BERLIN — The next step in lowering the electric rates for Berlin has begun, with the Mayor Gee Williams and the Town Council this week seeking the support of the business community as they prepare to argue the town’s case before the state Public Service Commission (PSC). Earlier this month, the council endorsed a proposal… Read more »
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Chesapeake Bay Farms diversifies and succeeds
BERLIN — As milk prices continue to skyrocket, Danny Holland wishes he were three years older. The third generation dairy farmer said he was about three years too young to help his father stay in the local milk business. As a result, his father was forced to give up selling milk to local stores and… Read more »
Vantage Point Solutions
SALISBURY — As small businesses rely more heavily on Internet opportunities and networked computers, owners and managers face the growing difficulty of getting everything to work without using outside help. Many offices have made a tech-savvy employee the computer person. At first blush, the decision makes sense. As important as computers are to a business’s… Read more »
Robert Edward Faulkner
OCEAN CITY — Robert Edward Faulkner, 78, passed away Sunday, July 17 at Coastal Hospice in Salisbury after a long battle with cancer. He was born April 30, 1933 in Washington, D.C.. the son of the late James S. Faulkner and Evelyn M, Winckleman-Faulkner. Faulkner was raised in Washington, D.C. and enlisted in the Army… Read more »
William Lewis Craig, Jr.
BERLIN — William Lewis Craig, Jr., formerly of Seabrook, age 65, passed away on Saturday, July 23. Born in Washington DC he was the son of the late William L. Craig, Sr. and Helen Samuel Craig. Craig had worked as a marketing specialist in research for the United States Department of Agriculture for 34 years… Read more »
Joan L. Lotz
BERLIN — Joan Lucille Lotz, age 77, died July 18 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late William Montgomery and Anna Imhoff Montgomery. She is survived by her husband, Adam Lotz, sons Charles Manner and his wife Catherine of Pasadena, Keith M. Manner and… Read more »
Billy Casper takes a walk down memory, Magnolia Lanes
OCEAN PINES — It is a rare and special pleasure to listen at length to someone who has lived through half a century of incredible events, whatever they happen to be. But for the golf enthusiasts who filled the better part of the Country Club last weekend to hear Billy Casper speak and to ask… Read more »
Cheries and almonds are cousins that make a great Roli-Boli
When I tried to research Roli-Boli online, a closed restaurant in New Jersey topped the list. Beyond that, franchise opportunities abounded, albeit I could only imagine that they might indeed be for the eponymous defunct project. No, the only Roli-Boli that I had ever heard of is that made by my mother-in-law for family gatherings… Read more »
Commissioners go to bat for scofflaws
When was the last time you called your county commissioner? If you are not one of the fewer than 40 business owners they moved heaven and earth to protect — at the expense of the rest of the county’s taxpayers and business owners — the answer is “Not recently enough.” Last year, 23 businesses were… Read more »
More than pies at Four Seasons Pizza
WEST OCEAN CITY — One of the difficulties many restaurants encounter after their grand opening is that running a restaurant is hard and it stays that way for quite some time. The business is demanding on both the staff and the owner, requiring long hours, dedication and tight controls. Would-be restaurateurs who don’t have the… Read more »