OCEAN CITY — A sandy spit in the Isle of Wight Bay that has become a popular recreational boating site will remain so for the remainder of this summer, but it will likely be closed to the public in the future for nesting migratory birds.When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged the navigation channels… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The resort community lost a gem this week with the passing of George Hurley, who not only recorded generations of Ocean City history, but created it and lived it.Hurley passed away at his home on Sunday at the age of 80. He was born and raised in Ocean City, attended the old… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Virginia Beach woman’s 94-pound white marlin held on for first place and $1.18 million in the 42nd White Marlin Open, but a qualifying white weighed on the tournament’s last day stole a little of her thunder.After two days of no qualifying white marlin weighed at the scale at host Harbour Island,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — One local artist participating in an Art League of Ocean City event near the Inlet on Sunday is credited for initiating the rescue of a body-boarder in distress, while a second artist instantly captured the emergency situation on canvas.Sunday morning was a typical one in downtown Ocean City in August with fishermen… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A sandy spit in the Isle of Wight Bay that has become a popular recreational boating site will remain so for the remainder of this summer, but it will likely be closed to the public in the future for nesting migratory birds.When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged the navigation channels… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Surfers Healing returned to Ocean City today, 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 autism… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — There was a measure of closure this week in a news media outlet’s suit against the Town of Ocean City and its police department over the release of the name of a teenage drowning victim when The Daily Times and its parent Gannett Company, Inc. officially dropped its appeal.Last September, Gannett filed… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — While the Army Corps of Engineers will return to the resort area later this month for a short-term dredging project to temporarily fix the chronic shoaling problem in the Ocean City Inlet and commercial harbor, state and local officials continue to push for a long term solution.The Inlet and the channels in… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A 14-year-old surfer from Montgomery County was a hero this week after rescuing a swimmer in distress in the ocean.Around 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Michael Friedlander, 14, of Darnestown, Md. in Montgomery County, was on the beach at 143rd Street in front of his family’s condo preparing for an early morning surf… Read more »
Man Arrested After Driving On BoardwalkOCEAN CITY — A Virginia man was arrested early Thursday morning after leading police on a motor vehicle chase that began on the south end of the Boardwalk and ended at 9th Street.Around 3:11 a.m. on Thursday, an OCPD officer on bicycle patrol observed a vehicle driving north on the… Read more »