Ocean City Arts Center hosts free Puerto Rican music and dance performance featuring Los Bomberos de la Calle
The Ocean City Arts Center presents Puerto Rican traditional music and dance, Bomba & Plena, featuring Los Bomberos de la Calle from the Philly Bomba Plena Cultural Center. The event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. at Ocean City Intermediate School,...
What’s happening in Ocean City: Fall Block Party and drone show highlight Indian Summer Weekend
The Fall Block Party — one of Ocean City’s premier events – will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11 along a mile of downtown Asbury Avenue, and this year a new drone show over the beach and Boardwalk will cap off a day of family fun at 8 p.m. that evening....
Fire safety in the digital age
Letter from the editor Last weekend, my daughter’s phone was charging when it suddenly began to overheat and even started smoking. Thankfully, she was in the room and unplugged it immediately. It made me stop and think — how many times have I left my own phone...
The Fujiwhara Effect: When two tropical storms collide
Last week, I mentioned on my digital and social weather channels that Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda could undergo a rare interaction called the Fujiwhara Effect. While it was too soon at the time of writing to determine whether both storms underwent this, it doesn’t...
Ocean City decides against $12.6M purchase of former Crown Bank for new Police HQ
After mulling over the possibility of purchasing a former bank building on Asbury Avenue instead of renovating the department’s current Central Avenue location, Ocean City decided not to move its police headquarters. In a Sept. 30 press release, the city said that...
