WILLIARDS — V. Frank Hammond, age 76, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 6, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was surrounded by his loved ones after complications from surgery. Born January 6, 1935 he was the son of the late Clyde F. and Margaret (Maggie) Lewis Hammond. He graduated from Wi Hi… Read more »
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No fanfare, no raises
SNOW HILL — With no fanfare, final debate, or signs of anxiety, the Worcester County Board of Commissioners passed the $163.5 million fiscal 2011 county budget. The budget maintains the current property tax rate and funds the schools at Maintenance of Effort levels. It includes no raises for employees and reduction of services in some… Read more »
Local officials urge residents to prepare for the approaching hurricane season
OCEAN CITY – Officials from Delmarva Power and area emergency services spoke last week about ways to prepare for the approaching hurricane season and highlighted some of the preventive measures they are taking to ensure public safety. June 1 marked the beginning of hurricane season, which runs until November 30. Meteorologists are predicting an above-normal… Read more »
Friends, family and finance
BERLIN — The most striking aspect upon entering Creative Wealth Management’s offices in the Pavilions of Ocean Pines is that the waiting room doesn’t seem designed for the long haul. It isn’t a place to get comfortable with a magazine because of the understanding that visitors are more guests than clients. You don’t go into… Read more »
Brandon Matthew Richardson
BISHOPVILLE — Brandon Matthew Richardson, age 20, died Friday, June 3. Born in Baltimore he was the son of William Richardson and Robin Levin Richardson. Richardson was a graduate of Stephen Decatur High School. He was a Private First Class in the Army National Guard. The Richardson family would like to extend special thanks… Read more »
John J. McNulty, Sr.
John J. McNulty, Sr., age 83, a retired businessman, WWII veteran and devout Catholic, died May 28 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he was the son of Felix and Mary (McCabe). “Jack” McNulty was a former business owner in Havertown, Pa., and a former sales executive for Borden Foods…. Read more »
John Edward Kern
BERLIN — John Edward Kern, age 72, died Tuesday, May 31at Coastal Hospice at the Lake. Born in Harvey’s Lake, Pa. he was the son of the late Edwin H. Kern and Marion A. Whipple Kern. Kern was a graduate of Lake Lehman High School in Lehman, Pa. He had worked for over 25 years… Read more »
Small business is blooming
VIENNA — The story of the economic recovery is bound to be a local one. As buying local is moving from quasi-fad to wise economic choice, small businesses all over the peninsula are rethinking the way they do business. Or rather, not so much the way but the attitude with which they proceed. Small businesses,… Read more »
Kellee Mitchell Reagin
BERLIN — Kellee Mitchell Reagin, age 51, died Monday, May 30 after a heroic year and a half long battle with cancer. Born in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late Harold Mitchell and Ann McHenry Mitchell. Reagin was a “computer queen”, she loved her internet friends. She was a devoted wife, mother,… Read more »
Jennifer L. O’Toole
OCEAN CITY — Jennifer Lyn O’Toole, age 41, died May 27. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Doris Ann Payne. She is survived by her brother Tony F. Bona and his wife Danielle, her uncle and Godfather Bunky Tobak, of Ocean City, Godmother Cathy LaPoint, grandmother, Doris M. Tobak, aunt, Sharon… Read more »