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July 17, 2008

A dog park for Ocean City

Ocean City, always looking for ways to lure us inlanders to the beach, has finally come up with a good one: It has opened its first off-leash dog park.

Local officials and residents gathered Tuesday morning for the dedication of the Ocean City Dog Playground in Little Salisbury Park. It's located behind the tennis courts on 94th Street.

The three-quarter acre park cost $43,000 to create. It sports a dog friendly water fountain, bioldegradable bags, garbage cans, picnic tables and separate areas for big dogs and little dogs, according to an article in delmarvanow.com.

Local dog owners can get a year-round access key for $50. Non-residents can get one for $100, or buy a 7-day pass from the city for $15.

Mayor Richard Meehan admitted it was about time the city had a dog park. "It's long overdue."

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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