OCEAN CITY — Despite some desires within the community to do so, it appears the town of Ocean City is not inclined to name the new Ocean City Beach Patrol headquarters after long-time Captain Robert S. Craig.When the ribbon was cut for the new state-of-the-art Beach Patrol headquarters on Talbot Street and Baltimore Ave. in… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — An early morning fire at the historic Atlantic Hotel on the Boardwalk at Wicomico Street on Monday was accidental and started in a ground-floor laundry room.Shortly after 4 a.m. on Monday, the Ocean City fire and police departments responded to the Atlantic Hotel on the Boardwalk for a report of smoke coming… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A low-flying private sector helicopter buzzing over the north end of Ocean City that created a stir on Thursday is being deployed by Delmarva Power over the next few weeks around the resort area to perform aerial inspections of transmission lines.Beginning last week, Delmarva Power started to perform aerial inspections of various… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Fire Department had a new chief for the day on Monday in 7-year-old Mason Farr, a pint-sized hero who saved his aunt from drowning at a resort water park earlier this summer.Farr was feted at the Ocean City Fire Department headquarters on 15th Street on Monday morning for his… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The beach and Boardwalk became unlikely locations for a peaceful demonstration for statehood for the District of Columbia on Wednesday afternoon.A couple dozen members of DisruptDC, a new student advocacy organization calling for statehood and everything that implies for Washington, D.C. The organization set up camp on the beach at 1st Street… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — In the latest salvo in the ongoing battle over Ocean City’s street performers, a federal court judge on Wednesday denied a motion filed by the town to amend or repeal the original ruling on the old busker ordinance replaced last month by a new ordinance.The motion was reject because no challenges to… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The beach and Boardwalk became unlikely locations for a peaceful demonstration for statehood for the District of Columbia on Wednesday afternoon.A couple dozen members of DisruptDC, a new student advocacy organization calling for statehood and everything that implies for Washington, D.C. The organization set up camp on the beach at 1st Street… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Fire Department had a new chief for the day on Monday in 7-year-old Mason Farr, a pint-sized hero who saved his aunt from drowning at a resort water park earlier this summer.Farr was feted at the Ocean City Fire Department headquarters on 15th Street on Monday morning for his… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The battle over the property tax rate petition in Ocean City will be heard in federal court after a judge last week ordered the town’s case against the Ocean City Taxpayers for Social Justice (OCTSJ) be removed from Worcester County Circuit Court and consolidated with a concurrent civil case filed by the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Surfers Healing returned to Ocean City this week, providing a day-long surfing camp and a lifetime of memories for kids with special needs and their families.Surfers Healing is a national organization featuring teams of surfers traveling to coastal communities all over the country to provide a day of surfing for kids with… Read more »