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“Going in there it was just like a scene from hell.” Last month, the Ocean Shores Police Department issued a press release, announcing that 10 boys and girls between the ages of 15 to 17 and an 18-year-old were “involved” … Continue reading →

Gary Iversen photo captures the awesomeness of nature:

“Do you really administer justice, you mighty ones? Do you judge rightly, you men? Rather do you plan evil in your heart, and your wicked hands deal out injustice in the land. . . .Let them pass like the snail … Continue reading →

From Jen Hough:

Another nice shipping photo from Emma Davis, photographing all things down-by-the-Jetty:

From Sam Bach:

The “oops, we forgot to include interest” goof in Street LID budgeting (thanks, Ken Lanfear!). That, and/or lack of management (pick your poison) sends the project spiraling out of control, nearly 50 percent over original budget. The City of Ocean … Continue reading →

Long ago, i posted all the union contracts signed in 2007 on northcoastnews.com – but you know what happened to that site. The info posted below is for all four union contracts (but not the “Exempt Employees” group of managers … Continue reading →

Copy of email sent last month to Ocean Shores Mayor Crystal Dingler, librarian Keitha Owen and the library board. There was no response from Dingler and Owen to the questions posed. At the July 2012 library board meeting, Keitha Owen … Continue reading →

Here is what happened: The sports world was shocked (shocked!) by this week’s double-whammy: First, superstar biker Lance Armstrong told Oprah Winfrey he had been lying for years when he said he didn’t use performance-enhancing drugs. He told Oprah he … Continue reading →

Ocean Shores Councilor John Lynn at last week’s study session: “Last year our General Fund was negative in seven of the 12 months. That means we didn’t have enough cash to do operations without interfund loans . . .” Lynn … Continue reading →

Carol Schultz photo:

Photo from Emma Davis, who notes, “Rare wave cloud formation – lower elevation wave clouds coming in from the south west while the higher elevation wave clouds are coming in from the north west – all beautifully illuminated by the … Continue reading →

Frank Szabova photo:

Midbrod is the computer consultant who started working for the Ocean Shores Library, then expanded to other city departments (Fire Department, Convention Center, etc.). The great majority of the $64,608 he was paid in 2012 was for “monthly maintenance” (not … Continue reading →

Was just going to ask/beg for some Snowy Owl photos, and here comes two from Priscilla Edwards, taken today at Damon Point:  

Gary Iversen photo of one of the supermodels of the bird world:

Looks like the Daily World folks have yanked the plug on northcoastnews.com. All that is on the site is the NCN logo, followed by this: “Thank you for visiting the North Coast News Blog. The site is temporarily unavailable until a … Continue reading →

Photo from Patty Welsh, who notes, “These were taken on Thursday 1.10 just south of the casino. Absolutely beautiful and the clams were showing everywhere.  We got our limit in under 1/2 hour.”

Another great Duck Lake scene:

As he often does when Ocean Shores gets in a lather about something-or-other, Tome O’Scanlinn called from the dark, cold depths of Atlantis City to coyote-howl, “That’s nothing compared to what we got going on over here!” Atlantis City, of … Continue reading →

By Carol Schultz:

All’s Clam on the Western Front By Scott McGeath I recently read that among Wall Street types, how the stock market performs in the first week of January is looked upon as a reliable predictor for the rest of the … Continue reading →

Emma Davis, who took this photo on Saturday afternoon, hopes someone knows the answers to her questions: “Would you happen to know what this is and what it’s doing? I photographed this helicopter flying low and slow over OS this … Continue reading →

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