As usual, I’m taking a short break from Maryland On My Mind in August. This year, the reason is the 2010 election campaign. You may have heard that I’m running for Maryland House of Delegates in District 38B, which is all of Worcester County and part of Wicomico, on the Lower Eastern Shore. The first… [Read more…]
July 28, 2010
This is the week Ocean City, Maryland, businesses have been waiting for . . . for the last three summers. A banner weekend, probably more people than July 4 weekend. Saturday was the hottest day of the summer (I hope we don’t get any more 110-degree heat index days), and the moon was full in a… [Read more…]
July 16, 2010
They played the All-Star Game this week — I’ve been so busy I didn’t know it was coming up until the day after. I always mark the All-Star Game as the halfway point in the Ocean City summer business season, not so much because the game’s in mid-July, but because it’s halfway between May 1 and… [Read more…]
June 22, 2010
Since when do U.S. generals give interviews to Rolling Stone? Double-dip recession? There was never any real question of that. You can see bigger storm clouds on the horizon. Of course, they could blow over. You never know. BP lies. So which big corporation can you trust? What about government? Everyone turns to the federal… [Read more…]
June 8, 2010
Thanks to the Ocean City Police Dept. for alerting folks to another pitfall in the wired world: The Ocean City Police Department is reminding citizens to be cautious while using the internet to search for vacation rentals in Ocean City. While popular websites can be a valuable tool in finding reasonable vacation rentals, consumers need to beware… [Read more…]
May 29, 2010
Traffic Report Yes, we have some motorcycles, here in Ocean City, Maryland, this Memorial Day weekend. How many? I really couldn’t say. Saturday was warmer than expected, warm enough that I turned on the AC in the car. Saturday evening is cool and nice. Sunday will likely be even nicer. The Wine Rack Exxon in West… [Read more…]
April 19, 2010
UPDATE, UPDATE! Check out this story and photos about Phillips Crab House by two former Phillips’ waitresses: Phillips + Love = Family. From 27th Street south to the Route 50 bridge, Philadelphia Avenue can be depressingly bleak and deserted in Winter. Only a block over, on Baltimore Avenue, some of the big hotels are open… [Read more…]
April 15, 2010
Brothers Newt Weaver and David Weaver are marking a big anniversary this year for the landmark store opened by their father, C. Newton Weaver Sr. in 1970. The family has served the public at the same location, Baltimore Avenue and North Division Street, in the heart of downtown Ocean City, Maryland, one block off the… [Read more…]
April 12, 2010
In New York, the Dow-Jones closed above 11,000 today, and the Newsweek cover proclaims “America’s Back!” Maybe so. But one Ocean City businessman told me today: The recovery is affecting Wall Street, and a little recovery might be trickling down to Main Street, but recovery hasn’t started on the side street.” I’ve been looking for… [Read more…]
March 4, 2010
I want to call your attention to a very though-provoking article on the state of the Worcester County economy over at Lost On The Shore, which is one of Maryland’s best political blogs. <a href="http://blogitti.blogiche.com/">Blogitti<⁄a> The post is entitled “Depression Amidst The Fun,” and as you might gather from the title, it paints a gloomy… [Read more…]
August 9, 2010
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