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Vanishing Ocean City

Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – April 1, 2022

Mar 31,2022 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – April 1, 2022

The Hamilton Hotel, a 68-year-old Ocean City landmark on the corner of 3rd Street and the Boardwalk, burned to the ground on Dec. 14, 1969.The early Sunday morning blaze was discovered by Sergeant James Baker of the Ocean City Police Department as he made his rounds. The fire department was on the scene about five minutes… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 25, 2022

Mar 24,2022 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 25, 2022

Ocean City’s original Pier building was completed in 1907 on the Boardwalk at Wicomico Street. In addition to shops and a dancing pavilion, it also featured a theatre and several refreshment stands. It was also the entrance to the Ocean City Fishing Pier.The building was raised 10 feet above the beach and built on wooden… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 18, 2022

Mar 17,2022 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 18, 2022

Watterson “Mack” Miller (1902-1985) was one of Ocean City’s legendary characters. A member of a prominent Louisville, Kentucky family, he dropped out of Dartmouth College and traveled the world. Arriving in Ocean City in 1942 he was employed by the CP Cropper Fish and Oyster Co and later as a handyman for the Showell family… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 11, 2022

Mar 10,2022 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 11, 2022

The Dinner Bell was a popular Ocean City restaurant in the years following World War II. Located on the southeast corner of 3rd Street and Baltimore Avenue in the Monticello Hotel, it served homestyle cooking with an Eastern Shore flavor. Many still remember their delicious fresh baked rolls and fried chicken.The waitresses lived in a dormitory… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 4, 2022

Mar 03,2022 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 4, 2022

Baltimore Avenue was Ocean City’s “Main Street” when this postcard was printed circa 1920. This view looks north from Wicomico Street and includes some of the town’s most historic structures.The building in the left foreground is the Seaside Hotel (built in 1876) and beyond it with the tall brick smokestack is the electric power plant…. Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – February 25, 2022

Feb 24,2022 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – February 25, 2022

The March Storm of 1962 was one of the most important events in Ocean City’s history. It destroyed more property than any storm before or since, caused the death of two local citizens, leveled the Boardwalk, and led to the biggest public works projects ever undertaken by the town.This storm was also the turning point… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – February 18, 2022

Feb 17,2022 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – February 18, 2022

In 1869 Isaac Coffin opened a lodge on the beach in the area of today’s S. 1st Street and Boardwalk. Known as the Rhode Island Inn (and later the Ocean House), it catered to hunters and fishermen on the remote barrier island of what would become Ocean City.The property would be sold to Philadelphia native… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – February 11, 2022

Feb 10,2022 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – February 11, 2022

Much like the rise of the motel in the 1950s, the growth of condominiums in the 1970s changed the look and lifestyle of Ocean City.The first high-rise condo — the High Point South — was built by John Whaley in 1970 and within three years a stretch of beach in North Ocean City had become… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – January 28, 2022

Jan 27,2022 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – January 28, 2022

The Ocean City Beach Patrol poses on the beach at Caroline Street in 1948. The man in the center of the front row is Bob Craig, who served as captain of the beach patrol from 1946 to 1986.The city limits ended at 26th Street in those days, but there were few bathers north of the Commander… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – January 21, 2022

Jan 20,2022 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – January 21, 2022

A unique tourist attraction opened on S. 1st Street and the bay on June 26, 1965. Known as Open Sea Marine-Land, it was the creation of John Moton, owner of the neighboring Oceanic Motel.Moton wanted to build an up-close animal encounter with sea lions, porpoises and sea turtles with alligators and crocodiles as added attractions.Unfortunately,… Read more »

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    Residents, Officials Share Short-Term Rental Concerns; Frustrations Aired Over Enforcement

    BERLIN – Frustration with the short-term rental regulations approved last year highlighted a meeting of the town council this week. A week after a Main Street couple had to call the police when inebriated residents of a neighboring short-term rental entered their home at night, numerous citizens approached elected officials to share their concerns. They…

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