OC Today-Dispaatch MAY 3, 2024
STUBBORNLY LOCAL, EQUALLY INDEPENDENT
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Crackdown on displays Council advises Boardwalk merchants it (mostly) means business this time The back-and-forth between city officials and business owners whose outdoor displays encroach on public property is taking a tougher turn, with fines and permit suspensions now possible in a proposed ordinance change. But the city will warn them first. — PAGE 3
County canine can smell cells PHOTO COURTESY CONNIE ALDERFER
WHAT’S UP? So much for the old-fashioned diamond-shaped kite at last week’s Maryland International Kite Exposition in Ocean City, where all sorts of elaborate creations took to the blue skies. See more photos on page 70.
A suspect on the run tosses his phone in dense underbrush and figures police will never find it and the incriminating information it contains. But he’s not counting on the newest addition to the sheriff’s office staff — Luna, the 3-year-0ld lab who’s been trained to sniff out electronics, including thumb drives. — PAGE 22
SPRINGFEST BEGINS — PAGE 28