Jane Whitmore joined Salisbury Rotary Club President Kurt Schuster for the kickoff of the club’s Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust project, which is being conducted in memory of Jane’s husband, Chuck, a longtime Rotarian lost to Alzheimer’s Disease.
Monthly Archives: August 2017
Worcester To Pay A Little Bit More For John Deere Tractors
SNOW HILL – In an effort to standardize equipment, county leaders bypassed low bids to purchase two John Deere tractors.The Worcester County Commissioners voted last week to spend $117,543 to purchase two John Deere tractors from Atlantic Tractor in Salisbury. The decision came at the suggestion of Commissioner Merrill Lockfaw, who served as Worcester County’s… Read more »
The Resorter Revisited – August 25, 2017
Summer of 1975Volume XXIVEdition 6Issue HighlightsThis week’s Resorter girl was Sharon Brudnicki, a 22-year-old Milwaukee native.The Carousel Center Hotel on 118th Street was stressing location in its full-page ad. “Out of this world is up at 118th Street … Out of this world is not far away.”Two bedroom luxury suites were being offered from $38,900 at the… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – August 25, 2017
Postcards were a popular from of staying in touch with the folks back home in the days before cell phones and email made communication so easy.Many of the pictures that survive today of Ocean City in the early 20th century were originally published as postcards. The comic postcard became popular during World War II and… Read more »
Cropper Named As Glick Award Honoree
OCEAN CITY — The nominating committee of the Hal Glick Distinguished Service Award has announced that Reese Cropper III has been named the 2017 honoree.He will be recognized and presented the award at this year’s Glick Award Gala, which is scheduled for Sunday night, Nov. 12 at the Clarion Resort. The award recognizes his philanthropic… Read more »
One-Woman Show Eyes Resort Saturday
OCEAN CITY — I Am the Gentry, a one-woman show shedding light on gentrification, will take center stage at the Ocean City Center for the Arts on 94th Street on Saturday, Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. The show is directed by Ocean City native Chelsea Thaler and written and performed by Cara Gabriel.I Am the… Read more »
Employee Charged After Stabbing Boss With Screwdriver
OCEAN CITY — A phone book delivery man was charged with first-degree assault and other charges last week after allegedly stabbing his boss in the mouth with a screwdriver after being chastised.Around 4:45 p.m. last Thursday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers were dispatched to the area of Mediterranean Avenue in the Little Salisbury community… Read more »
Agencies Partner On Major Heroin Bust In Delaware
SELBYVILLE — A multi-agency investigation into an open air drug market in Selbyville — known to supply much of the heroin that finds its way into the resort area –concluded with 14 individuals arrested.The Delaware State Police-Sussex County Drug Unit has charged 14 people with various drug distribution and other felonies this week after the… Read more »
Berlin Meeting Room Policy Approved
BERLIN – An official policy now governs use of the meeting rooms in Berlin Town Hall.Last week the town council approved a new policy outlining usage guidelines for the council chambers and conference room on the second floor of town hall.“It should have been done years ago,” Mayor Gee Williams said. “This is a public… Read more »
Berlin Butcher Shop Owner Investigated For Stealing Meat From Grocery Store
OCEAN CITY — Less than a year after opening, the future of a Berlin business is unclear this week due to a criminal investigation into the owner stealing meat from an Ocean City grocery store as well as failure to pay rent.The Berlin Butcher Shop, which opened last September on William Street, is owned by… Read more »