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Surf breaks along the rocky coastline, with the twin lighthouses of Thatcher Island visible in the distance, during the early stages of a nor’easter Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Gloucester, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Coastal flooding and 50 mph gusts force ‘Oceans Calling’ festival to cancel

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

People enjoy Playland's Castaway Cove amusement park, in Ocean City, N.J, on Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mingson Lau)

Carbon monoxide leak at Ocean City, Maryland, hotel sickens 18, sends four to hospital

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

People ride the Giant Wheel and flying chair ride at Gillian's Wonderland, the popular amusement park on the boardwalk in Ocean City, N.J., during its final day of operation before shutting down for good, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Historic Jersey Shore amusement park closes after generations of family thrills

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

This Feb. 10, 2022, photo shows land-based wind energy turbines in Atlantic City, N.J. Offshore wind energy projects in many places in the U.S. are facing local opposition from those who fear possible environmental, economic and aesthetic impacts from placing turbines at sea. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

U.S. offshore wind energy industry faces blowback from locals

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

In this July 30, 2015 photo, Kia Sinclair, stands topless on Hampton Beach in Hampton, N.H. In a June 6 memo, the Ocean City [Md.] Beach Patrol said that workers should document complaints of toplessness, but they shouldn't approach offending sunbathers to rebuke them. (Rich Beauchesne/Portmsouth Herald via AP) **FILE**

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Ocean City topless ban

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Illustration on escalating situations involving misdemeanors and flavor vape bans by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

A vape, tobacco flavor ban in D.C. would only hurt its residents

By Casey Given

Ocean City Topless Female T-Shirt Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Ocean City’s bare-chested women tops off a ridiculous woke agenda

By Robert Knight

Court hears challenge to topless ban at Maryland beach

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A vehicle kicks up a wake as it drives through a flooded street in Ocean City, N.J. on Oct. 30, 2020. The city is dealing with the costs of rising sea levels, both in monetary terms and in the disruption that recurring flooding brings. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Amid rising seas, ‘dry’ resort is wetter than it likes

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

Officials to lift lodging restrictions for Ocean City

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Visitors at the boardwalk at Ocean City, Md., fish while standing six feet apart to follow social distancing guidelines. The resort town reopened its beach and boardwalk on Saturday, May 9, 2020. (Photo by All-Pro Reels / Ed Sheahin)

Ocean City beach and boardwalk reopen with physical distancing guidelines

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

A man walks against a stiff wind under the Jolly Roger Amusement Pier in Ocean City, Md., Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Rainfall and heavy winds are expected to last through the weekend. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Ocean City, Maryland, to reopen beach and boardwalk to locals only Saturday

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

An Ocean City Police Department vehicle makes its way down Philadelphia Avenue in Ocean City, Md., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene heads toward the Maryland coast. (AP/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

4.7-magnitude earthquake reported off coast of Ocean City, Maryland

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In this Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 photo, Odette Swan, center, is helped onto the beach at Ocean City, N.J., by her granddaughter, Samantha Jonsson, left, and Pine Run nurse, Laura Watson. The trip was planned by Pine Run staff to help rekindle memories of dementia patients by taking them to and old familiar place from their past. (Art Gentile/The Intelligencer via AP)

Trip to the beach sparks memories in dementia patients

By MARION CALLAHAN and Bucks County Courier Times - Associated Press

Ocean City businesses fear losing seasonal workforce

By CHRIS MILLER - Associated Press

$12.7M contract awarded for Ocean City beach project

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People begin returning to Ocean City's beaches for the Fourth of July weekend after a rainy June kept many away.

Ocean City, Md., passes emergency ordinance prohibiting public nudity amid topless debate

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Keep your shirt on! Beach resort town not going topless

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In this Feb. 16, 2017 photo Marty Mozzo poses in his backyard in Ocean City N.J. on the edge of a back bay wetlands. When he and his wife were considering buying the house, they looked at a small trickle of water in the distance and wondered if the property would flood, deciding the water was too far away to pose a danger. Within weeks, their house was surrounded by floodwaters. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Ominous and overlooked: Back-bay flooding plagues millions

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

Ocean City, Md., is a major tourist draw, and it’s only a short drive for D.C. residents, who take more vacations than residents of any other large U.S. city. Responding to news that Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle are hoping to step down from senior royal status, the town's official Twitter account tweeted on Jan. 8, 2020, that the couple are “welcome to come for a visit any time!”(Associated Press) ** FILE **

Coast Guard stops search for missing male swimmer off Ocean City; girl, 7, drowns day before

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