Big changes are coming to Ocean City, following a Memorial Day weekend of chaos from unruly teenagers. City leaders are trying to make sure trouble doesn’t continue into the summer with a new curfew, among other proposals.
Ocean City officials described a wild, raucous Memorial Day weekend where police and EMS fielded nearly 1,000 calls, many surrounding unruly teens.
"You can’t even move on the boardwalk near 12th Street. There is just like a pile of them, everywhere. Everywhere," Cassie Mills described the large groups of teens.to keep peace this summer, beginning with an 11 p.m. curfew for kids under 18 and backpacks on the boardwalk will be banned between 8 p.m. and 1 a.m.The measures are expected to pass in time for Father’s Day weekend.
"All of us need to look in the mirror and take responsibility," Ocean City Mayor, Jay Gillian said. "This isn’t a kid thing, this is us. We are adults. We got gray hair. And, we have to promote and educate, but we also have to hold accountability." Some boardwalk businesses wonder how a new curfew will affect their summer bottom line. Manager of Annie Ann’s, Tyler Cooper, said, "I think the curfew would hurt businesses because Annie Ann’s, that’s where most of our sales come from is the teenagers. They come off the beaches and they all want pretzels."
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