OC tram decision-

 (WBOC)

 “The tram, as we currently know it, will not be coming back.”

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Update: Ocean City tram service not returning | Latest News | wboc.com

OC Traffic Advisory Sept. 10 to 14-

If you will be in Ocean City during September 10 to 14 note that a Special Event Zone will be in affect during the OC Rock & Ride Bikefest, with increased patrols, enforcements, and fines.

See more details from OC Today-Dispatch: 

OC Special Event Zone notice issued for next week | Premium Content | octodaydispatch.com

Seafood Festival coming to OC-

                  (WBOC)

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Ocean City to Hold Inaugural Seafood Festival | Latest News | wboc.com

Oh my, after nine+ decades: OC's Alaska Stand out, Thrashers in.

 

The Alaska Stand, a Boardwalk staple since the 1930s, is about to disappear.

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Alaska Stand ends 92-year run on Boardwalk | Premium Content | octodaydispatch.com

OC Route 50 Bridge repairs start Jan. 3.

 

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Route 50 bridge repairs will affect car, boat traffic | Premium Content | octodaydispatch.com

Mr. & Mrs. Quigley say "bye, bye OC"

 

During the warm weather season Mr. & Mrs. Quigley, a senior citizen couple, enjoy visits to Ocean City .. on the beach and on the boardwalk.  Inlet parking is a wonderful, and perhaps necessary, convenience.

The Quigley's are not high-tech folks and they're distressed to learn that under a new inlet parking scheme called Park Mobile they won't have access to parking on the inlet lot unless they have a "smart" phone and are proficient in using it.

The Quigley's say they'll miss OC but are pleased the Delmarva coast offers many alternatives without a high-tech entrance requirement.

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Parking Kiosks in Ocean City Will Be a Thing of the Past in the Near Future | Latest News | wboc.com

 

(Updated) Tragedy on Ocean City boardwalk-

UPDATED:

https://www.wboc.com/news/ocean-city-is-reeling-from-the-death-of-a-two-year-old-who-was-hit/article_aa0090ee-6011-11ef-8421-57720f73d93e.html

(WBOC)

(EARLIER)

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UPDATE: Toddler Killed in Ocean City Tram Collision | Latest News | wboc.com

Thinking cool.. at OC-

 

Effort to save a piece of Ocean City history

(Maryland Coast Dispatch excerpts)

OCEAN CITY – A local nonprofit is seeking grant funding to begin a restoration of Ocean City’s historic Henry Hotel.

“Formerly known as ‘Henry’s Colored Hotel,’ the three-story, wood-shingled structured, was erected in the last decade of the 19th century and remains one of the oldest hotels in the city,” the letter of support from the Worcester County Commissioners reads. “More importantly, the Henry Hotel is the last remaining hotel that served black visitors to the ocean resort during the early to mid-20th century. Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong were guests of the Henry Hotel in the days when black entertainers could perform in major hotel ballrooms, yet could not sleep in the hotels.”

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07/25/2023 | Nonprofit Seeks Funding For Henry Hotel Restoration | News Ocean City MD (mdcoastdispatch.com)

Public accessibility improvements coming to OC museum

 

           From the office of State Senator Mary Beth Carozza-

Beat the heat at the beach!

 

Think cool..

(Ocean City- January, 2018)

Original plans dashed- OC comes up with new July 4th holiday events schedule

 

(WMDT)

OCEAN CITY, Md.-Town officials have new plans for visitors and residents this 4th of July.

This comes after officials received news the firework company contracted to provide fireworks for two of their shows backed out. They were informed last week that this was due to lack of certified personnel and inventory. In response, the town scrambled to make a new plan.

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Ocean City creates new, unique plans for Independence Day celebrations - 47abc (wmdt.com)

Coming to former Phillips Crab House location..

 (The Dispatch)

"..the operators say they hope to open the all-you-can-eat seafood and prime rib buffet before Memorial Day."

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04/11/2022 | New Restaurant To Take Over Phillips Crab House Property | News Ocean City MD (mdcoastdispatch.com)

Think COOL!

They Say It's Cooler At The Beach..

Old Ocean City Building Coming Down

(WBOC)



The building is more than a century old and can not be restored but the owner has an interesting plan for the location's future.

See more at http://www.wboc.com/story/39569892/a-historical-building-in-ocean-city-has-out-lived-its-time

Choose Your COOL At OC

         The Dispatch

OR

Ocean City Beach Lights

From The Dispatch (Ocean City) 

                                        

OCEAN CITY — The Beach Lights display has returned to Ocean City, illuminating the sky starting at 9 p.m. nightly on the Boardwalk near North Division Street. Every 20 minutes through Sept. 2, the lights will change creating a new effect, concluding at 11 p.m.

(More)

https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2018/05/29/ocs-beach-lights-program-offered-nightly-in-summer/

1880's Excursion To The Beach

Undated picture from Ocean City Life Saving Museum

An 1888 Pocomoke City newspaper article tells about a fun day at the beach during a group excursion from Pocomoke to Ocean City (and it only took a few hours to get there).

Read the full article on this Sunday's Time Machine here at the Pocomoke Public Eye.

Puzzling Beach Grass Mounds At OC

From The Baltimore Sun

Scientists are puzzled by mounds of an invasive straw-like grass that washed up at Ocean City this week and beachgoers have been urged to avoid them.

Article:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/environment/bs-md-ocean-city-grass-20170601-story.html