OCEAN CITY – Joe Merritt carries an old military backpack that is similar to the one he carried during two deployments in Afghanistan. But these days, that backpack is filled with paintbrushes and paper, rather than weapons and rations.He admits while the weapons may have saved his life a time or two in war, the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Jake Day burst onto Salisbury’s political landscape in 2012 as the fresh-faced, local golden boy and almost immediately injected a positive energy into a political arena that had been somewhat poisoned by years of divisiveness and stalemates.He was quickly named Council President after winning his seat on the council, and set his… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — State Senator Jim Mathias’ campaign motto is that he’s always working for you, and he’s most certainly always “on” when he’s in public and on the job — campaigning, speaking, listening, shaking hands and talking to people across the Lower Shore community.That tenacity has helped him reach a milestone that even he… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Ocean City’s largest bar, restaurant and nightclub is getting even bigger with high hopes of growing its most recent business venture: distilling.Ground was broken Monday on 49th Street, just steps from the main entrance of Seacrets, on a new three-story, 12,000-square-foot distillery that will house the creation of Seacrets’ new line of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – For most of Frankie Knight’s life, she’s been going to local events and fundraisers with her Ocean City council member mother, Mary, and her father, Frank, a retired local dentist.She says she often quietly asked herself the same question over and over: “where are all the young people?”Knight, now 27, is trying… Read more »
(Editor’s Note: The following is the second in a three-part series on the hotel boom being experienced in the resort area with the spotlight shined on West Ocean City this week. Next week we take a look at what all this new type of economic development means for the region.)WEST OCEAN CITY – Route 50… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — State Senator Jim Mathias’ campaign motto is that he’s always working for you, and he’s most certainly always “on” when he’s in public and on the job — campaigning, speaking, listening, shaking hands and talking to people across the Lower Shore community.That tenacity has helped him reach a milestone that even he… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY – Route 50 was once dubbed the “Backbone of America,” as it starts in Ocean City and stretches across the United States into Sacramento, Calif. It’s also been called the “Loneliest Road in America,” but that distinction, at least here in the coastal region, has becoming almost irrelevant and laughable, as the past… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Ocean City’s largest bar, restaurant and nightclub is getting even bigger with high hopes of growing its most recent business venture: distilling.Ground was broken Monday on 49th Street, just steps from the main entrance of Seacrets, on a new three-story, 12,000-square-foot distillery that will house the creation of Seacrets’ new line of… Read more »
(Editor’s Note: The following is the first in a three-part series on the hotel boom that is happening in and around Ocean City. Next week, we’ll explore how the West Ocean City landscape is in the midst of a major change with the addition of several chain hotels along Route 50.)OCEAN CITY – There will… Read more »