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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
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REMEMBERING 9/11
The Ocean City Fire Department presented “Remembrance Beams of Light” at the Ocean City Firefighter Memorial from Sept. 8-12, representing the World Trade Center with two skyward lights.
Festival contract done Oceans Calling package hits right notes for resort, adds second, similar event By Mallory Panuska Managing Editor (Sept. 15, 2023) A three-year contract between the Town of Ocean City and the promoter of the Oceans Calling Festival is officially signed, and contains details ranging from ticket shares, to tentative date holds in 2024-26 for a second similar music event. The parties inked the 38-page document on Aug. 31, just under a month
before the three-day festival is set to commence on Sept. 29-Oct. 1 on the inlet and surrounding beach and Boardwalk downtown. The inaugural event was supposed to be the second annual, but last year’s festival was canceled just before it was set to begin when the remnants of a hurricane blew through as crews were setting up. The new contract, which was provided by City Clerk Diana Chavis, includes date holds for Sept. 27-29, 2024, and Sept. 26-28, 2025. It also contains a clause to begin negotiating for dates for the festival for 2026 and 2027.
Tentative date holds — Chavis said they still need confirmed — for “a similar live multi-stage music festival” in 2024, 2025 and 2026 for “the weekends immediately following the festival” will begin negotiations this year as well, according to the contract. This year, and for many years prior, that weekend has been designated for Endless Summer Cruisin’. Tom Perlozzo, the city’s director of tourism and business development, said this week that staff have been working with promoter C3 Presents for a while to host a second event, but See CONTRACT Page 4
Giant Food will anchor new center If all goes as planned, store will be on Rt. 50/Rt. 589 By Remy Andersen Staff Writer (Sept. 15, 2023) Residents of Ocean Pines and West Ocean City, as well as Berlin and Ocean City, will be graced with a new shopping center and a new supermarket off Route 50, assuming that work on the Coastal Square Shopping Center continues to See COMMISSION Page 6