Due to health privacy laws, all too often the condition and fate of people injured in Ocean City remains a mystery beyond the initial incident report. Typically the media learns if the individual dies from injuries sustained, but the majority of the time there’s little to report beyond the initial information about being treated with… Read more »
Holding a special election in the summer months in Ocean City to decide a single referendum should not even be an option. It’s amazing to me it’s even being discussed. When the issue returns for more discussion next week and a final vote, it’s my hope the Mayor and Council has a different take on… Read more »
Ignore it — that’s the approach the Ocean City Beach Patrol (OCBP) has essentially adopted when it comes to barechested women on the beach. If a complaint is made by another person on the beach, the lifeguard on duty is to document it but not take action. The matter of women going topless in Ocean… Read more »
I have heard the word “hijacked” used multiple times in recent weeks to describe what has happened to the annual spring Cruisin’ event. It’s an appropriate way to describe the situation because the event’s reputation has essentially been seized by outside groups who have nothing to do with the organized event itself. It’s become apparent… Read more »
As I drove around last weekend, I predicted there would be an uproar and a call for change regarding the Cruisin’ event. It wasn’t a huge leap because that’s been the case among local citizens for the last three years at least. I was on par there, but I was wrong when I concluded prematurely… Read more »
It’s welcome news to hear 20 new street lights are planned for West Ocean City north of Route 50 because they have been sorely needed for many years. I drive Keyser Point and Golf Course roads multiple times a days and it’s remarkable to me there are not more pedestrian and bicycle accidents. A situation… Read more »
If having elementary school-aged children attend is the goal, a 10:30 p.m. start time for the twice-a-week fireworks shows on the Boardwalk is too late. Now that the decision has been made, it will be interesting to observe what kind of impact the new time has on attendance and whether it hurts or helps businesses…. Read more »
In the interest of full disclosure, I am a member of the Atlantic General Hospital Foundation Board of Directors. As a result, I am volunteering with a team of hospital staff and administrators and local community professionals and residents raising money for the hospital’s ongoing $10 million Campaign for the Future, which will allow the… Read more »
It’s been almost nine months since Gov. Larry Hogan announced on the Boardwalk in Ocean City an intention to mandate all school systems start after Labor Day. In hindsight, I wish he had picked another location because critics continue to harangue about this mandate being only for Ocean City. That’s simply not the case and… Read more »
It was interesting to note the concerns expressed by Ocean City Councilman Tony DeLuca regarding upcoming budgets in the resort. According to DeLuca, “ugly decisions” over the “very, very difficult” will be facing the Mayor and Council in future years. “We have to talk about the things we don’t want to talk about,” he said…. Read more »