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By Michelle Deal-Zimmerman and The Baltimore Sun | July 5, 2011
How do you like your water towers, naked or with an artful promotional message painted on the side? That's a question the Ocean City Town Council will consider at tonight's meeting, when a proposal to paint a logo on the Worcester Street water tower is expected to be on the agenda. Tourism officials are considering a request from Alli Sports, organizers of the Dew Tour, to paint the tour's logo on the side of the water tower. The logo would read 'Welcome to Ocean City, Proud Home of the Dew Tour" and would stay in place year-round.
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By Michelle Deal-Zimmerman and The Baltimore Sun | January 18, 2012
The Dew Tour is ready to let it rip again this summer in Ocean City. The mayor and town council voted Tuesday night to approve the request for the action sports tour to return to the resort city Aug. 16-19. Alli Sports, organizers of the tour, plan a four-day event with competition in BMX, skateboarding and surfing, as well as a festival village and concert performance. Organizers say the event will be broadcast live on NBC and NBC Sports Network. Last summer's event, the first time the Dew Tour was held in Ocean City, took place in July.
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By Michelle Deal-Zimmerman and The Baltimore Sun | July 25, 2011
A record 73,000 fans watched athletes compete over four days in The Dew Tour's Pantech Open in Ocean City. The attendance broke records for the tour, becoming the biggest crowd in the history of the Dew Tour, according to officials from Ocean City and Alli Sports, organizer of the tour. Ocean City officials said the weekend population of the Maryland resort town was more than 320,000, up about 7 percent from the corresponding weekend in 2010. “It was great to see all the families turn out to see these amazing athletes compete,” said Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan.
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By Michelle Deal-Zimmerman and The Baltimore Sun | July 19, 2011
It's Dew time in OC and the town is kicking it off with some pre-tour festivities, starting with tomorrow's Commotion Down The Ocean at the Ocean Bowl Skate Park. The free event will feature amateur skateboard competitions plus an opportunity to gawk at some of the extreme sports celebrities in town for the Dew Tour aka Pantech Open. Appearances by athletes Bucky Lasek (of Dundalk), Andy Macdonald, Pierre Luc Gagnon, Adama Taylor, Elliot Sloan and other Dew Tour pros.
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By Brooks Welsh, Special to The Baltimore Sun | August 16, 2012
With a brilliant sun overhead and the ocean within yards, the Pantech Beach Championships landed in Ocean City Thursday. Enthusiastic Dew Tour fans packed the beach to watch competition in skateboarding, BMX bike riding and surfing. Even the practice runs were popular as onlookers lined up along the fence as early as 10 a.m. to watch athletes like 15-year-old Mitchie Brusco take on the BMX Mega 2.0. Some of the star Dew Tour athletes were out for the early morning practice, including skateboarders Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Andy Macdonald and Bob Burnquist.
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By Erik Maza and The Baltimore Sun | July 23, 2011
The week ended and Michael Lohan still doesn't have a place for his party. Boo hoo. His much promoted party was so toxic it was canceled within hours of its announcement on this blog. In other news, the Dew Tour is expected to draw over 50,000 people to Ocean City this weekend. Even if is skateboarding is still prohibited by the city. Marquee Lounge was reviewed . The Don't Know Tavern settlement may not go to the plaintiffs' lawyer after all. Silver Spring's new Fillmore theater has an opening date, and Mary J. Blige will be on hand for the grand opening.