Regarding the Memorial Day weekend, there was some good news and some bad news.Starting with the good stuff, more than 270,000 people decided to mark the holiday weekend in the Ocean City area. Certainly, an ideal beach weather forecast was the main motivation. Additionally, there were some bargains to be had at the beach that… Read more »
Research Shows Need For RestructuringEditor:Since last month’s sudden resignation of Mike Noah from the position of Director of Tourism and Executive Director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau, there has been considerable discussion among the power elite of Ocean City about finding the right replacement for him. But the discussion has centered not on the… Read more »
It’s a good thing people love to come to Ocean City for Cruisin’ weekend. What’s unfortunate is every year they arrive in town they find some kind of new construction project to fight. Sooner or later, these folks are going to stop putting their heads in local beds if they find showing off their hot… Read more »
It was disturbing to hear early reports on Saturday about a pedestrian being killed near the Route 50 Bridge leading into Ocean City. It became horrifying when it was revealed it was a teenager and to make matters worse it was a local, a sophomore at Stephen Decatur High School from a respected local family.Local… Read more »
More On Ad BudgetEditor: As a follow-up to last week’s article, entitled “Resort Unfazed By Ad Critic” Infoworkz is providing a link (http://www.infoworkz.com/oceancity) for the newspaper readership about the original press release that led to your swift reporting. It may interest others to learn the conclusion of the independent 70-page document about the town’s ad… Read more »
It was reported a couple months ago that Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan had penned a letter to the County Commissioners, offering to accept a 3-percent cut in county grant money for the next fiscal year. At the time, it seemed Ocean City was trying to be a team player in following the county’s mandate… Read more »
Risky is an appropriate way to describe the Ocean City Mayor and Council’s unanimous decision to set the town’s property tax rate at 39.5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.Last month, after a number of significant rounds of cuts, City Manager Dennis Dare presented a roughly $80 million budget, suggesting the council increase the town’s… Read more »
Election ChallengedEditor:(The following letter was addressed to the Snow Hill Mayor and Council with a copy forwarded to this publication.)On May 4, 2009 at approximately 2:50 p.m., I witnessed Council candidate Rebecca Bowen deliver 11 absentee ballots to the front desk at city hall. Six of those ballots were unsealed, leading me and perhaps others… Read more »
Bikers on the Boardwalk will be able to enjoy themselves for an hour longer during the week this summer. As a result of a suggestion by Mayor Rick Meehan, the Ocean City Council voted last week and again this week to scale back a plan to add an hour, from 10 to 11 a.m. of… Read more »
The so-called street performers now know their place in Ocean City.The Ocean City Mayor and Council seemed unified this week as it passed a new ordinance refining the rules governing these performers. The main change restricts where these performers, also known as peddlers, can do their thing. The ordinance reads, “It shall be unlawful for… Read more »