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OC Today-Dispatch MAY 1, 2026
STUBBORNLY LOCAL, EQUALLY INDEPENDENT
Spring Cruisin weekend now underway in Ocean City — Page 30
PRICELESS
Meehan going for two more as mayor Long-time Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan says he’ll seek another twoyear term in the fall, when he faces a new challenger, City Council President Matt James. — PAGE 13 BRIAN SHANE/OC TODAY-DISPATCH
FLAGSHIP COMES DOWN It was out with the old over the last couple weeks in Ocean City, as the former Flagship Oceanfront Hotel on 26th Street has been razed. Over the next year or so, the site will be redeveloped into an eight-story, 135-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott.
Two seats, five candidates That’s what makes next Friday’s City Council special election not just special but unusual as well, since it will be seating two members of the resort’s governing body. That could mark the beginning of major changes that will culminate in November, when three more seats are available. — PAGE 12, 76
Ward Kovacs, Beach Patrol stalwart, dies The full-time, year-round Beach Patrol lieutenant was considered by many among the best of the good guys. — PAGE 18