OCEAN CITY — As more consumers flock to online stores instead of brick and mortar establishments, local companies are busy juggling the balance between meeting the increased demand and managing the rising costs to do business in cyberspace.“Our online business started with me driving a few boxes of crab cakes to our customers back in… Read more »
Author Archives: Bryan Russo
Fager’s, Seacrets To Temporarily Close In January For Winter Projects
OCEAN CITY — Two of the resort’s largest nightlife giants will close in January for substantial renovation projects, thusly creating an unprecedented moment for the Ocean City restaurant and club scene when both will be closed for an extended period of time.Seacrets will close its doors on Jan. 3 for approximately six weeks as it… Read more »
Advance Ticket Sales For ‘Star Wars’ Impresses At OC Theater; Fox Reports Record-Breaking Week
OCEAN CITY — Don Fox knows that folks have been waiting a long time to see the new “Star Wars” movie. That’s why he’s glad he can offer them a theater where they can kick their feet up and watch the epic fantasy film in style.Record crowds and long lines are expected at movie theaters… Read more »
Q&A With Berlin Mayor Gee Williams, ‘Incremental Growth Is Good’ For Berlin’s Citizens
BERLIN — William “Gee” Williams is a lot more than just the smiling, top hat-wearing mayor of America’s Coolest Small Town. He’s a former newspaperman, a staunch optimist, a passionate visionary and a guy who isn’t one to back down from a fight.Under Williams’ watch, Berlin has skyrocketed from a quaint little town that people… Read more »
Online Holiday Shipping A Growing Business For Many Operators
OCEAN CITY — As more consumers flock to online stores instead of brick and mortar establishments, local companies are busy juggling the balance between meeting the increased demand and managing the rising costs to do business in cyberspace.“Our online business started with me driving a few boxes of crab cakes to our customers back in… Read more »
Fager’s Island, Seacrets To Temporarily Close Next Month For Winter Projects
OCEAN CITY — Two of the resort’s largest nightlife giants will close in January for substantial renovation projects, thusly creating an unprecedented moment for the Ocean City restaurant and club scene when both will be closed for an extended period of time.Seacrets will close its doors on Jan. 3 for approximately six weeks as it… Read more »
Advance Ticket Sales For ‘Star Wars’ Impresses At OC Theater
OCEAN CITY — Don Fox knows that folks have been waiting a long time to see the new “Star Wars” movie. That’s why he’s glad he can offer them a theater where they can kick their feet up and watch the epic fantasy film in style.Record crowds and long lines are expected at movie theaters… Read more »
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 »
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 »
Tradition, Technology Meet At Worcester Prep
BERLIN – In 1970, Dr. Barry Tull was a young public school teacher who decided to take a chance on a little private school in Berlin.He’s been at Worcester Preparatory School (WPS) ever since and is marking his 30th year as headmaster. In its 45-year history, the school has had just two headmasters with the… Read more »