The Piela Secret Broadcast Compound is located in the flight path of the Ocean City Beach Banner Planes. I say these are the “first”. Well, the first ones I saw. But logic deems it today was the first day!

When you come to Ocean City before the season starts, you drive past all the condos and houses, and don’t even realize what’s going on inside!

Here’s the audio from the Maryland Transportation Authority. They are the police agency in charge of bridges and tunnels in the state: State and County police are part of the conversation. The one officer was planning on going onto the bridge to tell the workers…

I have been a traffic reporter since 1996. I started here at the beach, eventually made my way to Washington and Baltimore, then moved back here in 2014. Through advanced technology I can still do traffic wherever I am needed. (The mic on my smartphone sounds better than the $7000 ISDN unit we had in 1998). As I try to write this, I have to remind myself, and inform you, dear reader, that I am

Hey there.  This is the typical “first entry” when you start a new blog or website. Stay tuned for more scintillating repartee ….   Ap

Unless you’re a total newcomer to Ocean City, you know who Boardwalk Elvis is. It was always a special moment when you saw “Elvis” walking down the boardwalk.  He’d be wearing either his black, white or red jumpsuit, carrying his boombox on his shoulder, and playing the kazoo along with the Elvis music coming out of the speakers. What I have here are scans of 2 rare postcards Boardwalk Elvis aka Boardwalk Norman gave to