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The Ocean City Police Department and surrounding communities have received complaints over the last two weeks from citizens and local businesses pertaining to a phone scam. The scam works like this...

Calls for Service: 1018 & Daily Average: 145

It was a perfect day for Dad to go fly a kite. Or for him to fly ON one. Both activities were in full effect, as were many others Saturday as Father’s Day weekend kicked off in Ocean City. Two men were seen controlling their kites on Park Place beach while two more floated by on parasail rigs. We’re not sure if any of the men were dads, but they seemed to be having fun either way...

Determined paddleboarders tested their mettle to help raise over $85,000 in donations and sponsorships for the Dean Randazzo Cancer Foundation Saturday, June 9. Total funds raised for the event as of this writing are just over $85,000 with donations still coming in. Local businesses donated more than an additional $15,000 in in-kind donations. Despite an impending thunderstorm more than 100 people participated across four events at the 11th annual Paddle For A Cause presented by Curexa Pharmacy in honor and memory of Karen Grant, beginning and ending at Golden Nugget Atlantic City...

Dear Friends, City Council last night approved a smoking ban for all Ocean City beaches. The ordinance is fitting for “America’s Greatest Family Resort,” and I hope it will allow everybody to enjoy our beaches in the safest and healthiest way. My administration had drafted and recommended the amended local law, which now prohibits smoking on the beach, boardwalk and all public parks and recreational areas. During discussion of the new measure, members of council and the public raised concerns about enforcement, and they are legitimate. It’s not easy to patrol and prevent every infraction across eight miles of crowded summer beaches. But the new law will provide a tool to educate the public. I will instruct our police to ask smokers to stop and to warn them about the new law. The measure takes effect in 20 days, and I hope you all will bear with us during this first summer...

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Senior Week is a time that area high school seniors and recent grads traditionally spend a rite of passage week in Ocean City and other local shore towns. 2018 is no exception, although a rainy and chilly start literally put a damper on the festivities for many participants. But on Tuesday, the sun came out, as did beach blankets, Spike Ball equipment, board shorts and bikinis. The Senior Weekers were making up for lost time...

It has been a whirlwind year for Bill and Amanda O’Connor. When we last checked in, the dynamic father-daughter duo was celebrating Amanda’s June 2017 graduation from Ocean City High School and preparing for a return to their native New York City. Today Bill, 55, is back to his career roots as a teacher in the New York Public Schools. A former Dean of Students at a public school, he was hired last summer as a financial literacy teacher at Horace Greeley Intermediate School in Astoria, Queens. Nineteen-year-old Amanda went back to chase her dream of an acting and singing career. She took a major step last week, signing her first recording contract with Los Angeles-based Parliament Records...

The Ocean City Department of Fire and Rescue will participate in a multi-agency water rescue drill on Tuesday, June 12. The training exercise will start at about 9:30 a.m. in the bay near the Route 52 causeway. The drill will include U.S. Coast Guard boats and other rescue equipment. The activity may be monitored from land by personnel at the Welcome Center on the causeway...

The Division of Fire/Rescue and the Ocean City Beach Patrol are glad to announce the 2018 OCBP rookie class. The follow individuals have been offered a spot in the 2018 Rookie School following a two-day competitive tryout June 9 and 10 in Ocean City...