Chamber Director NamedBERLIN – The Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Melanie A. Pursel as the new executive director.Pursel, who started her new role on July 9, received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Marketing from Salisbury University in 1997. She then received her Master of Science… Read more »

Manager Attends ConventionOCEAN CITY – Lance Whitlock, manager of Ocean City Gold’s Gym, attended the 2007 Gold’s Gym International Convention this week, which is being held at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nev.According to Chris Cope, owner of Ocean City Gold’s Gym, the convention is a major event in the fitness center industry. It… Read more »

Community Service DayOCEAN CITY – As a part of their annual Community Service Day project, agents from both the Ocean City and West Ocean City offices of Long & Foster spent a morning last month picking up trash from the dunes anchoring the beach. Teams of two agents, armed with trash bags, sunscreen and bug… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Terry Daly, general manager for Re/Max Premier Properties, recently announced the Re/Max International Sales Awards for 2006. Receiving Executive Club Awards were Nick Bobenko, Karen Kriege, Eric Cropper, Jeff Burton, Tom Neidenbach, Bethany Given, Grant Fritschle, Linda Westerside, Mary Stover, Cindy Purcell, Cindy Poremski and Mary Ann O’Malley.The 100% Club Awards were… Read more »

Re/Max Premier Properties recently announced its International Sales Award winners. Pictured above, from left, are award winners Mary Ann O’Malley, Mike Piasecki, Jim White, Eric Cropper, Tom Neidenbach, Dave Whittington, Bethany Given, Cindy Purcell, Marlene Ott and Joy Snyder. See story at right for complete story. Submitted Photos

The Pines Laser Center held a grand opening on Friday, June 29. Refreshments were provided as well as a guided tour from the welcoming room to the laser treatment room. With the help of staff technicians, owners of The Pines Laser Center, Scott Griger and Ruby Mirza, prepare to cut the ribbon as Jessica Griger… Read more »

Personnel ChangesBERLIN – State’s Attorney Joel J. Todd has announced the recent promotions/new hires for the Circuit and District Court Division’s for the State’s Attorney’s Office. In the Circuit Court Office, Jennifer M. Rothschild was recently promoted from Assistant State’s Attorney to Deputy State’s Attorney. Paul T. Haskell was hired to fill the position of… Read more »

Bank PromotionsBERLIN – Raymond M. Thompson, President and C.E.O. of Calvin B. Taylor Banking Company, has announced the following promotions:Joy Fink has been named Assistant manager of the bank’s main office in Berlin.  Fink, a native of Wallkill, N.Y., joined the bank in 2005. She has worked in the Ocean Pines and West Ocean City… Read more »

PRMC Gets New CT ScannerSALISBURY – Peninsula Region-al Medical Center announced today that it has acquired a new, state-of-the-art, CT imaging system from GE Healthcare.  The LightSpeed® VCT is the world’s first Volume Comp-uted Tomography (VCT) system. Peninsula Regional becomes the first medical facility in the region to install this 64 slice technology, and now… Read more »

GRI AwardedBERLIN – Sheppard Realty’s Janel T. Warren was recently awarded the Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI) designation.Warren earned the GRI designation by attending a specific, intensive series of a minimum of 90 hours of classroom instruction, covering a variety of subjects including contract law, professional standards, sales and marketing, finance and risk deduction. In addition,… Read more »