BERLIN — Local environmentalists will be keeping a watchful eye on the 2016 legislative session, which kicked off this week in Annapolis.While the 90-day session will inevitably take a little bit of time to heat up and get moving, all of the shore’s different industries and interest groups remain positive at the beginning because, in… Read more »
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Salisbury Area Chamber Of Commerce Announces Wicomico County Board Of Ed As An Investor Panel Sponsor For Young Entrepreneurs Academy
The Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce announced the Wicomico County Board of Education as an Investor Panel Sponsor for the Young Entrepreneurs Academy. The support and donations allow the board an exclusive judging seat when students present their ideas at the YEA! Investor Panel event in Spring 2016. The WCBOE donated the use of laptops… Read more »
Committee Prefers Tamer Graphics For Articulating Bus Wraps
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City is set to take ownership of two high-capacity articulating buses in time for the summer season, but they won’t likely be bearing the images of ghouls and zombies.The Transportation Committee learned this week the two long-awaited, 60-foot articulating buses are scheduled to go into production by mid-February with a site… Read more »
First Shore Federal Bank Presents $2,500 Check To Support The Empty Bowl Project
Debbie Tingle of First Shore Federal Bank presents a check for $2,500 to Rina Thaler, executive director of the Ocean City Center for the Arts, and Claudia Nagle, executive director of Diakonia. The check funds the Empty Bowl Project and the materials needed for the 350 bowls that will be handmade at the Arts Center… Read more »
OC/Berlin Rotary Club Celebrates Another Successful Year Of Fundraising
Rotary Club District 7630 Assistant Governor Bill Ferguson joined Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Club members Robert Smith, President Arlan Kinney, Past President Daniel Harris, Treasurer Margaret Mudron, Immediate Past President Kenneth Bates and Past President Stan Kahn as they celebrated another successful year of fundraising and giving. The Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Club meetings are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in the Captain’s Table… Read more »
The Resorter Revisited
Summer of 1962Volume VIIIEdition 4Issue Highlights• Beginning on Friday July, 6, Ocean Downs Raceway hosted nine races every night.• Ocean City Day Camp offered vacationing parents a vacation from their children.• Located on 9th street and North Baltimore Avenue, the Madison Hotel opened its doors for the first time this summer.• Visitors to Ocean City… Read more »
Overpriced Limes Led Berlin To $1M Lottery Ticket
BERLIN — Hardly anything is surprising related to the Powerball drawing that had soared to an astounding $1.5 billion by Wednesday afternoon, but the story of a Berlin man and his family winning a $1 million share last weekend is certainly one for the books.The 51-year-old Berlin man, who has preferred to remain anonymous, came… Read more »
Ocean City Incumbents Announce Re-Election Bid As ‘An Image Of Solidarity’
OCEAN CITY — While Ocean City’s next municipal election is still roughly 10 months away, four incumbents each filed for re-election on Tuesday in a show of solidarity and continued forward progress.Councilmembers Doug Cymek, Dennis Dare, Tony DeLuca and Mary Knight each officially filed for re-election to the Ocean City Council on Tuesday afternoon as… Read more »
Much Progress Made On OC’s First Tourism Strategic Plan
OCEAN CITY — Much was accomplished on the resort’s tourism strategic plan’s list of priorities in 2015, but much more is on the radar for the coming year, Ocean City Tourism Committee members learned this week.The list of high priority action items for 2015 included the tourism marketing plan, the next phase of the Convention… Read more »
Open Houses Of The Week
BERLINOcean Pines44 Quarter Staff PlSat 12-24BR/2.5BA Home1st level masterOP amenitiesMelissa BurnsColdwell Banker443-366-6389FENWICK ISLANDSwann Cove WestDaily 12-6New ConstructionSingle Family Homes5 Floor PlansUp to 5BR/3BA3000SF/2-Car GarageRyan Homes302-988-1905BETHANY BEACHForest LandingDaily 12-6Carriage/Villa HomesIn Preserved AreaUp to 4BR/2500SFFirst Class Amenities3 Miles to BeachRyan Homes302-539-3462OCEAN CITYThe Gateway GrandOceanfront 48th StreetDaily 10-5Fully Furnished3-4BR/3BACondos & PenthousesMark Fritschle Group/Condominium Realty877-260-2710OCEAN CITYThe View57th St. BayfrontDaily… Read more »