Maryland’s Changing Seasons (Photo Slide Show)

There’s not many things you can be sure of in this life, but depend on this: The seasons are always changing in Maryland. It’s only a few weeks since our last, wet, spring snow on the Eastern Shore. In a few weeks more, summer will be upon us. While we still have time to think… [Read more…]

New Year’s Ocean City, plus Winterfest Slide Show

Herewith, a slide show of the 2010 Winterfest of Llights in Ocean City, Maryland. For photos of 2009 Winterfest,  click here, and here. For Winterfest 2008 photos, click here. and here. (Have I mentioned that we are accumulating quite a lot of CONTENT here at the Ocean City Blog?) Come visit Ocean City for the… [Read more…]

Ocean City Winterfest of Lights Reopens 12-28-2010

The snowy Christmas Nor’easter forced Ocean City to shut down the Winterfest of Lights at Northside Park for one night on Monday night. But I just talked to City Hall this afternoon, and Winterfest of Lights will be open tonight, Tuesday, and remain open through the New Year’s weekend just ahead. Winterfest is at Northside… [Read more…]

A Few More Rt. 50 Snow Photos, 12-27-10

Rt. 50 Eastern Shore Snow Advisory 12-27-2010

WEATHER UPDATE, 10:45 P.M., DEC. 27, 2010: The low temperature in Ocean City overnight will be about 25 degrees. Tuesday will be sunny, windy, and a little warmer, with a high of about 37 to melt some of the snow and ice. Please use extreme caution if you must drive on Maryland’s Eastern Shore this… [Read more…]

More Photos From First Snow of Winter in Ocean City

Firefighters Memorial on the Boardwalk in Ocean City. The Boardwalk arch at North Division Street. Click on any photo to see it full size. Slippery coming down the Route 50 bridge into Ocean City. Snowy intersection of Baltimore Avenue and North Division Street on Thursday afternoon. Car in a ditch on Route 50 in West… [Read more…]

First Snow in Ocean City, MD, Dec. 16, 2010

Snow on the Beach and Boardwalk All quiet on the Ocean City Boardwalk, looking south from North Division Street. It’s been snowing all afternoon in Ocean City, Maryland, and we’ve clearly surpassed the “less than one inch” that was predicted for today. The boardwalk was snow-covered Thursday afternoon. No one was stirring on the boards,… [Read more…]

A March Friday

The Maryland weather in March — I’d rather not talk about it. Thursday night was cold, damp and foggy in my part of Maryland.  After a string of 60-degree days, I forgot to wear long underwear to work Thursday night. That was a mistake. I had reason to be on the upper floor of a… [Read more…]

Snow in Maryland? Sure, We Can Handle This.

The rumor is true.  Snow. The forecasters are calling for three to five on Maryland’s Lower Shore and in Southern Maryland.  That’s inches, not feet. Three to five inches of  snow. The way things are going this winter, you just don’t know. Farther north on the Eastern Shore, and across the Bay in the Baltimore… [Read more…]

Ready or Not, Here Comes Another Nor'easter . . . Say It Ain't Snow.

A “snow hurricane,” may be hyperbole, but those words are being used to describe the potential of another low-pressure system moving up the East Coast. See Frank Roylance’s Maryland Weather Blog in the sidebar. This storm looks like a  whopper for New York and New England. With luck it might pass us by in the… [Read more…]