OCEAN CITY — Addiction is often thought to be an issue that plagues the young or the middle-aged, but statistical data shows that one of the fastest growing demographics abusing opiates is the elderly.“Seventy percent of the opiate addicts in Maryland get there by the prescription drug route,” says Dr. Michael Finegan, a clinical psychologist… Read more »
Author Archives: Bryan Russo
Housing Shortage Wreaking Havoc On Foreign Workers; ‘It’s Been The Most Stressful Year I’ve Ever Seen In This Business, And The Kids Are Even More Stressed Out.”
OCEAN CITY — In downtown Ocean City, three Romanian medical students here for the summer as part of the J-1 Visa Work and Travel program sit on the porch of their small second floor apartment. They are smoking cigarettes and sitting in the shade where it is much cooler than the house, because they say… Read more »
Q&A With Perdue Farms Chairman Jim Perdue; Poultry Leader Talks Shore-Based Past, Present, Future Of Company, Industry
SALISBURY — Last week, Salisbury-based Perdue Farms Inc., which is the fourth largest poultry producer in the country, announced a series of precedent setting reforms that aims to improve the lives of the 700 million chickens it raises and slaughters each year.Many industry experts have pointed to this sharpened focus on animal care by Perdue… Read more »
OCPD Distributes Bike Lights, Thanks To Safety Grant
OCEAN CITY — When it comes to the public safety of bikers in Ocean City, installing a light is more valuable than writing a citation.On the heels of a heartbreaking fatality of an international student riding a bike in a Delaware beach resort who was struck by a driver who fled the scene, the Ocean… Read more »
Van Hollen Plans ‘To Adopt The Mikulski Model’ If Elected
OCEAN CITY — Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-District 8) says there are a lot of similarities between he and US Senator Barbara Mikulski. That’s why he believes he is the man to replace the retiring political icon in November.In the race to win the US Senate seat held by the longest tenured female in our… Read more »
Relaxed Drone Regs’ Impact On Realtors Weighed
OCEAN CITY — Now that the Federal Aviation Administration has eased regulations on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), local Realtors may be adding drones to the list of tools they use to sell the region’s real estate. Then again, in more densely populated places like Ocean City, maybe not.The recently announced regulation easement seemingly opens the… Read more »
Perdue Looks To Modernize Operations In Four-Part Plan
SALISBURY — Perdue Farms is changing the way it raises chickens by sharpening its focus on the care of the birds.The country’s fourth largest poultry producer has announced a series of precedent-setting reforms that will improve the lives of nearly 700 million birds it raises and slaughters each year.Perdue is the first major poultry producer… Read more »
Curing Our Coast, What Purpose Does Drug Court Serve On Addiction Front
SNOW HILL — A young woman wearing a pink tank top and striped yoga pants walks into the Worcester County Circuit Court house carrying her young son, who has likely not yet celebrated his second birthday. The flopping of her flip-flops against her heels reverberate throughout the quiet courtroom as she turns off her cell… Read more »
Seacrets Owner Leighton Moore Talks New Distillery, Amazing Growth Of Business, Importance Of People
OCEAN CITY — When Seacrets owner Leighton Moore sets a deadline, you can expect literal and proverbial mountains to be moved in order to hit it.This week, the newest tower in the Seacrets kingdom opened on the anniversary of the former 40-seat tiki bar’s inception. Now, 28 years later, Seacrets is one of the biggest… Read more »
Worcester Endorses Heroin Coordinator Position
SNOW HILL — The Worcester County Commissioners agreed this week the county’s “all hands on deck” approach to the troubling proliferation of heroin needs at least one new set of hands.The county will now wait for official approval from the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention on a grant-funded Heroin Coordinator position, which will… Read more »