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OCEAN CITY HISTORY
THINGS TO DO IN OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND MARCH 5-11
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THINGS TO DO IN OCEAN CITY ON AND AROUND THE HOLIDAYS
Are you planning to visit Ocean City on or before the upcoming holidays? There are still things to do here at the beach even though sunbathing seems to be out of the question.
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FORMER OCEAN CITY REPORTER PUBLISHES FIRST NOVEL
Jay Paul Hodgkins, a former editor and reporter here in Ocean City a few years ago has published his first novel, Colin Rose: At Magic’s Dawn, aimed at a teen audience and available through any eBook retailer.
Hodgkins spent years as a news reporter for The Daily Times, Worcester County Times and was eventually promoted to Beachcomber editor before leaving for greener pastures (his hometown) a few years back.
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SONIC BOOMS EXPLAINED
Residents of Worcester County found themselves quaking in their boots recently and repeatedly due to a series of sonic booms.
Everyone assumed they were sonic booms, since no one really knew what they were or where they came from.
It’s been reported that yes, indeed they were sonic booms and yes, indeed the government is responsible.
The Navy confirmed that the Naval Air Station Patuxent River was the cause of the clamor.
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ROUTE 50 HARRY KELLEY BRIDGE REPLACEMENT SHELVED
Though declared “functionally obsolete” by the State Highway Administration in published reports, it’s going to be a generation or so before the Harry Kelley bridge into Ocean City can be put out to pasture.
The bridge, which has conveyed millions inot their favorite beach resort and into any of Ocean City’s hotels, motels restaurants, retail shops and restaurants, has been on “the list” for years now.
It’s “the list” that doesn’t get smaller.
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MELANIE PURSEL: HOSPITALITY PERSON OF THE YEAR
Earlier in the month we just knew Melanie Pursel as the Executive Director of the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce, and usually that’s enough, but now everyone in Maryland’s hospitality industry knows her as the newly honored Audrey Davenport Hospitality Person of the Year Award.
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OYSTERS NOT THE ONLY CASUALTY IN REPORTED DIE-OFF
It’s so bad it could be a federal disaster.
There’s precedent – in 2008 low crab yields led to a federal disaster declaration freeing up millions to prop up watermen by buying back licenses or hiring them to complete environmental projects.
However, with the fledgling commercial oyster season just now underway, watermen are pulling up piles upon piles of dead oysters.
The cause is unproven – the favorite theory is that l
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DJ BATMAN -- 30 YEARS OF ENTERTAINMENT IN OC
There was a time in Ocean City when a DJ was not considered entertainment.
“It was the head of the liquor control board at the time that made the ruling. I wanted to get into the entertainment listings in the paper.
