August 9, 2010 | Posted by BJH
As usual, I’m taking a short break from Maryland On My Mind in August. This year, the reason is the 2010 election campaign. You may have heard that I’m running for Maryland House of Delegates in District 38B, which is all of Worcester County and part of Wicomico, on the Lower Eastern Shore. The first [...]
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July 28, 2010 | Posted by BJH
This is the week Ocean City, Maryland, businesses have been waiting for . . . for the last three summers.
A banner weekend, probably more people than July 4 weekend. Saturday was the hottest day of the summer (I hope we don’t get any more 110-degree heat index days), and the moon was full in a cloudless [...]
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July 16, 2010 | Posted by BJH
They played the All-Star Game this week — I’ve been so busy I didn’t know it was coming up until the day after.
I always mark the All-Star Game as the halfway point in the Ocean City summer business season, not so much because the game’s in mid-July, but because it’s halfway between May 1 and Sept. [...]
Categories: Business, Economy, Life, OCEAN CITY, Work | Tags: Beach, Boardwalk, Election 2010, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts, Summer | 2 Comments »
July 7, 2010 | Posted by BJH
We’re cooking in another heat wave, hotter than the last one. A distinct haze is in the air, along with the temperature. Ozone. Don’t tell me how hot it is. I don’t want to know.
I’m sorry to say there was an accident in the surf in front of my workplace today. Police and ambulance responded. [...]
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July 2, 2010 | Posted by BJH
We’re looking forward to a classic July 4 weekend here in Ocean City, Maryland — nothing but sunshine and blue skies.
The heat wave broke earlier this week. Friday, we’re enjoying a sunny and mild morning, about 73 degrees right now. High Friday will be about 78. I imagine traffic will be heavy this afternoon and [...]
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June 25, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Thousands of Americans will be going to beaches Saturday to say “No” to offshore oil drilling, and “Yes” to clean energy. Clean energy in our lifetime, please! Clean energy now! People will link hands on the beach in a demonstration of solidarity to protect the coastline.
In Maryland, “Hands Across the Sand” will be at Ocean [...]
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June 15, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Ocean City Maryland is brimming with singer-songwriters. If I were still getting paid to be a reporter, I would have done a better job, and gotten the name of the above musician, who was entertaining for free in front of the Dough Roller on the Boardwalk at 3rd St. Tips welcome. (I don’t know how [...]
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June 8, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Thanks to the Ocean City Police Dept. for alerting folks to another pitfall in the wired world:
The Ocean City Police Department is reminding citizens to be cautious while using the internet to search for vacation rentals in Ocean City. While popular websites can be a valuable tool in finding reasonable vacation rentals, consumers need to beware of scammers [...]
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June 3, 2010 | Posted by BJH
The best things in life are free. You can see the Ocean City Air Show, headlined by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, for free along the beach and boardwalk on Saturday and Sunday. Rehearsal day is Friday.
But how much do you suppose some people might pay to watch the show from a hotel roof?
And then [...]
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May 30, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Here we have two crowd-pleasing statues on the Ocean City Boardwalk. People stop to photograph the soldier, who’s standing at attention with an American flag, and Ms. Liberty, holding a small bouquet of flowers. They’re standing maybe 50 feet apart on the Boardwalk at North Division Street, very near the statues at the Firefighters memorial. [...]
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