Ocean City

Et cetera Maryland coaches caravan comes to Baltimore May 29 Maryland's 2013 Coaches Caravan will stop in Ocean City , Baltimore, Annapolis and Washington. Each event runs from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and features a short program followed by an opportunity for attendees to mingle with the coaches and athletes, take photos and get autographs. The sites are: Ocean City , May 20, Galaxy 66 Bar and Grille (football coach Randy Edsall , wrestling coach Kerry McCoy and deputy director of athletics Nate Pine )

Beth Schub started surfing with one of her uncles on Long Island when she was 13, but she went off to college in Pennsylvania and later settled there after getting married, she thought she was pretty much done with the sport. It took a move to Emerald Isle, N.C., with her husband Greg and their two young sons to get Schub back into surfing. "When they were young I stopped surfing altogether, there were too many things to carry besides the surfboard," Schub, now 62, recalled last week.

The Upper Chesapeake Chorus, comprised of women mainly from Harford and Cecil counties, on Saturday, April 20, won the Region 19 competition of Sweet Adelines International, held in Ocean City. Led by director Rick Taylor, 42 local women won the competition's first place overall and first place mid-size chorus medals, earning the right to represent Region 19 (comprised of choruses from five states) at the international competition in Baltimore in fall 2014. This will be UCC's second time in the international competition.

Ocean City Restaurant Week starts Sunday. Participating restaurants in the 7th annual spring dining promotion, which runs through May 19, will offer menus fixed at $10, $20, $30 or $40. Dining options range from simple to fine dining. Organized by the non-profit Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association, the event is billed as celebration of Ocean City's local cuisine  "Having fixed prices allows diners to budget a day or evening out," said Restaurant Week event manager Amy Tingle.

I had my bachelorette weekend recently and it made me think about all of the different options available in and around Baltimore. There really is something suitable for every bride. For example, mine was an entire weekend in one of my favorite places on earth - Ocean City, MD. While the weather was a bit chilly it was perfect for me to be at the beach, enjoy all of my favorite restaurants and bars and relax with the women in my life who mean the most to me. Other weekend getaways in and around the area include Annapolis, D.C., Deep Creek, Philadelphia or even Atlantic City.

In the off-season, Ocean City often adds some new feature for tourists: a miniature golf course perhaps, a seafood restaurant or maybe a bar that caters to the beachgoing crowd. But here's a possible addition that might not be so welcome - parking meters north of 10 t h Street. On Friday, the Ocean City Council is expected to be briefed on a proposal to create a whopping 4,800 paid parking spaces. The most ambitious version of the plan would require visitors to pay for parking at any space along the streets on the Atlantic Ocean side of Coastal Highway from 10 t h Street to the Delaware line.

The Navy's famed Blue Angels aerial demonstration squad has canceled the rest of its 2013 performances, including dates this summer in Ocean City, in San Diego, Navy officials announced earlier this week. "This is one of many steps the Navy is taking to ensure resources are in place to support forces operating forward now and those training to relieve them," the Navy said in an official statement. The move was caused by the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration, officials said.

The food truck rally known as The Gathering comes to Meadow Mill for an all-day family-friendly party. The Gathering is at 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Meadow Mill, 3600 Clipper Mill Road. It's accessible to the Woodberry Light Rail station and bicycle friendly. One of the rally's co-sponsors is Bikemore , a Baltimore bicycle advocacy organization. Proceeds from the event will benefit Moveable Feast and Ride for the Feast 2013 , a fundraising bike ride from Ocean City to Baltimore, scheduled for May 11-13.

St. Patrick's Day Celebration Don your best green outfit for this Irish celebration. Ocean City is hosting their annual St. Patty's Day celebration complete with parade and golf tournament. Sign up for the second annual St. Patrick's Golf Scramble at Eagle's Landing Golf Course and enjoy the luck of the Irish while you play, and a traditional Irish-American Lunch. Also, make sure to head down to Ocean Highway for Ocean City 's annual St. Patrick's Day parade. The St. Patrick's Day Golf Scramble at Eagle's Landing begins at 9 a.m. on March 16. Entry fee is $50 per person, and includes lunch.

James Roderick Crook Jr., a retired attorney for Baltimore City and a World War II veteran, died of stroke complications Wednesday at the Edenwald Retirement Community. The Guilford resident was 91. Born in Baltimore and raised in Oakenshawe, he attended the old Mount Washington School for Boys and SS. Philip and James School before graduating from Loyola High School in 1942. He earned a bachelor's degree at what is now Loyola University Maryland and was a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Law. While in college he earned a pilot's license and enlisted in the Navy during World War II. He became a lieutenant commander and served in the South Pacific aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.