In 1922, a whale washed up on the beach near Caroline Street in Ocean City. It was towed out to sea by the U.S. Coast Guard but floated ashore again just north of the fishing pier on Wicomico Street.The City Council ordered the whale carcass dynamited and several pieces landed on the Pier Building –… Read more »
Vest weather in JanuaryPlaces that serve breakfast all dayA surprising phone callDaffodils popping through in JanuaryYouth athletes with good attitudesNot owning an ashtrayFalling asleep quick at nightA big dose of Monday morning caffeineWalking to dinner in BerlinAwards speeches from the heartHearing a sea gull in Berlin
Summer of 1962Volume VIIIEdition 4Issue Highlights• Beginning on Friday July, 6, Ocean Downs Raceway hosted nine races every night.• Ocean City Day Camp offered vacationing parents a vacation from their children.• Located on 9th street and North Baltimore Avenue, the Madison Hotel opened its doors for the first time this summer.• Visitors to Ocean City… Read more »
Summer of 1971Volume XVIIEdition 5Issue Highlights• At Davis Promotions’ Rod and Custom Show at the OC Convention Show, “The Original Corvette” was being featured with $1,000 in prize money and trophies on the line.• The featured model in the Hess Apparel advertisement was Karen Moore, who was modeling a suit by Poppy Swimwear.• Unique architectre… Read more »
Motel Row developed in the mid-1950s and early 1960s in part because of the post-World War II “baby boom” and the opening of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Easier travel to the beach and the desire of young families for casual accommodations with easy parking spurred the development of the vacant land between 15 and 33rd… Read more »
Waking up and feeling good on New Year’s DayYoung people with strong work ethicsHearty toys that don’t break easilyRandom acts of kindness from my kidsNetflix’s “Making a Murderer”An uplifting sermon in churchThe convenience of curbside recyclingWhen a prediction I made is not proven wrong in the first week of the new yearCatching all the WOC… Read more »
Having a sick kid is never fun, and we have had our fair share of illnesses sweeping through the house over the last month.Twice within the last couple months, Beckett has been knocked down with a stomach bug of some sort. In both cases, the symptoms included all the unpleasant things related to an upset… Read more »
Members of the Stephen Decatur High School National Honor Society (NHS) presented Wayne Littleton from Believe in Tomorrow with $2,500 after raising money from a gift card tree raffle. Pictured, from left, are Allison Shumate, Zainab Mirza, Principal Tom Zimmer, Katie Withers, Littleton, NHS Vice President Reagan Dunham, Ben Jolley, NHS Secretary Samantha Ewancio, Peter… Read more »
From 1896 to 1933, the pound fishing industry was second only to tourism in Ocean City’s economy. The fishing season ran from the end of March to mid-November and was a hard and often dangerous way for men to make a living.The fish pounds were traps made of nets located half a mile to a… Read more »
Christmas is my favorite day of the year.Surely, the kids’ ages of 7 and 6 play a huge part in that because it’s thrilling to watch the kids go about the morning and observe the rest of their day filled with such excitement. It’s as if they are having out-of-body experiences because they can barely… Read more »