OCEAN CITY- Before the Miss Geico powerboat racing team continues on its quest for an 11th straight Offshore Powerboat Racing (OPA) championship during the Ocean City Grand Prix next weekend, the prolific racing team will compete against a couple of aircraft performing in the Ocean City Air Show this weekend.The 10-time world champion Miss Geico… Read more »
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Amendment Urges More Wind Farm Oversight
OCEAN CITY — U.S. Congressman Andy Harris (R-1-Md.) was successful in getting language added to a federal appropriations bill that would provide more oversight to the proposed offshore wind energy projects off the coast of the resort.Last Wednesday, Harris was able to attach language in the fiscal year 2019 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill urging… Read more »
39th Small Boat Tourney Underway
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Marlin Club’s 39th Annual Small Boat Tournament gets underway on Saturday with the first of two fishing days.With several major offshore tournaments looming later this summer, some of the smaller boats in the resort’s sportfishing fleet will get their chance in the spotlight this weekend with the Ocean City Marlin… Read more »
Locals Dominate First Leg Of Tennis Series
OCEAN CITY- The first leg of a summer-long series featuring some of the top high school tennis players from across the Eastern Shore was held last weekend with local players taking first in most of the categories.Despite the rainy weather most of last weekend, local high school players took to the courts at the Ocean… Read more »
Planners Favor Midtown Escape Room Request
OCEAN CITY — Satisfied the request for a conditional use met the requirements, resort planners approved a new escape room in a midtown shopping center.The Ocean City Planning Commission last week had before them a request for a conditional use in an LC-1 zoning district that would allow for the development of an escape room… Read more »
Ocean City Surf Club Events A Big Success
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Surf Club’s 17th Annual O.C. Surf Fest last week was a huge success with a weekend-long festival on contests, parties and a reunion of sorts for many of the sport’s local legends.The annual event got underway last Friday with a kick-off party and legends induction at Barn 34, just a… Read more »
Offshore Powerboat Racing Returns Next Week
OCEAN CITY- The grand spectacle of offshore powerboat racing returns to the resort next weekend with the Offshore Powerboat Racing Association (OPA) Ocean City Grand Prix.Bull on the Beach is teaming up with the OPA to bring the Ocean City Grand Prix back to the resort area next weekend with three days of events, festivals… Read more »
Task Force Reviews Cruisin Event After New Tactics; Officials Agree Rain Reduced Infractions, Event Turnout
OCEAN CITY — Heavy rain during the spring Cruisin event did not provide a true barometer of how the new special event zone worked, so resort officials will stay the course and keep implementing measures to curb activity associated with the shoulder season’s motorized events.That was the main takeaway from the motorized special event task… Read more »
K-9 Tracks Burglary Suspects To Bush
OCEAN CITY — An Olney, Md. man was arrested on first-degree burglary and other charges last weekend after allegedly swiping another man’s wallet on a municipal bus, breaking into a downtown motel room and fleeing from police before being caught uptown.Last Friday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to a reported theft on a… Read more »
Planning Commission Signs Off Zoning Error Fix
OCEAN CITY — Although there are no immediate plans to develop the parcel, resort planners last week corrected an apparent mistake in zoning for a sliver of property at 33rd Street.The Ocean City Planning Commission last week had before them a request to rezone a narrow sliver of property along the bayside at 33rd Street… Read more »