After nearly three decades of service, Calvin B. Taylor Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Raymond M. Thompson will retire at the end of this year.According to a news release, Thompson will officially step down from his position at the end of 27 years with the bank on Dec. 31. Thompson served 22 years as… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2024
OC Estimates 3,500 People Per Day At New Monster Truck Event
OCEAN CITY – Resort officials this week voted to approve a monster truck event slated for next fall.On Tuesday, Special Events Director Frank Miller presented the Mayor and Council with the term sheet for the first annual Monsters of Metal Beach Brawl to take place on the downtown beach Oct. 18-20. While the council recently… Read more »
Efforts continue to build community center
Efforts to bring a community center to Flower Street remain underway, according to municipal officials.Mayor Zack Tyndall said the Berlin Community Center Advisory Committee has been meeting regularly to plan for a new facility. Since the parcels that are meant to be home to the center were consolidated last fall, the committee is expected to… Read more »
Companies Making Huge Strides With Broadband Work
SNOW HILL — The majority of Worcester County is expected to have access to high-speed internet by the end of the year.Thanks to the efforts of Talkie Communications, Choptank Fiber, Simple Fiber and Maryland Broadband, more and more Worcester County residents have access to broadband.“This has been a huge undertaking,” said Director of Information Technology… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City
English’s Chicken House opened in 1963 on the corner of 15th Street and Philadelphia Avenue and would serve some of the best fried chicken ever served on the Eastern Shore of Maryland for over 50 years. The chicken was breaded with a secret recipe and when served with English’s fresh baked sweet potato biscuits was a… Read more »
Berlin Chamber financial ed series underway
A new educational series hosted by the Berlin Chamber of Commerce is meant to improve financial literacy among local merchants and business owners.The Berlin Chamber of Commerce Financial Literacy Educational Series kicked off Feb. 1, and runs through the end of March. The weekly series of presentations is open to anyone in the Berlin business… Read more »
Special Event Fee Policy Overhaul Continues
Resort officials are one step closer to implementing a new special event fee structure.On Tuesday, the Ocean City Council voted unanimously to approve revisions to the town’s private events policy and to move forward with a new fee structure that was introduced last fall. Special Events Director Frank Miller told officials this week the revisions,… Read more »
Jenkins Point project outlined; Restoration of peninsula would result in protection against storms, rising tides
Tara FischerStaff Writer(Feb. 1, 2024) The Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) hosted a meeting on Monday in Ocean Pines to discuss the Jenkins Point restoration project and answer questions from residents.Jenkins Point, south of the Route 90 bridge in the Isle of Wight Bay, is a series of islands kayak-distance from Ocean Pines. The land… Read more »
Lions Club wants to provide AEDs inside all Berlin parks
A machine to help save the lives of people undergoing cardiac arrest could soon be available in Berlin parks.The Berlin Lions Club has expressed interest in providing $6,000 toward the purchase of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for Henry and Stephen Decatur parks. Town staff have asked the club to put the offer in writing while… Read more »
Coastal Hospice notifies community of data breach
Coastal Hospice is notifying affected individuals following a 2023 data security incident.Late last month, Coastal Hospice began notifying affected individuals regarding a network disruption that occurred in July 2023.“This disruption did not impact our ability to provide care to our patients and families,” said Alejandra Lazcano, director of communications at Coastal Hospice. “Our IT team,… Read more »