A Week In Business

A Week In Business

Bank PromotionBERLIN – Raymond M. Thompson, President and CEO of Taylor Bank, announced that Scott P. Williams has been promoted to assistant manager of the bank’s Main Office in downtown Berlin. Williams graduated from Salisbury University in 2005 with Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. He joined Taylor Bank in 2006 as a teller and was… Read more »

A Week In Business

A Week In Business

OC Superintendent RetiresOCEAN CITY – Town of Ocean City Public Works Maintenance Superintendent Bruce Gibbs is retiring after 35 years of employment with the town. His last day on the job will be Oct. 11.Gibbs began his employment with the town as an Ocean City Police Department patrolman on Nov. 8, 1974. In 1976, he… Read more »

A Week In Business

A Week In Business

Rite Aid, AGH Ink AccordBERLIN – Rite Aid Corporation and Atlantic General Hospital and Health System have announced an agreement to open Atlantic ImmediCare clinics inside three Rite Aid stores in Ocean Pines and Pocomoke City and Millsboro, Del. this fall. The clinics, which will be open daily, will provide extended hours for care in the… Read more »

A Week in Business

A Week in Business

Manager Earns AwardSALISBURY – Bevereley Stoakley, manager of Peninsula Regional Medical Center’s Lifeline Program, is the recipient of the prestigious Exceptional Performance Academy Award from Philips Lifeline. Stoakley has received this award for seven consecutive years, placing her among the top one percent of all individuals who run a local Lifeline program out of nearly… Read more »

A Week in Business

A Week in Business

Certification EarnedBERLIN – Wayne Benson, president of Bank of Ocean City, has announced that Heather Parsons has received her Certification for Professional in Human Resources from the Human Resorces Certification Institute.Parsons joined the bank in 1997 and was promoted to the Human Resources Director in 2005. Parsons is a member of the National Society of… Read more »

A Week In Business

A Week In Business

New AGH PhysicianBERLIN – Family physician Nawid Najafi, M.D., will join the Townsend Medical Center on Sept. 8 to provide primary care services for the residents and visitors of Ocean City. He will see walk-in and scheduled patients alongside family physician Jason Clem, M.D., and Dr. Stephen Waters, who has scaled back office hours in… Read more »

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OC Eyes New WebsiteOCEAN CITY – The Town of Ocean City’s new website, www.OceanCityMD.gov, will be going live on Monday, Aug. 31.The new site will house all town departments. Anyone going online to old domain names, such as www.town.ocean-city.md.us, will be forwarded to the new site once it is launched.The newly designed web site will… Read more »

A Week In Business

A Week In Business

New Board Officers ElectedSALISBURY – Andrew W. Booth of Salisbury was recently named chairperson and Velda E. Henry of Berlin was named vice chair of the board of trustees at Wor-Wic Community College. Booth was appointed to the board in 2006 and served as vice chair from July of 2008 to June of 2009.  He is… Read more »

A Week In Business

A Week In Business

OC Bureau HonoredOCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Convention and Visitors Bureau has received the 2009 Facilities & Destinations Top Destination Award. The Top Destinations Awards are voted on by the Facilities & Destinations’ readership of more than 51,000 association and corporate meeting planners.The Ocean City Convention and Visitors Bureau is included in the list… Read more »

A Week In Business

A Week In Business

5-Star Rating AwardedSALISBURY – U.S. News and World Report recently awarded the Transitional Care Unit (TCU) at Peninsula Regional Medical Center a 5-Star overall rating for the quality of care provided to its residents in a July “Best Nursing Homes” report. Peninsula Regional’s TCU was one of just 32 skilled nursing facilities in Maryland to… Read more »