OC Today-Dispatch JANUARY 23, 2026
STUBBORNLY LOCAL, EQUALLY INDEPENDENT
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Petition has what it needs? With more than 1,200 signatures, but needing just 990, the petition calling for a referendum on the issuance of new short-term rental licenses should make the cut. — PAGE 4
PHOTO COURTESY OF DEELEY CHESTER
GREENLIGHT TO NOWHERE The Route 50 Bridge closure went into effect on Monday and is planned to continue through Feb. 3. Repairs will be conducted to the drawbridge’s “nose locks,” mechanisms associated with securing the span when it lowers back into place after boats pass through.
Fire parade marches on The Maryland State Firefighters Association has voted to move its June parade from Ocean City to Berlin after the town quickly agreed to stage the event on a Saturday. Ocean City did too, but not until after the wheels of relocation were already moving. — PAGE 22
New dredge funded — PAGE 12
Resort beach replenishment cost doubles Inflation, materials, labor ... no one is quite sure why the estimated cost of this year’s beach work has gone up by many millions of dollars. — PAGE 3