ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) Weights and Measures reported the following enforcement activity between April 14, 2011 and July 11, 2011. Giant Food # 362, Germantown — On April 14, MDA received $1000 for a civil penalty assessed for short weight. Giant Food # 140, Hyattsville — On April 15, MDA received… Read more »
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Staples fined for price mishaps
WEST OCEAN CITY — The Staples store in the White Marlin Mall was cited last month by the Maryland Department of Weights and Measures for charging a price at the register that was different from the price marked on the shelf. The local Staples was one of 38 stores cited in a statewide sweep of… Read more »
Town seek Pitt Street solution
BERLIN — As the Donaway Building on Pitt Street nears completion, the Town Council has charged Police Chief Arnold Downing with finding a solution that will make the street easier and safer for cars. When cars line both sides of Pitt Street, the road becomes difficult to navigate, as there is barely enough room for… Read more »
Town gets Chamber input in preparation for PSC rate reduction case
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 »
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 »