Ocean City Police Crack Down on Noise and Alcohol
Ocean City Police are aggressively enforcing the resort’s noise ordinance and the underage drinking laws during this June season of end-of-school celebrating. Information on the busting of one large...
View ArticleArt’s Alive, 12th Annual Show
Art’s Alive celebrates 12 years as Ocean City’s biggest and best fine art show this weekend, June 16 and 17. What could be better than fine art at the beach? How about fine art for sale around a...
View ArticleFour Men Arrested For Assault and Robbery; OCPD Schedules Tests for Applicants
Ocean City Police are everywhere: on bicycles, in patrol cars, on horses, and undercover. Visitors who think they can get away with a crime because they’re far from home tend to be chased down,...
View ArticleGasoline Prices for July 4: Where You Might Save in MD (And Other Highway Tips)
Gasoline prices have held steady for several weeks at $3.35 for regular in Ocean City and West Ocean City, Maryland. (Except for one small station at the corner of Route 50 and Route 611, which is...
View ArticleGas Prices Going Back Up in Ocean City, MD
Looks like $3.35 a gallon was the bottom for retail gasoline prices in Ocean City, Maryland. This week, the stations in West Ocean City have been adjusting their signs up to $3.39 for regular. I’ve...
View ArticleSummer 2012 Flying By In Ocean City (Photos)
Images of Summer 2012 in Ocean City, Maryland Photos by John Hayden. Maybe it just seems like summer is flying by because I’m working full-time in the hospitality business. Is this safe? Is this...
View ArticleSpecial Session On Gambling in Maryland
Here it is the dawg days of August, and the General Assembly is back in Special Session in Annapolis. It’s the second Special Session this year. Makes you wonder if Maryland legislators can accomplish...
View ArticlePeter Franchot Slams General Assembly on Gambling
The gambling bill designed to fatten the big gaming corporations has passed both houses of the Maryland General Assembly and was quickly signed by Gov. Martin O’Malley. Comptroller Peter Franchot...
View ArticleFire Destroys Top Floor of Bradley on the Bay Building
Firefighters battle a blaze that consumed the top floor of a building in the Bradley on the Bay complex, located between Coastal Highway and the Bay and between 37th and 38th Streets, in Ocean City,...
View ArticleFree Flu Shots, Fall 2012, Scheduled by Atlantic General Hospital
We have seen the future of health care, and it will look a lot like flu shots. Which is pretty cool! Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, Maryland, has announced the schedule for its fall 2012 Free Flu...
View ArticleOcean City Town Elections And A New Strategic Plan
Ocean City is in the middle of a watershed town election campaign. More candidate signs all over town than I ever remember seeing before. The mayor and four council members will be elected on Tuesday,...
View ArticleOcean City, MD, Hurricane Sandy Advisory
The town of Ocean City, MD, issued the following statement earlier this evening: “Ocean City Emergency Services is continuing to monitor the projected path of Hurricane Sandy. Currently, accelerating...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy Update from Ocean City, MD — “Severe Flooding” Predicted
The Delmarva Peninsula and southern New Jersey will receive heavy wind and rain as Hurricane Sandy moves north on Monday. The coastal towns of Ocean City, MD, and Rehoboth Beach, Del. are facing a...
View ArticleOcean City MD, Hurricane Sandy, 9:30 a.m. Monday
9:30 a.m. Monday morning. West Ocean City. Our street is already slightly flooded because the roadside ditches have filled with water and overflowed, and the morning high tide has just passed. Maybe 6...
View ArticleOcean City MD Hurricane Update 10:30 a.m.
Ocean City, MD, 10:30 a.m. Monday. No traffic except emergency vehicles is being allowed into Ocean City at this time. The Route 50 bridge is closed. Anyone wishing to leave Ocean City may still depart...
View ArticleOcean City Md Hurricane Update, 11:30 a.m.
West Ocean City, 11:30 a.m. Monday. The eye of Hurricane Sandy is reported way out in the Atlantic Ocean, more or less directly east of Ocean City at this hour, 272 miles from Baltimore, and moving...
View ArticleOcean City MD Hurricane Update, 12:45 p.m.
West Ocean City Maryland. We’re approaching afternoon low tide here in West Ocean City. I’m going out to rescue four gallons of backup water supply from my car. Then I’ll reconnoiter, take some pix,...
View ArticleWorcester County Advisory for Mobile Home Residents
Worcester County Emergency Services advises mobile home occupants to immediately seek alternative shelter, as weather conditions will deteriorate throughout the day Monday, October 29, 2012, as...
View ArticleOcean City Hurricane Sandy Update, 3:15 p.m.
West Ocean City 3:15 p.m. Monday. I understand the eye of Hurricane Sandy is about 72 miles northeast of Ocean City, Maryland at this hour. We’re experiencing heavy gusts of wind, possibly the highest...
View ArticleOcean City Hurricane Update, 4:15 p.m.
West Ocean City, Maryland, 4:15 p.m. Monday. Now the worst of Hurricane Sandy arrives. The eye is northeast of Ocean City, aiming toward southern New Jersey. Landfall about 6 to 7 p.m. in New Jersey....
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