OCEAN CITY — The 15th century replica tall ship Santa Maria of Christopher Columbus fame will be making an appearance in Ocean City for nearly a month starting in August.The Mayor and Council had before them on Tuesday a request to approve a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a Nao Victoria Foundation to bring the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The recently expanded and upgraded dog park at 94th Street officially opened this week with a dedication and ribbon-cutting on Wednesday morning.Almost 13 years to the day since the modest dog park at 94th Street as part of the larger Little Salisbury Park complex was dedicated, resort officials on Wednesday cut the… Read more »
ASSATEAGUE — An Assateague foal, orphaned following a hit-and-run collision on the Maryland side two weeks ago, changed statehood this week when she was transferred just across the border to Virginia.On July 6, the popular mare Moonshadow was found dead by a park employee in the oceanside campground at Assateague Island National Seashore. It is… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Pittsburgh man was charged with first-degree assault last week after allegedly choking his girlfriend at a downtown motel room.Around 1:45 a.m. last Thursday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to a motel at 9th Street for a reported domestic assault. OCPD officers met with a female victim, who advised she… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Glen Burnie man was arrested last weekend after allegedly wrecking a downtown store and assaulting the owner and landlord.Around 8:45 p.m. last Saturday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to a downtown hemp shop for a reported assault and malicious destruction of property that had occurred. OCPD officers located a… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Marlin Club’s 39th Annual Canyon Kickoff was once again a huge success with dozens of boats and hundreds of anglers filling out the leaderboard in several categories and collecting thousands in prize money.The Canyon Kick-Off, held each year on or near the Fourth of July weekend, is the first major… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The 33rd annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament is underway with dozens of boats and hundreds of anglers searching the canyons off the coast of the resort in search of the burly behemoths.The tuna bite has been solid thus far this summer, setting up what should be a memorable 2021 Ocean City Tuna Tournament…. Read more »
OCEAN CITY — While Ocean City has long abandoned its traditional curbside recycling program in favor of a waste-to-energy operation, resort officials this week embraced a food waste composting pilot program aimed at reducing the waste stream.Ocean Compost LLC representative Garvey Heiderman, owner of The Hobbit restaurant, on Tuesday pitched his pilot food waste composting… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — One of the two companies planning an offshore wind farm project already in the planning pipeline on Wednesday applied for a second project roughly six times larger.In 2017, the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) approved two wind energy projects off the coast of Ocean City, including Ørsted’s Skipjack project. Technically, the PSC… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — There was a fireworks show on the beach downtown on the Fourth of July, but not at the appointed time and place.As crews were off-loading fireworks from a box truck on the beach at Dorchester Street last Sunday morning in preparation for the Fourth of July show later that night, one of… Read more »