Community Corner
Week In Review: BYOB Battle Heats Up
The BYOB question in Ocean City heads to public vote, the fire chief resigns, the streets flood and more.
Aside from the an occasional torrent (), the week started quietly enough in this dry town.
But City Council sent out word on Tuesday that they were calling a special meeting to talk about the BYOB initiative ().
By Thursday, we learned that the BYOB question almost certainly will be heading to the voters on Nov. 8 ().
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And on Friday, a mob showed up at City Hall to watch City Council and the mayor talk about how a northern New Jersey court case might change the landscape of the BYOB debate down here ().
In other news, we learned that Fire Chief Joseph Foglio intends to retire Oct. 1 (), that the Life Saving Station got a lifeline () and that the Ocean City Police Department had a busy week ().
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And he hardest-working man in the beach business, Ocean City Public Relations Director Mark Soifer, was in typical form this week ().
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