OC Today-Dispatch JULY 18, 2025
STUBBORNLY LOCAL, EQUALLY INDEPENDENT
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Special election Tuesday Voters to decide whether short-term rentals will be allowed in singlefamily neighborhoods, as ordinance restricting that practice goes to referendum. — PAGE 16
GONDOLA GONE
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A worker guides a crane basket loaded with gondola parts to the ground as the Ferris wheel known as The Big Wheel is dismantled. The amusement park ride was booked by Trimper’s for a partial run in Ocean City. Owned by Biggest Wheel LLC of Texas, the ride makes the rounds of state fairs throughout the country.
Wind farm still faces tough row to hoe County chips in $100k to anti-wind effort and EPA finds a mistake. Alleged preferential treatment by state raises local hackles. — PAGES 12, 13, 20
Schools may feel fed cuts in spending The county system has $1.6 million on the line as feds decide whether to fund programs. — PAGE 89