On the one hand, the fact street performing seems to be dominating Ocean City news these days is a good sign. There could always be much more intense and heavy issues to confront. On the other hand, I believe I echo the majority opinion here — enough is enough with the constant whining.The Ocean City… Read more »
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Brewery Founder Discusses Growth, National Honor, Disturbing Industry Trends
BERLIN — For a growing number of people on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Bryan Brushmiller’s meteoric rise in the craft brewing industry has become the stuff of local folklore. You’ve likely heard the story but if you haven’t, here’s the “CliffsNotes” version: the Great Recession left the Salisbury graduate jobless and frustrated, and as he was… Read more »
Showell Elementary Third Graders Enjoy Working In Their Writer’s Workshop Journals
Scientific Effort Aiming To Confirm Climate Change Has Local Roots
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va – James Yungel has been flying the same stretch of Greenland since 1993 when scientists started to hear about a trend some were calling “global warming.”Yungel is the Program Manager for Wallops Island Remote Sensing Team and he says the mission in the early years was to determine whether Greenland’s glaciers were… Read more »
Worcester Girls Split Pair, Now 3-2
BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s girls’ varsity basketball team split a pair of games last weekend at the Indian River Tip-Off Tournament to improve to 3-2 on the season.The Mallards opened the season with two straight wins over Gunston and Broadwater Academy, but fell to Nandua in Virginia last Wednesday for their first loss of the season…. Read more »
Petition’s Impact On Proposed Motel Zoning Change Unclear; Fenwick Council Vote Slated For Friday
FENWICK ISLAND – Close to a hundred Fenwick Island property owners converged on town hall last Friday for the chance to share their views on a potential zoning change.Though there were fewer than two dozen who actually voiced their opinions on the ordinance that would allow for the redevelopment of the Sands Motel, interest in… Read more »
Johnson-McKee Animal Hospital Donates 1,045 Pounds Of Pet Food To MAC Inc.
Johnson-McKee Animal Hospital in Salisbury recently donated 1,045 pounds of pet food, including dog and cat food and bird seed, to MAC Inc., the Area Agency on Aging. The food will be distributed to Meals on Wheels participants, to help them feed their pets during the holidays. Pictured, from left, are Margaret A. “Peggy” Bradford,… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann
During World War II, Ocean City’s nightclub scene was centered on 9th Street. Within a short block, Jackson’s Casino, the Blue Dahlia and the Beach Club provided music, dancing and a lively bar scene. Slot machines were everywhere and there was hardly a hotel, bar or restaurant that didn’t have several.Ocean City was still a… Read more »
Things I Like
Spending a weekend in NYCBeing read to by my sonSeeing a fox on my morning runTraveling by trainThe show, ‘Broadchurch’When an old dog gets adoptedOysters any styleHandmade ornaments from my kidsPacking for a warm vacationThe atmosphere and tradition of Berlin’s Christmas paradeWhen car accidents look worse than they are
The Resorter … Revisited
Summer of 1979Volume XXVEdition 6Issue HighlightsJean Bourne, 19, Miss Maryland USA, posed for the cover of this issue. Borne studied radio and television at the University of Maryland to one day be a famous television commentator.Those dining at Pizza Hut on 28th Street could “SuperStyle” their pizza and get extra toppings.The Commander Hotel featured “Boardwalk… Read more »