OCEAN CITY — Lois Evelyn Carmean Harrison, the matriarch who awakened post-World War II growth in Ocean City with construction of the Harrison Hall Hotel, passed peacefully at the age of 98 in the early hours of Thursday, Sept. 27. Mrs. Harrison was a member of Stevenson United Methodist Church. She had eight siblings of… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Ocean City Citizen Survey Sent To Random Households
OCEAN CITY – The Town of Ocean City is conducting a citizen survey. Postcards were recently mailed notifying a randomly selected sample of households that the survey will be coming this week. The survey will assist the town in measuring service performance, assessing community needs and making long-range and short-term strategic plans. The Mayor and… Read more »
Special Events Critical To Tourism
by Steven Green
It’s almost a cliché these days to say September is the best month to live and visit around these parts. There will be no argument to the contrary here, and the fact is people are becoming increasingly aware of it because there are more reasons to visit.There were 200,000-plus people in Ocean City last weekend,… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
by Steven Green
It’s been interesting to hear the general response to last week’s dismissal of all criminal charges against Christy Freeman. Last week in this space I wrote that “shock waves” reverberated through the community after word spread Freeman would not face any repercussions for keeping fetuses around her property after allegedly having “four miscarriages over a… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
They Are All Foreign StudentsEditor:I would like to thank Mr. Campagnoli for his letter concerning the rentals of students. I don’t care if it is a F-1, J-1, K-1 or whatever other visas the government gives out, if the kids are in school and come here to work but are not citizens of the United… Read more »
Violent Suspect Threatens To Kill Cops
OCEAN CITY – Resort police officers found a world of trouble last week after they arrested a man passed out in a downtown apartment when the suspect threatened to kill the officers at the scene and their families and making more serious threats to health care workers at the hospital after being transported for chest… Read more »
Agency Files Discrimination Suit Against OC
OCEAN CITY – A federal watchdog agency this week filed suit against the town of Ocean City citing discrimination against certain Ocean City Police Department officers based on age when it came to training and promotions after town officials rejected an offer to reconcile the dispute before heading to court. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity… Read more »
Thursday, September 27 – WOC Movie Theater Out; Major Retailer In
WEST OCEAN CITY – The Fox Theater at the White Marlin Mall in West Ocean City showed its final movie last weekend and is now being prepared as a site for one of the latest major chain retailers in the area.The Greenberg Gibbons Commercial Corporation, owners of the White Marlin Mall along Route 50 in… Read more »
Live Bands & DJs
Assateague Island Oasis: 410-629-1492, Rt. 611; Friday, Sept. 28: Patrick McAllorum; Saturday, Sept. 29: Jon Pheasant; Thursday, Oct. 4: Phil Knight; All entertainment 6:30-9:30 p.m.Blue Ox & Babe’s Lounge: 410-250-6440, 127th St. & Coastal Hwy.; Friday, Sept. 28: Pete & Perm; Saturday, Sept. 29: Don Bellew.Buxy’s Salty Dog: 410-289-0973, 28th St. & Coastal Hwy.; Friday,… Read more »
Local Wins Prizes In Maryland Fishing Challenge
ANNAPOLIS- Four of the five semifinalists in the 2007 Maryland Fishing Challenge, including two of the grand prize winners, caught their qualifying fish in the waters in and around Ocean City during the third annual summer-long contest held around the state.Of the contest’s five semifinalists, chosen at random from a field of 128 anglers who… Read more »