OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week signed off on funding for a couple of special events this fall including a significant junior wrestling tournament and a Boardwalk charity bike ride.During Tuesday’s work session, Tourism Advisory Board (TAB) President Steve Pastusak presented two special events for which the advisory board was recommending funding. Each year,… Read more »
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OC Council Back To Virtual Meetings
OCEAN CITY — For a variety of public health and safety reasons, the Ocean City Mayor and Council meetings have returned to a virtual format.Throughout much of the spring, state COVID-19 directives mandated the Mayor and Council’s public meetings be held virtually via the Zoom format. In June, when Maryland entered stage two of its… Read more »
OC’s Jellyfish Festival Latest Event Scrapped
OCEAN CITY — About one month away from the 2020 Jellyfish Festival on the beach downtown, organizers this week pulled the plug on the planned scaled-down event.Last year, the inaugural Jellyfish Festival was held on the beach in June including national, regional and local acts with theme-based entertainment on three state-of-the-art stages. The inaugural event… Read more »
Suspect Located With Gun, Drugs After Fleeing Scene
OCEAN CITY — A Delaware man was arrested last weekend after nearly crashing his vehicle into a store near the Route 90 Bridge entrance, fleeing the scene on foot and being found with a loaded handgun and drugs.Around 3 a.m. last Wednesday, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer responded to the area of 62nd… Read more »
City Manager Reports On Local COVID Number Flaws, Mask Compliance
OCEAN CITY — During his weekly briefing on all things related to COVID-19 and the resort area, the city manager reported there were flaws in statistics that showed Worcester County trending as a potential hot spot and that enforcement of the relatively new mask requirement on the Boardwalk was going well.Each week throughout the COVID-19… Read more »
Uncertainties Pose Unique Challenges To OCBP Staffing
OCEAN CITY — Hitting mid-August, the Ocean City Beach Patrol still has a full complement of lifeguards maintaining the stands, but planning for the annual education drain in the remaining weeks of summer continues to be a moving target.Each August, the Ocean City Beach Patrol, like most resort enterprises, starts to feel the education drain… Read more »
Boardwalk Redecking Project Delayed By Lumber Shortage
OCEAN CITY — Due to a nationwide shortage of treated lumber because of COVID-19, the first phase of the major re-decking project on the Boardwalk planned to begin this offseason has been pushed back a year.Roughly every eight to 10 years, Ocean City’s wooden Boardwalk is completely replaced. The first phase was to begin this… Read more »
Sunfest Unlikely, Alternative SunLITE Event Proposed
OCEAN CITY — Sunfest as residents and visitors have grown to know and love over the years remains a long-shot for this year, but a modified SunLITE event with vendors spread out in venues all over the south end of the town could be a viable replacement this fall.On Tuesday, Mayor and Council members resumed… Read more »
Beach, Dunes Fared Well During Storm
OCEAN CITY — Tropical Storm Isaias blew through the resort area on Tuesday, sheering off roofs and siding, downing trees and powerlines and leaving many areas with utility service, but there was no significant impacts on the beaches or dune system.Tropical Storm Isaias was a quick, but violent visitor to Ocean City and the Lower… Read more »
Battle On To Save Air Trooper Service
OCEAN CITY — With a decision on possibly eliminating one of the Maryland State Police (MSP) Aviation medevac units on the Eastern Shore still looming, the local area’s state senator last week fired off a letter requesting a reverse in the proposed budget cut.During its July meeting, the state’s Board of Public Works (BPW) considered… Read more »