FENWICK ISLAND – “Have you been here before?”That’s the first thing a customer is asked upon entering Bahamas Crabshack. If the answer is no, the next thing you’ll hear is proprietor Bill Connell explaining the eatery’s unusual practice of weighing crabs. While most restaurants sell crabs by length, Connell sells them by weight. That way,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City bus ridership numbers are down slightly during the first six weeks of the full summer season and the number of available drivers has dipped slightly, but there is no connection between the two statistics and resort officials believe the transit system is running more efficiently than ever.Last year, the resort’s… Read more »
Ocean Aerials Inc. owner Bob Bunting should never have been in the position of having to stop accepting paid political ads. The man has a company to run and his business happens to be flying advertising messages over the beach.The two ads flown over Ocean City last weekend featured pro-Republican messages — “Stop Mad Cow… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Work has begun on the welcoming “beach ball” paint scheme on the town’s new water tower at 1st Street, but the question now is whether anyone entering the resort from the Route 50 Bridge will be able to see it in the future.The new water tower at 1st Street rose steadily from… Read more »
The Kiwanis “Dawg” Team added hamburgers to the normal Hot Dog venue at this year’s 4th of July festivities. Volunteers pictured, form left, are Dan Peletier, Charlie Warner, Pat Winklemayer, Robin Beall, Barb Peletier, Joe Beall and Ralph Chinn.
PNC Bank recently provided a $10,000 grant to support United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore’s Imagination Library Program, which delivers free books each month to the homes of local children ages birth to five to encourage reading and ensure success in kindergarten and beyond. Above, PNC Bank Vice President, Bob Core, right presents United… Read more »
Rebecca EvansStaff WriterBERLIN – According to Miriam A. Markowitz, CEO of AABB, “Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. It is indispensable and required in the treatment of millions of patients, including individuals with cancer and other life-threatening diseases, patients undergoing organ transplants and trauma victims.”The urgency of that statement is indicative of… Read more »
BERLIN – Residents of Baker Street appealed to town officials last week in an effort to see improvements made to the aging road.On July 11, longtime Berlin residents Doug and Suzanne Parks asked the town council for road repairs and measures to address speeding on their street. They say Baker Street is seeing at least… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A local youth organization made up of children who live and visit Sunset Island hosted an auction last week for the autism charity Surfers Healing. The children raised over $2,000 for the surf charity, which hosts an event each year in Ocean City.Paige Clark, 13, of Annapolis, Brady Esham, 13 of Berlin,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — In the hopes of riding the momentum of the popular “Adopt Your Beach” program implemented this spring, resort officials this week approved a similar “Adopt Your Street” initiative.In March, the Mayor and Council approved the Ocean City Surf Club’s “Adopt Your Beach” program and the initiative took off. The concept is a… Read more »