FENWICK ISLAND – Fans of popular Maryland artist Linda Roberts will have a chance to meet the painter during a special event in Fenwick Island.On Aug. 2, 3 and 4, Carolina Street Garden and Home will host Roberts and feature a number of her beach-themed paintings. Paul Phillips, who runs the store with his wife… Read more »
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann
Ocean City’s motel industry developed in the mid-1950s following the openings of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the desire of young families for lodging that was casual, inexpensive and that offered easy on-site parking. Within a decade, the vacant land between 15th and 33rd streets became known as “Motel Row.”Motel Row grew from a few… Read more »
Target Of Salisbury Employees Contribute Over $3,671 To United Way
For over ten years, Target in Salisbury has been a strong partner with United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore through both significant campaign support and community service projects. Recently, employees contributed over $3,671 to United Way. The Target Team is pictured volunteering at Salisbury Urban Ministries God’s Kitchen.
County Shoreline Commission Not Abolished In Divided Vote
SNOW HILL – County officials were forced to rescind a bill that would have given oversight of shoreline construction to the board of zoning appeals after they decided not to abolish the longstanding Shoreline Commission in a split vote.The Worcester County Commissioners on Tuesday voted unanimously to support a bill that gave the board of… Read more »
The Resorter … Revisited
Summer of 1961Volume VIIEdition 6Issue Highlights• New this year at Frontier Town was the Longhorn Saloon & Beef House.• The Diplomat Motor Hotel on 26th Street billed itself as “Ocean City’s Smartest Holiday Address.” You could reach them at “Atlantic 9-7148.• In an editorial, Dick Lohmeyer wrote, “Cullens Jenkins is dead. And with his passing… Read more »
Proposed OC Rooftop Bar’s Site Plan Approved
OCEAN CITY – The Hotel Monte Carlo & Suites located downtown was given a greenlight this week to move forward in constructing a “hidden secret.”A site plan to create a rooftop service bar at the Hotel Monte Carlo & Suites located on the corner of 3rd Street and Baltimore Avenue came before the Planning and… Read more »
Second Leg Of High School Tennis Tourney Complete
OCEAN CITY- The second leg of the Delmarva High School Tennis Tournament hosted by the Ocean City Tennis Center last weekend moved local competitors closer to the finale in the summer-long Grand Prix tournament.High school tennis players from all over Delmarva competed in the event at the Ocean City Tennis Center last Sunday. All four… Read more »
Worcester Wants Bidding Process For Landfill Engineering Work
SNOW HILL – In spite of a staff recommendation, the Worcester County Commissioners opted not to waive the bid process for engineering services at local landfills this week.When John Tustin, the county’s director of public works, asked the commissioners to approve a two-year extension of EA Engineering’s contract, officials told him they would rather put… Read more »
Bank Supports Worcester Education Foundation’s Efforts
OCEAN PINES — First Shore Federal recently became the latest “Champions of Education in Worcester County.”In donating $15,000, First Shore Federal President and CEO Marty Neat said that contributing to the newly formed Worcester County Education Foundation is a win-win for everyone because well-educated students are the future and life blood of any community.“Education should… Read more »
Ocean Pines Chamber Of Commerce Executive Director Guest Speaker At Kiwanis Club Meeting
Kiwanis Club Speakers and Programs Chair J. Graham Caldwell, Ocean Pines Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ginger Fleming and Kiwanis Club President Carolyn Dryzga are pictured at the July 15 weekly meeting in the Ocean Pines Community Center where Fleming was the guest speaker.