Crop Insurance Critical During Pandemic TimesEditor:My family started out with a subsistence farm like many of our neighbors in this part of Maryland.The dairy closed in the 1960s and we moved into row crops. Today we farm corn, soybeans and barley near Snow Hill.Back when I was a kid, we were big farmers. Today, we are… Read more »
Poor Decisions In OCEditor:(The following was addressed to the Ocean City Mayor and Council.)Coming to Ocean City has been a sacred tradition in my family starting with vacations as a young child to my family owning a condo in North Ocean City for over 20 years. We are now disgusted with how the city leadership… Read more »
Efforts To Avoid 2nd Shutdown ImportantEditor:To all of you in Ocean City regardless of your position, owner, renter, worker, political, business owner, etc., I ask that we all take a step back and determine just how successful this attempt at a chance to get back to normal is going to be. Needless to say, there are two extremely different views on… Read more »
Transparency Issues ContinueEditor:On Tuesday, June 23, the Ocean City Council voted to go into closed session. One of the topics reported on the Notice of Closed Session form was “Open Meetings Act.” The reason provided was “To discuss recent OMCB (Open Meetings Compliance Board) Opinion and legal directives moving forward.” Prior to the actual vote,… Read more »
More Action, Less Talk Needed In Ocean CityEditor:(The following is an open letter to Ocean City.)You are angry. Why wouldn’t you be? You are skeptical. Why shouldn’t you be?Here we are in another June, with the same problems we have every June — the same except worse, of course.Every year, we have the same challenges…. Read more »
Wind Farm Fulfills Maryland’s Energy PlanEditor:After several years of lobbying on the part of the Sierra Club/Maryland Chapter as well as countless other environmental and civic groups, the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) was passed in the Maryland General Assembly in April last year. This law requires that Maryland be utilizing 50% renewable energy by… Read more »
A Travel Industry DepressionEditor:(The following letter was sent to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan this week.)Thank you for the thorough planning during this crisis and for taking the necessary proactive measures to protect Marylanders health. While the economy is in the midst of a recession, the travel industry is in a depression. On behalf of the… Read more »
Making Room In Our BoatsEditor:A rising tide lifts all boats. On the Eastern Shore, this is an image that rings true. But in the most challenging times, the question we must ask ourselves is – what about those without a boat?As communities, here on the Shore and around the globe, share in the devastating impacts… Read more »
Punishing AGH Is WrongEditor:I hope that I read your newspaper correctly. Am I to understand that our County Commissioners stopped funding our local hospital because 30% of the patients served by Atlantic General’s emergency room came from Delaware? A state a few miles away from AGH? A state AGH intended to serve when the hospital… Read more »
Unemployment ChaosEditor:I’m writing to you in desperation as I sit on hold with Maryland Unemployment to implore anyone’s help. It has been six hours and 15 minutes thus far since I was placed on hold at 7:12 a.m. this morning when I was informed that I was 40th in line. It’s now been over six… Read more »
