture wars. Some would have you believe that Disney takes extremist views when really, they just provide an excellent entertainment venue...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/08/10/voices-from-the-readers-august-11-2023/

Offshore Wind An Environmental DisasterEditor:Facts vs. emotion.1. Turbines kill whales and birds.2. They have a 17-year life at best.3. Require expensive maintenance.4. Mechanically they are unr...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/07/27/voices-from-the-readers-july-28-2023/

Picture Told A StoryEditor:If a picture paints a thousand words, then The Dispatch cover photo June 14, 2023, by Nick Denny paints millions.As a family and community remembers the one-year annive...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/07/20/voices-from-the-readers-july-21-2023/

Questions Surround New County CommissionEditor:I am writing in response to the Worcester County Commissioner’s latest vote to form a commission to oversee local public-school construction. One ...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/07/13/voices-from-the-readers-july-14-2023/

Playing Politics Hurts All Editor: It is unfortunate and sad that of all the items that the Worcester County Board of Education could have reduced or cut in their proposed budget to meet their ac...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/07/06/voices-from-the-readers-july-7-2023/

Retired County Teacher Refutes Letter’s Claims Editor: I am writing in response to Tony Christ of Falls Church, Va.’s letter to the editor published in the June 23 edition of The Dispatch. Le...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/06/29/voices-from-the-readers-june-30-2023/

Voter ID ReflectionsEditor:As a follow-up to the letter from Dennis Evans last week and anyone else in the community confused about voter ID.Whenever this subject comes up, we tend to hear a lot ...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/06/22/voices-from-the-readers-june-23-2023/

Political Overreach Editor: All parents agree nothing is more important than our children, and a quality education is the first step to their economic prosperity. That’s why schools are the bed...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/06/15/voices-from-the-readers-june-16-2023/

Disappointed By CountyEditor:It would be accurate to say I am disheartened by the final decision of the Worcester County Commissioners to fund the Board of Education (BOE) at the Maintenance of ...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/06/08/voices-from-the-readers-june-9-2023/

City’s Budget Practices Result In Annual SurplusEditor:Based on data from Ocean City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports for the last eight fiscal years, the Mayor & City Council (M&CC)...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/05/18/voices-from-the-readers-may-19-2023/

Teachers Need To Speak Up And For Their StudentsEditor:(The following represents an open letter to Worcester County teachers and administrators.)Everyone in this community knows our teachers and...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/05/11/voices-from-the-readers-may-12-2023/

A Public Safety AdvocateEditor:It is with sad hearts that the Career Firefighters and Paramedics of Ocean City mourn the passing of former Councilman Doug Cymek.As the president of our union, I h...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/05/04/voices-from-the-readers-may-5-2023/

Legislative RecapEditor:As a Maryland State Senator representing Worcester, Wicomico, and Somerset counties and with the end of the 2023 legislative session, I wanted to share my general approach...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/04/27/voices-from-the-readers-april-28-2023/

Lower Shore Delegation Failing Ocean CityEditor:Back in 2019, one of the hottest topics in Ocean City was the unsanctioned H20i car weekend which was creating havoc on our streets. The anger and...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/04/20/voices-from-the-readers-april-21-2023/

Museum Closure ConcernsEditor:I am writing to express my concern and opposition to the planned closure of the Ward Museum and the transfer of its contents to an as yet to be prepared space on Wes...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/04/13/voices-from-the-readers-april-14-2023/

Board Member ResponseEditor:My husband and I have been educators in Worcester County Public Schools for 26 years, and our two children went through Worcester County Public schools from pre-kinder...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/04/06/voices-from-the-readers-april-7-2023/

Objective Look At Sewer Systems Needed Editor: Worcester County’s planners have a poop problem, but their solution may make us look more like Sussex County than the family vacation destination ...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/03/30/voices-from-the-readers-march-31-2023/

Our Children, Our Rights Editor:You may have read recently that the Worcester County Commissioners oppose state legislation that would, without parental consent, allow for questionable curriculu...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/03/23/voices-from-the-readers-march-24-2023/

Petition Review Needs AttentionEditor:As of this writing there are still voters who have been rejected as valid signers of the last two petitions to referendum which is contrary to statements mad...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/03/16/voices-from-the-readers-march-17-2023/

A Stark Warning Editor: There is not a structure that can be build high enough nor a society that becomes rich enough to avoid investing in their children’s future. Today our county’s public ...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/03/09/voices-from-the-readers-march-10-2023/

Bills Worth Watching Editor: I am writing again to inform your readers of some pending legislation in Maryland which may be of concern. Over 1,200 bills have been filed in Maryland this year, mos...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/03/02/voices-from-the-readers-march-3-2023/

Remembering Shawn Soper Editor: The man in the little dark blue truck. Dependable. Genuine. Trustworthy. Built tough, but humble both the man, and his old Ford Ranger. He was the Cal Ripken Jr. o...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/02/23/voices-from-the-readers-february-24-2023/

Small-Minded Officials Editor: It is 2023 and elected officials should not be referring to health and sex education as “smut.” The Worcester County Commissioners really embarrassed themselves...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/02/16/voices-from-the-readers-february-17-2023/

Support For Berlin Vision Editor: (The following letter was addressed to the Berlin Historic District Commission with a copy forwarded for publication.) I wanted to write an email in support of t...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/02/09/voices-from-the-readers-february-10-2023/

Wrong To Ignore PetitionEditor:(The following was an open letter to the Ocean City Mayor and Council.)First, thank you for dedicating your time and talent to serving the Town of Ocean City and al...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/02/02/voices-from-the-readers-february-3-2023/

Coach DefendedEditor:I wanted to respond to the letter to the editor that was titled “Shameful Coaching Display” about our SDHS girls basketball coach and the game played against Mardela wher...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/01/26/voices-from-the-readers-january-27-2023/

Justice Delayed, Justice DeniedEditor: A tale of two incomes.I work with a man. A nice guy. Hard worker. Supports his family. Even though he earns something well south of the Great American incom...

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2023/01/19/voices-from-the-readers-january-20-2023/