Bill Barlow

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OCEAN CITY — City Council member Keith Hartzell last week proposed to exchange a downtown property he owns to fund a beachfront playground between Fifth and Sixth streets.

It’s an unusual proposition, in essence offering to sell the property to the city for $800,000 with the understanding that the money will be used to fund the playground construction, with the intent of creating an attraction for the north end of the Boardwalk.

The former Wonderland amusement park is nearby, at Sixth Street and the Boardwalk. The future of that site has been a contentious issue since the a

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