OC Today-Dispaatch JUNE 21, 2024
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Raises for teachers score B+ They didn’t get the 6% they bargained for, but budget changes by the school board got them 5% despite short funding by the county. — Page 86
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ANNUAL PARADE MARCHES Dozens of fire companies from across the state took part in the annual Maryland State Firemen’s Association parade Wednesday along Baltimore Avenue. The event is a tradition during the organization’s convention and conference held each June in Ocean City.
Houseboat rental idea sunk A plan to enter the resort rental market with floating units runs aground, as the City Council prohibits it. — Page 14
Quicker liquor Oceans Calling, Country Calling fests sail through liquor license hearings. — Page 88
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OC Today-Dispatch
JUNE 21, 2024
JUNE 21, 2024
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GRAPHIC COURTESY NWS
Extended periods of excessive heat and dry weather have traditionally been a recipe for success in Ocean City as visitors flock to the shore for relief.
Super hot elsewhere, mildly nice here thanks to water ‘Refreshing’ southeast breeze, cool ocean temps keeps resort pleasant By Stewart Dobson Editor (June 21, 2024) It’s the ocean, stupid. That may not be exactly what the forecasters said this week at the National Weather Service office in Wakefield, Virginia when asked why Ocean City will be spared the smothering heat that’s expected to blanket the East, but it’s close. While Baltimore, Washington, D.C., West Virginia and much of Pennsylvania will see temperatures in at least the high 90s late this weekend, Ocean City is expected to remain an oasis of moderate temperatures with highs some 10 to 15 degrees cooler than anywhere on the other side of the Chesapeake. According to the weather service, it’s all because of the ocean and the persistent breeze that will be floating across it from the south. “Essentially, the wind is forecast to come from the SSE or SE during the next few days on the Maryland Eastern Shore. Ocean City’s location
along the immediate Atlantic coast, along with the forecast southeast wind off the cooler water (water temps are around 70 degrees off the Atlantic coast of Maryland) will allow for more moderate temps compared to areas much farther inland,” said Eswar Iyer, one of the lead meteorologists at Wakefield. Added Jeff Orrock, meteorologistin-charge of the Wakefield office, “I was just visiting Ocean City last week on a warm day and with the southeast wind, you could feel the cooler air coming in off the water and it was refreshing for sure.” That pattern is expected to protect the Maryland coast from the dangerously high temperatures forecast for the area west of I-95. Even locations as close as Lewes, Delaware and Chincoteague, Virginia will see temperatures above 90 degrees, according to the weather service. Whether extreme heat inland will translate into busier days ahead for Ocean City remains to be seen, but positive thoughts are easier to have when the weather is conducive to the beach, according to Ocean City HotelMotel-Restaurant Association Executive Director Susan Jones. See MILDER Page 6
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