09.21.12

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PING PONG SUMMER: Filming

BOARDS ON BOARDS?

is now under way, and some may recognize one actress on the Big Screen when the longawaited movie is released PAGE 28

The Ocean City Council may soon allow skateboarding on the Boardwalk during same hours biking is permitted PAGE 4

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . 46 CLASSIFIED . . . . . . . . 80 ENTERTAINMENT . . . . 53 LEGALS . . . . . . . . . . . 82

LIFESTYLE . . . . . . . . . 49 OPINION . . . . . . . . . . 20 OUT&ABOUT . . . . . . . . 70 SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . 36

RACE FOR COVETED RYDER CUP HEATS UP AT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS…PAGE 36

Ocean City Today SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 Dennis Dare announces his candidacy for City Council on Monday at City Hall.

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DARE: BACK IN THE GAME Crowd gathers at City Hall early this week to show support for former city manager, council hopeful ZACK HOOPES ■ Staff Writer (Sept. 21, 2012) Dennis Dare’s announcement that he would be “at the steps” of City Hall Monday morning confused at least a few, given that City Hall’s front entrance actually has no steps. But it only took a few minutes

after Dare emerged from the building to realize that “the steps” were more metaphorical than physical and that the idea of being on them — of being at the brink of a time of chaos — would play a major part in at least the next two months of Dare’s political life. As had been widely speculated

previously, Dare exited the building to announce that he had, moments before, filed his paperwork to run as a candidate for City Council. A crowd of about 60 supporters, wearing blueand-orange “Dennis Dare” stickers, flocked around a small, portable loudspeaker to hear Dare talk. “I feel I’m uniquely qualified,” Dare said, referring to his 29 years of service, from April 1990 See FORMER on Page 3

OC Police Chief Bernadette DiPino

OCPD ChiefDiPino in running for same post in Sarasota, Fla. ZACK HOOPES ■ Staff Writer

FALL FESTIVAL UNDER WAY

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Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan, sixth from left, and Sen. Jim Mathias, standing to his left, are joined by town officials and several others during a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the 38th annual Sunfest celebration at the inlet parking lot. The festival opened Thursday morning and will continue through Sunday evening, with arts and crafts, food and live entertainment. For complete information, see Page 49.

(Sept. 21, 2012) A news release out of Sarasota, Fla., last Friday has revealed that Ocean City’s chief of police is in the running to assume the same position in the Sunshine State. The City of Sarasota announced late last week that it had narrowed its candidate pool for the city’s top police position down to five finalists, including the Ocean City Police Department’s Chief Bernadette DiPino. “I saw the opportunity on the International Association of Chiefs of Police Web site, and I applied,” DiPino said. “I’m honored to be one of the five finalists they’ve picked.” Also on the Sarasota short list are Gregory Anderson, chief of police for the Oak Forest, Illinois Police Department; SalvaSee DiPINO on Page 15


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