OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week approved hiring an acoustical engineering firm to record accurate sound measurements on the Boardwalk and other areas in an effort to strengthen the noise ordinance, but it certainly wasn’t easy.During Monday’s meeting, the Mayor and Council heard a request to spend $50,000 to hire an acoustical engineer to… Read more »
(Editor’s Note: The following story is part of a series on long-running, family-owned Boardwalk businesses.)OCEAN CITY – Sun Fun Beach Service operator Drew Haugh is no stranger to Ocean City.The 61-year-old Baltimore native said his memories of the resort span decades. Growing up, Haugh and his family would vacation in Ocean City each summer. And… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Sunfest 2020 remains a distinct possibility, but if the event is held this year, it will likely look and feel a lot different than it has for the last four decades.With Sunfest, scheduled for the first weekend in October this year, still about two months away, Ocean City officials are facing a… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Mayor and Council has voted to extend the hours bicycles are allowed on the Boardwalk from the current 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. after a request from a local business owner.For years, bikes have been allowed on the Boardwalk until 11 a.m. each day from Memorial Day to Labor… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The OC Air Show, slated for next weekend, was briefly in jeopardy this week after an interpretation the traditional show center and ticketed areas on the beach were in violation of state COVID-19 directives, but the event will go on after resort officials agreed to supply an influx of cash to offset… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — What began as a request to leave a Boardwalk store for not wearing a mask followed by shoplifting resulted in a wild scene on the Boardwalk last weekend with the suspect battling with police.Around 5:50 last Friday, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer was dispatched to the area of a store… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — After a two hour-plus, often-tense debate, a divided Ocean City Council on Friday morning basically took no action on a proposed emergency ordinance requiring the wearing of masks on the Boardwalk and essentially deferred to Governor Larry Hogan’s amended mandate announced earlier this week.On Wednesday, Hogan implemented an amended executive order mandating… Read more »
NEWARK – At a press conference Thursday afternoon, Worcester County Public Schools Superintendent Lou Taylor announced the school system’s plans for students to begin the 2020-2021 school year virtually.The school system will begin the fall in Stage One of the “Responsible Return” model, meaning students will be engaged in distance learning.Flanked by officials from Worcester… Read more »
BERLIN – A fifth candidate has filed to run for mayor in this year’s municipal election.Ron Bireley, a former town finance director who also served as mayor from 1988-1992 and 1995-1996, joined a growing list of candidates for the fall election. Candidates for mayor now include Bireley, Mayor Gee Williams, Councilman Zack Tyndall, Jennifer Allen… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Independent stakeholders in one of two offshore wind projects appear to have little concern with the significantly larger turbines selected, according to briefs filed with the Maryland Public Service Commission following a hearing last month.In June, the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) held an evidentiary hearing on the proposed change in wind… Read more »