In a surprise move to many, Ocean City Public Works Director Hal Adkins notified the city Wednesday morning he is not interested in replacing former City Manager Dennis Dare at this time in his career and “for the foreseeable future.”In an email addressed to Mayor Rick Meehan, who is doubling as acting city manager after… Read more »
After this week’s decision to fill the vacant post from within, all indications are the next city manager of Ocean City will be Hal Adkins, who has served as the town’s first and only public works director since 1989.Once the City Council majority voted down a motion by Councilwoman Mary Knight to do a national… Read more »
Ocean City Mayor and Council members’ cell phone records will likely be returning to the news later this month, as Citizens for the Preservation of OC spokesman Joe Groves said this week he has requested all the council members’ phone bills for the current month.Groves said he wants to see how much the council members… Read more »
Ocean City doesn’t want people walking around looking like fools with their pants on the ground. Okay, I couldn’t resist that slight take-off from the American Idol auditions last season.At the end of this week’s Mayor and Council meeting, Councilman Brent Ashley expressed a popular sentiment among some circles. He is seeking to ban the… Read more »
When more and more school systems around the mid-Atlantic region began ending their summer breaks prior to Labor Day weekend, there were concerns about business taking a hit locally. The idea was visitors would be less inclined to pack up the family and come to the beach once schools were back in session, leading many… Read more »
Dale Dunning of the Jusst Sooup Ministry, which serves over 900 quarts of souls a week to the needy in Delaware, could not be a better beneficiary of the show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.Crews from the popular ABC show surprised the Dunning family this week and when they are complete overhauling her ministry building it… Read more »
Kathy Mathias In MemoriamKathy Mathias has touched many lives in the Ocean City community, and I, like hundreds of others, feel privileged to have known her.When Kathy’s longtime friend Carol Ann Beres broke the news to me on Monday, it did not come as a surprise, as it was well-known around these parts Kathy’s years-long… Read more »
Although some officials are privately confident the Dew Tour will be back next summer, officials with Alli Sports, who organize the entire operation, are not ready to go there just yet. This is understandable, considering the Dew Tour is currently in Portland, the second of its four-leg summer series, and will then move to Salt… Read more »
It seems there are lists compiled and rankings released each week that Ocean City appears on. Cleanest beach, top Boardwalk, best beach, best amusements and the list goes on and on. This week, The Daily Beast, a popular online magazine operated by some well-known media folks, released its compilation of the 20 Most Popular U.S…. Read more »
What made the Dew Tour incredibly popular last week was the accessibility of the star athletes and their apparent excitement to be in Ocean City.That’s a lasting memory for me and a major difference between professional athletes in other sports. Throughout the weekend, these athletes, particularly Maryland native Bucky Lasek and well-known two-sport star Shaun… Read more »