Fall Block Party and Fireworks Spectacular

Mayor Jay Gillian estimated it was more than 20 years ago when Ocean City officials began debating the fate of the city’s antiquated public safety building, a former school dating to about 1890. But Gillian’s administration, Police Chief Bill Campbell and City Council seem to be in full agreement now on plans to renovate and expand the structure to squeeze decades of additional use out of the landmark red-brick structure.