Ocean City tourism director resigns after 6 years

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: deborah turk, director, donna abbott, maryland, Ocean City, resigns, Tourism

OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s tourism director has announced she is resigning after six years on the job.
The Daily Times of Salisbury reports that Deborah Turk offered her resignation to town officials on Monday night. Turk is leaving to take da position as a sales manager for Comcast Corporation.
Turk will continue to work for the [...]

Study says tourism a growing force in Delaware

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 6, 2012
Tags: d.k. shifflet and associates, daily times of salisbury, delaware tourism department, economic driver, Ocean City, rehoboth beach, rehoboth-dewey chamber of commerce, Tourism, vantage strategy

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — A new study from the Delaware Tourism Department shows the $2.1 billion industry has become a top economic driver for the state.
The Daily Times of Salisbury reports the study by D.K. Shifflet and Associates and Vantage Strategy shows tourism employs 39,000 people and attracts 7 million visitors annually to Delaware. The [...]

Ocean City noise restriction could get stricter

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 6, 2012
Tags: audible, boardwalk, city solicitor guy ayres, daily times, noise restrictions, Ocean City, ocean city town council, sound systems
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OCEAN CITY —  A new study from the Delaware Tourism Department shows the $2.1 billion industry has become a top economic driver for the state.
The study by D.K. Shifflet and Associates and Vantage Strategy shows tourism employs 39,000 people and attracts 7 million visitors annually to Delaware. The study is based on [...]

Ocean City commercial fleet brings home big catch

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 2, 2012
Tags: Business, charter fishing, commerical fishing, department of natural resources, harbor, maryland, ocean, Ocean City, Ocean City Commercial Harbor, seafood, Tourism, west ocean city

WEST OCEAN CITY — It’s unlikely you’ll just stumble upon the Maryland coastline’s only commercial fishing harbor.
But it’s there, and it’s moving millions of pounds of seafood. In 2010, more than 8 million pounds of catch, valued at more than $8 million, was harvested by commercial vessels that dock there.
The Ocean City Commercial Harbor is [...]

Coca-Cola to be official soft drink of Ocean City

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 1, 2012
Tags: beverage franchise, Coca Cola, maryland, Ocean City, pepsi bottling ventures, product sales, promotional support, soft drink

OCEAN CITY — Coca-Cola will become the official soft drink of Ocean City in the spring.
Officials in the Maryland resort town have approved a five-year agreement with Coca-Cola Refreshments that will make it the exclusive beverage franchise holder in the town. That means Coca-Cola will be served at all town-owned properties and town-operated events.
As part [...]

Ocean City considers offseason beach horse-riding

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 24, 2012
Tags: beaches, clean up, councilman brent ashley, horseback riding, Ocean City, off-season, ordinance, Tourism

OCEAN CITY — Ocean City is considering allowing horseback riding on its beaches to help increase offseason tourism.
A proposed ordinance would allow horseback riding from Nov. 1 to March 30 with a $50-per-horse permit. Riding would be allowed from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. The idea was proposed by Councilman Brent Ashley as a way [...]

Week in review: 1/20/12 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: January 19, 2012
Tags: 4th u.s. circuit court of appeals, Aberdeen Proving Ground, acquisition, action sports, Americans with Disabilities Act, Baltimore County Circuit Court, Baltimore Crossroads @ 95, budget, Constellation Energy Group, damages, dew tour, electricite de france, Exelon Corp., gov. martin o'malley, grab-n-go burgers, in-n-out burger, internet, lawsuit, maryland public information act, national institutes of health, Ocean City, prince george's county board of education, restaurant week, Restaurants, security guards, Settlement, Taxes, tolls, white marsh

Ramping up at Crossroads@95
Completion of the first wave of arrivals up the road at the Aberdeen Proving Ground is getting credit for renewed construction at and near the $1 billion mixed-use Baltimore Crossroads@95 community near White Marsh in Eastern Baltimore County.

O’Malley seeks tax hike
Gov. Martin O’Malley on Wednesday called for higher taxes [...]

Dew Tour wants to return to Ocean City

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 17, 2012
Tags: BMX, dew tour, dew tour ocean city, maryland eastern shore, NBC sports, Ocean City, ocean city maryland, ocean city tourism director deborah turk, skateboarding, surfing

OCEAN CITY — The Summer Dew Tour is locking in dates to return to Ocean City this August.

For its second year at the resort, the tour is requesting competition dates of Aug. 16-19. The action sports tour includes BMX, skateboarding and surfing events, with about 100 of the world’s best action sports athletes. The event [...]

Letters to the Editor – 1/9/11 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: January 6, 2012
Tags: army, baltimore running festival, camden yards sports complex, Coppin State University, Editorial Advisory Board, final four, football, General Assembly, geppi entertainment and sports legends museums, lacrosse, Letters to the Editor, M&T Bank Stadium, Maryland Stadium Authority, msa, navy, Ocean City, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Orioles, Ravens, soccer, Sports, U2

As a former member of The Daily Record’s Editorial Advisory Board, I was disappointed to see the Dec. 27 editorial from several members of the Board (with seven out of the 15 members understandably not joining in the opinion) titled “Reforming the Maryland Stadium Authority.” Contrary to what is asserted there, the Maryland Stadium Authority has [...]

Letters to the Editor – 1/6/12 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: January 5, 2012
Tags: convention center, Editorial Advisory Board, feasibility study, Letters to the Editor, Maryland Stadium Authority, mayor, Ocean City, richard w. meehan, stadium authority, Tourism

On Dec. 27, The Daily Record published an editorial suggesting that the Maryland Stadium Authority “should be legislatively reformed to return to its original purpose — running Camden Yards” (“Editorial Advisory Board: Reforming the Maryland Stadium Authority”).
As one who has been involved in project development with MSA for almost 20 years – first as a [...]