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JULY 29, 2016
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Tougher approach on B’walk After weekend melees, mayor promises more enforcement, visibility
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Ocean City visitors Mike Cox, his son, Peter, 18, and daughters, Madi, 17, and Leighton, 7, take a cooling ride at Splash Mountain Water Park at Jolly Roger Amusement Park, on 30th Street, this past Tuesday.
Pretty hot No record, but a swelter skelter day still sends crowds looking for relief rom 10 a.m. to almost 5 p.m Monday, the temperature stayed in the 90s in Ocean City, sending residents and visitors to one of two places: inside to the air conditioning or outside to the water. As hot as it was, with blacktop road surfaces measuring a blistering 150-plus degrees in places, it was no record. That, reportedly, occurred on July 3, 1898, according to Intellicast historical climate data, when the temperature hit a toasty 109.04 degrees. In more recent times, the hottest days were a mere 102 degrees, a mark hit more than once. Measuring official temperatures for the resort area, however, is an imprecise business. Some of the data were recorded at the Salisbury-Wicomico Airport. Temperatures at the Ocean City Municipal Airport on the mainland, meanwhile, frequently differ significantly from those on the beach. Suffice to say, that once the mercury climbs to a certain point on the scale, a degree or two either way doesn’t make much difference. When it hits the mid-90s, it’s pretty hot.
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By Katie Tabeling Staff Writer (July 29, 2016) In the aftermath of a series of incidents on the Boardwalk that led to a dozen arrests, Mayor Rick Meehan said Tuesday that Ocean City will increase its police’s presence on and off the boards. “We want people to feel comfortable on the Boardwalk and that didn’t happen this particular weekend. We’re going to increase our enforcement to make sure that doesn’t h a p p e n ‘We’re again,” he said. “I think going to look for you’ll see we’ll keep our other ways guard up and to increase continue to show a police our police presence on presence.’ the Board- — Mayor Rick walk and Meehan a r o u n d town.” Ocean City Police last Saturday arrested 12 people, none of whom were from Worcester County, after two separate incidents spiraled into a riotous crowd on the Boardwalk with chants of “black lives matter” interspersed. Police representatives had dispelled rumors that it was another entry in the Black Lives Matter movement, and tied it to an unannounced College Beach Weekend event. See ‘TAKEOVER’ Page 3