OCEAN CITY – Efforts to manage short-term online rentals in Ocean City could get a boost from some outside help to track down scofflaws.For at least the last two years, Ocean City officials have been monitoring the proliferation of short-term vacation rentals in the resort brokered by online platforms Airbnb and VRBO, for example. The… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — With an eye on tightening security and limiting entry points on the Boardwalk, the Ocean City Mayor and Council approved funding for the preliminary design work on a vehicle access control project for the famed promenade.After a handful of events in the U.S. and around the world when terrorists killed and injured… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Legislation creating special enforcement zones to help stem some of the issues associated with the mobilized special events in Ocean City will be introduced in this General Assembly session.After several troubling motorized special events in Ocean City, resort officials began exploring ways to curb some of the illicit activity associated with the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Officials in Ocean City this week agreed to modify bus operations along Coastal Highway after snow removal efforts from last week’s Winter Storm Grayson resulted in large snow piles along sidewalks and near bus stops.On Tuesday, the town’s Transportation Committee agreed to move the resort’s bus operation from the bus lane to… Read more »
BERLIN – Despite the chilling temperatures, officials at Atlantic General Hospital have deemed this year’s 24th Annual Penguin Swim a success.As in years past, hundreds of individuals this week braved the chilly conditions and frigid ocean to take part in Atlantic General Hospital’s (AGH) annual Penguin Swim, a fundraiser to benefit the hospital and its… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The frigid temperatures of late curtailed what was heading toward a record-breaking year for Winterfest of Lights in its 25th season, but the final numbers still held fairly close to the most recent record-breakers.Ocean City’s Winterfest of Lights wrapped up its 25th year on New Year’s Eve with a fireworks display and… Read more »
The Ocean City area has been hammered by blizzard conditions overnight Wednesday and into Thursday. For continual updates and photos, click over to www.facebook.com/thedispatchoc.
OCEAN CITY – Community members are invited and encouraged to attend the annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast in Ocean City next week.On Jan. 12, the Greater Ocean City, Ocean Pines, Berlin, Snow Hill and Pocomoke chambers of commerce will host its annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast at the Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel in Ocean City.For 28 years,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City Police have charged a Taneytown, Md. couple with 19 counts of theft, malicious destruction of property and burglary after connecting them to the theft of several brass fire standpipe valves in December.On Dec. 2, 2017, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers began investigating the theft of a standpipe valve after… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — With forecast temperatures dipping into the teens for much of the next week, the Ocean City Fire Department (OCFD) is hoping a little education and prevention will help stem the rash of broken pipe calls that typically follow.The OCFD this week issued a few helpful reminders on how to avoid frozen pipes… Read more »