Ocean City’s prohibition on women going topless “protects and advances the prevailing sensibilities” of its residents and visitors, the Eastern Shore beach town told a U.S. appeals court Thursday as it considers whether the ban violates the Constitution’s guarantee of equal treatment under the law because men are permitted to go-bare chested.
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A company in Baltimore has created “bumper tables” designed to allow people to practice social distancing while eating and talking in outdoor settings amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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A group of women prohibited from going topless in Ocean City will appeal a federal judge’s decision upholding the Eastern Shore resort town’s statutory ban. Counsel for the women notified the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday to ...
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Maryland's most popular beach destination is set to reopen its shore this weekend, and a city official has said “day-trippers" won't be turned away, even though out-of-town visitors would be violating the state's stay-at-home order.
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A popular Maryland beach town can ban women from going topless in public, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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Maryland's Ocean City has playfully invited Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan to vacation there after the couple said they would step back from royal duties.
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Read More »A Maryland board has approved the Maryland Stadium Authority's authorization to issue new bonds for an expansion of the Ocean City Convention Center.
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Read More »A big gathering of car enthusiasts in coastal Maryland prompts a resort town's mayor to insist there won't be a repeat next year.
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Read More »A Delaware woman has been charged with nearly 50 criminal violations after police say she went on a drunken hit-and-run spree in Maryland.
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Read More »The mother of a Texas woman found dead on a Maryland beach with just an arm above the sand has filed a lawsuit against the town where the death occurred.
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