We apologize forthe delayed blog.  It was delayed due to a few technical difficulties and some fine beach weather!

A few weeks ago, we posted a poll asking the following questions:

1: What is your favorite boardwalk snack?

2: What are your favorite activities when you come to ....Ocean.. ..City....?

3: What are your favorite and most cherished ....Ocean.. ..City.... memories?

Ylee  49 ....Salisbury....

Favorite snack...Thrashers fries / Fishers popcorn activities... People watching/Marty’s Playland Memory.... Getting the bejesus scared out of me as a kid first time thru the haunted house / working for Trimpers for a few weeks

Mike   33 ....Baltimore....

Fav snack - tie: Thrashers fries & Julia's Canollis. Fav activities - one will be going on the Haunted House ride. Been doing in for 25+ years. Memories - being there around Labor Day, when the crowds die down. Always have more fun at that time, being able to enjoy OC more!

Lisa 43  MD

Fav. Boardwalk snack: Atlantic Stand, ice cream - Fav. Activities - OC Rocket, ....Jolly.. ..Rogers.. ..Splash.. ..Mountain.... and favorite, cherished memory - lying on the beach for 7 precious days with my girlfriends and our families, relaxing and enjoying life. It's the best time of year.

Michael  20  ..Parkville..

favorite snack spot is the wrapper shrimp and chicken wrap oh my god ahhhhhhhhh, favorite activities are fishing walking the boardwalk, chillin on the beach and being able to hear the sound of the water in the winter months as well as the sound of the light house during the winter months, the echo is actually very mood calming, me and my family down there and all of the smiles and laughter and great times I have spent with them. Thank you for posting this.. one love

Michelle  28  ....Atlanta.. ..Ga....

Favorite Boardwalk Snack: It's a tie between Fisher's Popcorn and the chocolate-covered Oreos at Jessica's Fudge House. Favorite Activities: Relaxing on the beach, people-watching on the Boardwalk, or just strolling around town taking in all the sights and smells. Favorite OC Memories: The annual trip I take every October around Columbus Day with my mom and my aunt - we remember past trips to OC with friends and family, eat seafood and drink booze until we burst, and try to generally stimulate the local economy. :o)

Aimee 28  ....Hanover.. ..PA....

My favorite boardwalk snack is Fisher's Popcorn, any Dumser's Dairyland ice cream, and Fudge! When we go to OC, we always hit every Old Pro Mini Golf course and walk the boardwalk. My favorite memory is when I was about 8 years old, my mom, sister, and I rode the Haunted House ride and it broke down while we were in the darkest part of the ride...my dad and brothers were also on the ride ahead of us and when the ride broke down, they were stuck at the upper part that goes outside...I'll never forget that...also, I remember the first time we took our son to OCMD, the excitement in his eyes was the best part.

Ken   28  ....Baltimore....

1: favorite boardwalk snack? Chicken and cheese wrapper from The Wrapper. 2: favorite activities? Miniature golf, going through Ripley's Believe it Or Not, and walking the Boardwalk. 3: favorite and most cherished ....Ocean.. ..City.... memories? Coming to ....Ocean.. ..City.... with my family just about every summer growing up. Riding Trimper's Rides.

Patty  58  Boiling Springs PA

Thrashers French Fries and Dumpsters Ice Cream. 2. Watching the Ocean and watching people on the boardwalk. Going to Sunsations for things to take back home to friends and family. 3. Going to ....Ocean.. ..City.... every summer with my family and the wonderful memories I have from it. My parents are gone now, but there are so many places in OC that brings back memories of them.

Tina    37 ....Augusta.... WV

1-Polish Ice 2-Chillin' on the beach or boardwalk 3-Hanging with family & friends

....Nancy....  37  ....York.. ..PA....

Thrashers French Fries! The ONLY time I eat FF with no ketchup! 2. I enjoy doing just about anything as long as I am at ....Ocean.. ..City..... I enjoy going to Sportland with my kids and playing the Elvis game that pushes the quarters off the ledges. 3. I remember going every year growing up and I am lucky enough to still be able to go every year and provide my children with their own memories.  I do miss Shantytown though!!

Trish  46 Middle River MD

My favorite ocean city boardwalk snack is Atlantic stand cheeseburgers. My favorite memories of ocean city are growing spending a lot time in the summer at the beach. My favorite activity is relaxing on the beach without any of the stress

Theresa   43 ....Shrewsbury.. ..PA....

Marble Slab creamery between 9-10th st on the boards 2) Beach, boardwalk & jolly rogers water park 3) Seeing my friends of 10 yrs that own the Beach Walk Hotel on 10th st...meeting new friends from far away & seeing them there every yr.

Jessica  24 ..Middle River..

1 - funnel cakes, fresh lemonade and thrashers fries! 2 - Gotta lay on the beach and chill, that's what I go there for. To relax. I wanna hit up Seacrets too since I've never been. Walking the boardwalk and people watching. 3 - Going to OC when we were kids. My aunt and uncle would take us every year and we would stay for like 2 weeks at a time. We were spoiled =)

Cathy  42 ....Salisbury.. ..MD....

thrashers fries of course is my fav snack 2- going to jolly rodgers 3- fav memories is when my grandmother took us kids there a lot during the summer to play games n swim.....love oc n still do

Tim  21 SAINT AUGUSTINE, ....Florida....

Thrashers Fries/Dumpsters milkshakes 2. Walking the boardwalk, Put-Put golf and Fun on the beach 3. Going every summer growing up as a kid

Terry 53 ....Dover....

1 It would have to be thrashers fries 2 Shopping 3 All the fun our family & kids had there as they grew up

Ryan 24 MD

((1)) Growing up in Ocean City until I was 21 I have to say that I discovered the best Ocean City snack just this past weekend while visiting. My favorite snack without a doubt would now have to be the deep fried Oreos. LOL. I also love Dumser's. ((2)) I used to ....LOVE.. ..Stinky.. ..Beach...., how many people remember that? LOL. I loved Shantytown. But now I just love looking the "scenery" on the boardwalk. ((3)) This is rated R but being completely honest I would have to say my most cherished moment in ....Ocean.. ..City.... took place on the Jolly Roger Pier a couple years ago. All other information is not on a need to know basis. LOL. Also I remember meeting a girl in ....Ocean.. ..City.... for the first time, we sat on the beach and just talked until the sun came up, it was amazing, we still talk almost everyday. The MSFA Fireman's Convention, all the moments that comes with it. When you lived in ....Ocean.. ..City.... for decades, it's so so so hard to list the best one.

Tamara  32 Beavertown PA

Caruso’s pizza, Sunfest, mini golf, just being at my favorite vacation spot. I've been there at sometime or another during every year since I was about 2 months old I am now 32 only missed going down 2 yrs. Saw Collin Raye at Sunfest 2002. and getting ready to go back in Sept again this year for Sunfest. Can’t wait. I'm ready now..

Mike 35 ....Las Vegas.. ..NV....

Thrashers fries with old bay! seacrets.....nuff said! getting engaged at seacrets in 2001!

Tammy 36 Mercersburg PA

FUNNEL CAKE
2)WALKING THE FAMOUS BOARDWALK
3)THE MAY CAR SHOW

Luray 50 Frederick MD

1. Funnel Cake
2. Lying on the beach
3. My daughter and her husband getting married on the beach on ..

Samantha  20 MD

1: favorite boardwalk snack?
Thrasher French Fries and a Black Raspberry Shake from Dumser's
2: favorite activities?
Going to the Boardwalk.
3: favorite and most cherished ....Ocean.. ..City.... memories?
Visiting my beach house with my entire family. Sure it might have been crammed but we had a great time!

Steve  Lebanon 39 PA

1: favorite boardwalk snack? Loves Lemonade
2: favorite activities? Walking the boardwalk
3: favorite and most cherished ....Ocean.. ..City.... memories? Going when I was a child, taking my Wife to the beach for the first time, taking my son for the first time

Gregory  42 PA/MD line

Dolly's Ice Cream.... Surfing, Boogie Boarding, Skim Boarding, Water skiing, all water sports used to live there..... This was a great time in my youth had the time of my life so many memories of my youth in ....Ocean.. ..City.......... Friends, Good Times..... Love O.C., MD and not embarrassed to admit O.C. impacted my youth which I still think about occasionally today.

Amy  37 ....Allentown.. ..PA....

Thrasher's French Fries! (2) Old Pro Golf; the boardwalk and the rides; just being on the beach! (3) Goin 'downy ocean' as a kid every summer with family; scope pictures; putt-putt; playing with glow sticks at night on the beach.

Sage  17  MD

Fries & Vinegar..Boogie Boarding, Tanning, Sandcastles, finding seashells.. and going there for the first time in 2001 with my family, :) Oh.....and going to the best restaurant there...THE BONFIRE! :)

Barb  Harford Co MD

1: favorite boardwalk snack? Boardwalk Fries
2: favorite activities? I come up for Sunfest.
3: favorite and most cherished ....Ocean.. ..City.... memories? The year I seen my first concert at Sunfest, seeing the dolphins swim across the ocean as the sun was rising, and when I was 12 drifting down about 25 streets from the Majestic hotel on a blue, and yellow rented raft, and my parents frantically looking for me lol that still stands out in my mind 36 years later!!
Thanks for this it made me smile thinking about the memories

Dar  28  ....Hagerstown.. ..MD....

1: Italian Ice/ Thrashers Fries
2. THE ..ARCADES..!!!!!!! =D
3. Meeting my ex 11 years ago at the coffee shop below Phillips on ..

Kim  29 ....Nanticoke.. ..PA....

1: favorite boardwalk snack? Thrashers French Fries
2: favorite activities? Soaking up the sun, then hitting up the OC nightlife at Seacrets, Shenanigans, ....Fagers.. ..Island...., etc.
3: favorite and most cherished ....Ocean.. ..City.... memories?
When we used to come down with 10 different families, and spend the week doing things together, any and all bus rides at ..2 am.., the time we went in the Haunted House on the boardwalk, and it broke down.

4th of July
Saturday July 4, 2009

Northside  Park (125th St and the bay)
and
North Division Street and the Beach

Celebrate the Nation’s Birthday at two locations. Enjoy a family concert by Rick K and the ALLNIGHTERS followed by fireworks on the beach at North Division Street. Or visit Northside Park, 127th Street and the Bay for a concert by Dr. K’s Motown Review also followed by fireworks. No admission. All are welcome.

This new event was a huge success in its inaugural year & is back even bigger!

June 12-14 2009

The OC Air Show, headlined by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, will feature military aircraft demonstrations, low altitude flyovers, parachute team jumps and civilian aerobatic performances over the Ocean City beachfront on Sat. & Sun., from noon to 4 p.m.

The events will be visible along the entire length of the Boardwalk creating an inspiring experience for visitors while they enjoy the resort’s beaches and attractions.

Interactive displays and exhibits, including NASA’s Exploration Experience, will be open to the public on the streets surrounding Show Center at 16th Street on the Boardwalk. Rehearsal day is Friday.

Spectators can see the show free of charge, but VIP seating is also available. www.ocairshow.com.

January 23-25
East Coast Commercial Fishermen’s & Aquaculture Trade Expo, Convention Center

January 27-28
Blood Bank of Delmarva Drive, Convention Center

February 1
Superbowl Sunday Scramble, Eagle’s Landing Golf Course

February 6
Art League of Ocean City’s First Friday Reception, 502 94th St.

February 13-15
Seaside Boat Show, Convention Center

February 21-22
Collector Car Auction, Convention Center

February 27-28
Reach the Beach Rec & School Open Nationals, Convention Center

February 27-March Weekends
St. Patrick’s Indoor Soccer Tournament, Northside Park
March 1
Reach the Beach Dance Nationals, Convention Center
March 7
Chamber of Commerce Job Fair, Convention Center
March 14
American Guild of English Handbell Ringers, Convention Center
March 14
St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival, 45th St. Village
March 14-15
Ocean City Hot Rod & Custom Car Show, Convention Center

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News Release

MVA approves Ocean City organizational license plate,
Applications for plate now being accepted at City Clerk’s Office

Ocean City, MD – Maryland citizens interested in obtaining an Ocean City, Maryland organizational license plate for their vehicle can now order one through the City Clerk’s Office.

The new license plate, which features the vintage Ocean City logo displaying the white marlin, has recently received approval from the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration.

The cost to obtain the license plate is $35 per tag number. An application must be submitted with the fee. Applications are available at City Hall, 301 Baltimore Avenue, or through the town’s web site at www.town.ocean-city.md.us. Your vehicle must be registered in the State of Maryland. Plate numbers are assigned by the MVA.

The Town of Ocean City Department of Tourism last fall conducted a poll to pick a new license plate via its web site at www.ococean.com, where citizens overwhelmingly selected what has been referred to as the vintage Ocean City logo. Following approval from the Mayor and Council, the winning design was submitted to the Motor Vehicle Administration’s review committee. The town received word late last week that the committee had signed off on the town’s submission using the vintage logo.

For more information about the license plate program, call the City Clerk’s office at 410-289-8824.

You may download the forms here: http://www.ococean.com/octag.pdf

Ocean City Football Poll

We took a poll looking  for the biggest fanbase in Ocean City.  Any visitor in OC off season and especially during football season can tell you that there are some big football fans watching the games at area restaurants and bars.

As of November 17th, the following results are in:

Coming in strong in 1st place:

The Ravens.  I guess there is no surprise here.  They are a Maryland team.   It wasn't even close.  They were far ahead from the beginning.  They are also my team!

Number 2:

The Redskins:  If you go to BJs during a Skins football game, you will see why they came in the top two.  They are a loud crowd!

Number 3: The Steelers. 3rd place surprised me given the number of PA plates and Steeler shirts & hats all around.

Number 4:  The Eagles.  Only time I see Eagles shirts is during the football games at Smitty McGees.

scoring at least one vote:

Titans - Cowboys - Browns - Jets - Bengals

last updated  11/17/08

The Town of Ocean City has assembled an awesome array of holiday light displays for its annual Winterfest of Lights.

Now with more than 750,000 lights and hundreds of displays, the 2 1/2-month celebration draws thousands of visitors to Northside Park at 125th Street and bayside and the Ocean City Inlet.

From mid-November through January, visitors will see unique light setups befitting a seaside resort, with Surfing Santas, animated Sharks, Santa hooking a Marlin from a charter boat, jumping Marlin, and Santa playing softball.

At Northside Park, the centerpiece of the celebration, you're welcomed by a magnificent sand sculpture and the city's 60-foot Christmas tree.

You'll also see Santa Claus at his workshop there in the weeks before Christmas. New for 1996-97 were a wedge of Swans, six Geese laying eggs, and a Skull Mountain display to accompany the Peter Pan and Captain Hook figurines from previous years.

One of Ocean City's boardwalk trains will carry you down the paths of displays at Northside Park for $4 for adults and free for children 12 years of age and younger.

Nautical decorations are the theme at the Ocean City Inlet, where you can see an animated "Jaws" swim in animation as the fins slowly cross the water until the giant shark thrusts its head and sharp teeth out of the water.

You can see all of the displays at the Inlet, including the new Christmas Tree Forest, from the comfort of your car.

You can drive right through the middle of the forest, and drive along the beach edge of the parking lot to get an up-close view of the other displays.

Along the way, you'll see King Neptune being hauled by three Seahorses, a family of whales playing in the water, and a fisherman hooking a marlin from his boat.

Other Inlet displays include a mermaid with a chest full of buried treasure, Surfing Santa, a Lighthouse, and a display celebrating the birth of Baby Jesus.

From the Inlet to 15th Street, light poles are wrapped like candy canes and all up and down Coastal Highway are numerous, smaller decorations.

As you can imagine, a great deal of planning and work goes into the making of such an extravaganza.

It takes Ocean City workers 42 days to set up all of the displays.

Work begins in October as workers hang the brackets necessary to hold the Boardwalk banners and begin electrical work and construction of the support structures for the light displays, some of which contain 5,000 bulbs.

Fourteen employees from the Ocean City Department of Recreation and Parks and another nine employees from the Town of Ocean City combine to light the town up.

Public Works employees use aerial trucks to install decorations on the light poles from 15th to 33rd streets and another truck is needed to erect the 60-foot Christmas tree at Northside Park.

The majority of the displays must be assembled on-site and it takes three men and their equipment more than 40 hours to install the mammoth light display.

Then there is the 30-foot lighthouse scene at the Inlet, which requires the assistance of 10 men to lift.

Sixteen miles of wire criss-crossing the 10-mile long beach power the lights, which cost the city more than $25,000 in electric bills.

After all of the lights are turned on to start the celebration, they are tested again each morning to make sure they are still working.   from Beach Net

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