Historical Images: Lake Family Home at 17th and Wesley

Our weekly feature includes photographs from the Ocean City Historical Museum collection and from the modern era.

  This week's "Then and Now" features a home standing on the northwest corner of 17th Street and Wesley Avenue.  The home at 1644 Wesley was built for Marion Lake of the Lake family by a local contractor, Allen Scull. It is shown in the first image shortly after it was completed circa 1920. The second image shows the home as it appears today. It was renovated and converted into a duplex in the late 1990s. To see more historical photos of Ocean City, visit the Ocean City Historical Museum in the Community Center at 1735 Simpson Ave.

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Historical Images: Redman Hall at Eighth and Haven

Our weekly feature includes photographs from the Ocean City Historical Museum collection and from the modern era.

This week's "Then and Now" features the building located at the corner of Eighth Street and Haven Avenue. The building was known as Redman Hall when it was built in the early 1920s and has served a variety of uses through the years. It was was the resort's most popular fraternal, social and sports center and held basketball games, dances and meetings. It was later home the Sentinel-Ledger and converted to its current business use in the early 1960s. Redman Hall was built for the Kalmia Tribe #220 by William H. Smith-Builder at a cost of $75,000. Smith was a past sachem of the Kalmia Tribe.  An article ran in the Nov. 22, 1923 edition of the Ocean City Sentinel-Ledger about the grand opening ceremony to be held on Nov. 24, 1923. It was to …

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Rescue of Life Saving Station Delayed by City Council

Council votes to table a resolution authorizing a contract for architectural services for the restoration of the historic building.

  City Council on Thursday voted to put off a vote on approving a $160,915 contract for architectural services for restoration of the historic U.S. Life Saving Station at Fourth Street and Atlantic Avenue. The spending for the restoration has already been approved by City Council, but seeing a bill come due seemed to renew old questions about the project. Council voted to table a resolution authorizing a contract with Watson & Henry Associates, Inc., for professional services. The vote was 5-1 with Councilman Roy Wagner dissenting and Councilman John Kemenosh not present. Council members asked for more information from the nonprofit group U.S. Life Saving Station 30, which has promised to repay the city for the full cost of the renovation …

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National Weather Service Issues Flood and Wind Advisories

High winds are predicted to arrive after 9 p.m. Wednesday and continue into Thursday morning.

  In a morning alert, the National Weather Service is warning of heavy bands of rain that will continue to move through the region through 11 a.m. Some areas will see an inch of rain every hour, and the precipitation will be accompanied by dense fog in spots. While a Flood Advisory is in effect through 10:45 a.m., high tide at the Ninth Street Bridge passed at 5:35 a.m., so some water may start to drain before the advisory is over. A wind advisory will be in effect from 9 p.m. Wednesday through 4 a.m. Thursday—with gusts as strong as 50 mph predicted. The winds will be from the northwest. The National Weather Service warns of the potential for downed tree branches and power outages. In a "preliminary event" on Wednesday morning and …

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