OCEAN CITY — Asserting “our view is not for sale,” resort officials recently rejected an olive branch of sorts from US Wind that could have provided free electric power and other concessions to Ocean City in exchange for relaxing its opposition to the distance of the offshore wind turbines.Since the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC)… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A potential tragedy was averted on Monday when a vehicle accelerated through the front of a north-end convenience store.Around 8 p.m. on Monday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers responded to the 7-Eleven convenience store on 139th Street for a report of a vehicle that had driven through the front facade of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — While it remains to be seen how the local share of a proposed $1.2 million study of a long-term solution to the Inlet shoaling problem will be patched together, continued short-term maintenance dredging got a fiscal shot in the arm this week.The federal Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) this week announced an… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Amid one of the hottest tuna bites in recent memory, the first white marlin of the season was caught Wednesday morning adding a missing piece to the start of the summer offshore season.Captain Steve Moore and the crew on the Stalker reported catching the milestone first white marlin of the season off… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Against the backdrop of the new median fence, local and state officials this week took the opportunity to hammer home the highly successful Walk Smart pedestrian safety campaign.After a rash of fatal pedestrian collisions about five years ago, Ocean City and the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) launched an aggressive education and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — It appears the dramatic flooding in the resort’s north end Saturday had more to do with epic rainfall amounts, limited elevation and natural topography than any flaw in the drainage system.By most estimates, more than seven inches of rain fell over the resort area last Saturday afternoon, causing wheels-deep flooding through much… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The resort area is ground zero of the youth lacrosse world this weekend with dozens of teams from all over the mid-Atlantic region descending on Ocean City and Berlin for a pair of simultaneous tournaments.The 2018 Brine Girls Lacrosse Festival is underway at Northside Park. Games will be played practically around the clock… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Surf Club this weekend is holding the 17th Annual Longboard Team Challenge with a weekend-long festival of contests and parties at different venues around the resort.The annual event gets underway on Friday with a kick-off party and legends induction at Barn 34 just a few blocks from the weekend’s contest… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The 22nd Mako Mania tournament was a big success last with a big mako taking the event’s top prize and a huge thresher causing quite a stir at host Bahia Marina.A total of 37 boats and 176 anglers competed in the 2018 version of the Mako Mania and the estimated total prize money… Read more »
BERLIN- With a friendly rivalry that began as young boys and continued through their high school and now college lacrosse careers, two former standout players from the resort area last week were named All-Americans and ranked second and third in the nation in faceoff percentage for Division II.The parallels between former Worcester Prep standout faceoff… Read more »