The Town of Ocean City’s bid for the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to reconsider its ruling last month over ownership of a landmark Boardwalk property was denied this week.In late December, the Court of Special Appeals issued an opinion asserting the town had not presented sufficient evidence to prove ownership of the iconic building… Read more »
It didn’t take long for new Ocean City Councilman Mark Paddack to shake things up at City Hall.Paddack clearly is not on the same page as his colleagues when it comes to the Rapoport property on the Boardwalk that’s been home to Dumser’s Dairyland for more than 50 years. It’s unknown if he was the… Read more »
Unlike five years ago, the science has confirmed there was an earthquake near Ocean City on Tuesday. I say “near” loosely since the 4.7 mb earthquake actually occurred in about 15,000 feet of water about 140 miles southeast of Ocean City.Although it made headlines near and far, there really is little to say about this… Read more »
Ocean City’s continual discussion of a possible room tax increase is interesting. Most of the talk this week at the committee level centered on what the city would do with this new revenue – estimated at $1.7 million in the first year if the room tax is increased from 4.5% to 5% – if the… Read more »
With the first issue of 2019, here are some predictions for the next 12 months. Like most years, I will be wrong on many and right on some. Nonetheless, it’s a fun exercise.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________•A U.S. District Court judge will rule for Ocean City in the ongoing challenge of the 2017 emergency ordinance that banned women from… Read more »
For the last issue of the year, it’s an opportune time to look back on the predictions I made one year ago for 2018. Next week I take another stab at the news that will make headlines in 2019.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Right On The Money•Republican Gov. Larry Hogan did cruise to re-election as I thought he would. However,… Read more »
According to U.S. District Court Judge James Bredar’s ruling, Ocean City officials have a better read on public sensibilities around these parts about topless women than a professor from the University of Indiana.“The court does not find Dr. Herbenick’s opinion persuasive. More important, it is not strictly relevant to the issue at hand. Instead of… Read more »
The Ocean City Mayor and Council’s majority opposition to cell towers in residential areas was most likely worthless this week. That’s why Ocean City Councilman Dennis Dare’s approach would have been a good idea.During the discussion of Crown Castle planning to place Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) in dense residential areas, such as Montego Bay, there… Read more »
The beach photography business in Ocean City has been hurting for many years as a result of increased use of digital cameras and cell phones to capture vacation memories. There will come a time when Ocean City will no longer have this franchise. It’s a question of when, not if, in my opinion.When the bids… Read more »
Although the new owner of the property at the corner of Talbot Street and Baltimore Avenue in downtown Ocean City is taking some heat for demolishing the landmark structure, the criticism is unfair in my opinion.If there is any shade to throw around in this situation, it should go on previous ownership who allowed this… Read more »