Silly Hall in Ocean City continued its downward spiral into complete dysfunction this week, as paranoia and conspiracy theories surfaced over the reason for the recent election date change.————————————————-The most significant aspect of this week’s meeting, and there were many to choose from, was the challenge posed to City Solicitor Guy Ayres, who had his… Read more »
Senior Week Not Worthy Of Accepting Editor:In regard to last week’s editorial, “With June Best To Remember ‘This Too Shall Pass’,” yes, ‘this too shall pass’ is quite true regarding the month of June and Senior Week.Yes, it’s disturbing to walk down the street and see trash, bent car mirrors, dented vehicles, garbage cans tipped… Read more »
Should Ocean City’s government give money to an independent film that wants to shoot in the resort this fall?That’s the question up for debate after last week’s meeting when producers outlined their hopes for filming the movie “Ping-Pong Summer” in Ocean City. The producers reported those aspirations are contingent upon the local community investing monetarily… Read more »
No matter when or how it’s held, Ocean City needs an election terribly.It’s the only way the town is going to be cleansed of all the nastiness that persists between the members of the Mayor and Council as well as the citizens and some council members.In the newspaper business, tension, name calling and controversy in… Read more »
Moving Election Is Wise Editor: Combining the national and municipal elections in Ocean City is the right choice.I’ll never forget the 2010 municipal election. On that Tuesday, it was literally a ghost town at the Convention Center. To point out how sparsely populated it was, a song started on the radio when I entered the… Read more »
It happens every year. Summer arrives and we begin wondering whether Ocean City is a safe place to be or not.When it comes to June and all the crime that surfaces during this month, it’s difficult not to conclude that Ocean City can be a dangerous place. However, that would not be an accurate representation… Read more »
Two confident predictions were made in Ocean City this week regarding the outcome of the debate over merging the municipal election with the general vote.Councilmen Brent Ashley and Doug Cymek, who may sit next to each other on the council dais but are miles apart typically on their political views, each looked into their crystal… Read more »
Election Move Is Right Editor:(The following letter was addressed to the Ocean City Mayor and Council with a copy sent to this publication.)As most of you know, I was a resident of Ocean City for 23 years. I recently moved to Florida, but still keep up with the town and its news as I am… Read more »
Reason won out over tradition at this week’s Mayor and Council meeting when the decision was made to do away with the municipality’s election in October and merge it with the November vote.In a 4-3 vote, with Doug Cymek, Joe Hall, Mary Knight and Lloyd Martin in support and Brent Ashley, Jim Hall and Margaret… Read more »
There was a moment while sitting in the Del Ricco’s apartment earlier this week in Baltimore as I was holding the microphone up to George’s mouth as he held Baby Ava that has changed me forever.I was honored to be one of the few journalists that was invited into the DelRicco’s fragile and healing world… Read more »