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  • 1 week ago | octodaydispatch.com | Bethany Hooper

    City officials this week directed staff to find ways to address nonconforming properties in single-family neighborhoods. On Tuesday, months after the Ocean City Council adopted three ordinances that set restrictions on short-term rentals in the single-family residential neighborhoods, officials agreed some solution was needed to address nonconforming, multifamily properties in those districts.

  • 1 week ago | octodaydispatch.com | Bethany Hooper

    City officials will move forward with a charter amendment to increase residency requirements for candidates. On Tuesday, the Ocean City Council revisited the topic of residency requirements for those wishing to run in municipal elections.

  • 1 week ago | octodaydispatch.com | Bethany Hooper

    A rehabilitated gray seal, the youngest ever to be treated by the National Aquarium, was released off Assateague Island last week. On May 22, staff with National Aquarium Animal Rescue gathered at Assateague Island State Park to release a female gray seal, named “Arcadia,” back into the wild. The aquarium oversaw Arcadia’s recovery after she was found stranded in Ocean City earlier this year.

  • 1 week ago | octodaydispatch.com | Bethany Hooper

    Two members of the Eastern Shore delegation are requesting the U.S. Department of the Interior take legal action to bring Maryland’s offshore wind energy project into compliance with the president’s executive order.

  • 1 week ago | octodaydispatch.com | Bethany Hooper

    With Susan Petito retiring at the end of the week, city officials announced Kate Gaddis as the new director of recreation and parks for the Town of Ocean City. On Tuesday, Mayor Rick Meehan and the Ocean City Council recognized Petito for her 39 years of service to the Town of Ocean City. The recognition was capped off with a vote of the City Council to appoint Gaddis, the department’s recreation superintendent, as her replacement.

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