(June 9, 2023) This week we recognize Gold Badge Member Ronald “Ronnie” Phillips. Ronnie returned home to Ocean City in 1961 following a tour of duty with the U.S. Navy, serving in the Navy Band in Washington, D.C.
(June 9, 2023) This week, eighty years ago, the Allies captured Pantelleria Island, located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa, clearing the way for the invasion of Sicily.
(June 9, 2023) The process of making a decision is based on calculated choices and personal preference. This progression is the foundation and criteria that determines one’s level of success.
(June 9, 2023) This column/article will focus on a very important aspect of the ocean along the shoreline, where the water meets the land.
(June 9, 2023) Did you know that one of the most important skills a lifeguard uses is the scan? It is a skill they are taught, practice and use all day long. It literally becomes a part of who they are.
(June 9, 2023) In the past two weeks, we reviewed the Maryland General Assembly new legislation requiring all condominiums, homeowner associations, and housing cooperatives to undertake regular reserve studies of common area components, under House Bill 107.
(June 2, 2023) This week, 80 years ago, The Battle of West Hubei, or Exi, was winding down. As the name implies, the battle was fought between forces of the Imperial Japanese Army and the Chinese National Army in Hubei province.
(June 2, 2023) Well, the main season has started. The Memorial Day weekend is evidence of that.
(June 2, 2023) In last week’s article, we reviewed the Maryland General Assembly’s new legislation requiring all condominiums, homeowner associations, and housing cooperatives to undertake regular reserve studies of common area components, under House Bill 107.
(June 2, 2023) We all love to see the lifeguards up in the stands and managing their beach. It is a sign that summer is finally here. I think it is safe to say that we are all ready to let those sunny vibes flow.
(June 2, 2023) This week in the Volunteer Spotlight we recognize Gold Badge member Mike Giardina.
(June 2, 2023) As one partakes of their favorite dish, sensory perception is magnified and satisfaction sets in.
(May 26, 2023) This week we recognize Gold Badge member David Coleman. David’s love for the fire service was inevitable and began at an early age. His father, William “Bill” Coleman, was a member of the Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company for 55 years, serving in a variety of positions.
(May 26, 2023) This week 80 years ago, American Forces completed the recapture of Attu Island from the Japanese. Attu and Kiska islands lie at the tip of the Aleutians Islands chain, which extends for 1,200 miles southwest of Alaska, and were occupied by the Japanese in 1942 following the Ba…
(May 26, 2023) As winter has turned to spring these last few months, surfers have been able to enjoy the offseason in relatively more mild conditions.
(May 26, 2023) It is so exciting to be at the beginning of another summer season in beautiful Ocean City.
(May 26, 2023) There is nothing that shapes the human experience as profoundly or as pervasively as creativity.
(May 26, 2023) The Maryland General Assembly has passed new legislation, effective Oct.1, requiring all condominiums, homeowner associations, and housing cooperatives to undertake regular reserve studies of common area components.
(May 19, 2023) Today, 80 years ago, British Prime Minister Sir Winston S. Churchill addressed the United States Congress for the second time. He told the congressmen, “I do not intend to be responsible for any suggestion that the war is won or will soon be over.”
(May 19, 2023) Tacos, an international favorite, are tasty and easy to make.
(May 19, 2023) Consumers can get confused when it comes to dual agency in real estate.
(May 12, 2023) This week 80 years ago, the Allies were in the process of rounding up and capturing more than a quarter-million Axis soldiers remaining in the French Protectorate (colony) of Tunisia.
(May 12, 2023) This week we have the opportunity recognize Gold Badge member Ben Lewis. Ben retired after 35 years working as the director of quality assurances for America’s Division at the Crown, Cork and Seal Co. manufacturing plant in Fruitland, Maryland. He then started a 2nd career wor…
(May 12, 2023) “So, what kind of surfboard should I ride?”
(May 12, 2023) Realtors issue a report each year on the Maryland Legislative session to summarize what will affect the real estate industry.
(May 12, 2023) Mother’s Day edible flower arrangement is a unique centerpiece that is embellished with cupcakes, chocolate-covered strawberries and fresh flowers.
(May 5, 2023) This week, 80 years ago, the RAF’s 617 Squadron, led by 24-year-old Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, took off from Scrampton, an airfield in central England, to attack dams in the Ruhr Valley of Germany, in “Operation Chastise.”
(May 5, 2023) If April is a month of transition, I think that the month of May can be as well.
(May 5, 2023) In this week’s article to “Spotlight” members of the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company, we recognize Gold Badge member Danny Chavis. Danny has been the owner and operator of A.D. SEA appliance repair and home improvement company serving Ocean City and surrounding communities fo…
(May 5, 2023) Residing at the beach manifests a whole different feeling than living in other residential communities.
(May 5, 2023) According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), single women comprise the second largest group of homebuyers.
(April 28, 2023) This week, 80 years ago, the International Katyń Commission issued its report. The commission consisted of the following: Alexandru Birkle, Romanian doctor of medicine; Herman Maximilien de Burlet, Dutch anatomist, embryologist, physiologist and pathologist; František Hájek,…
(April 28, 2023) This week we recognize Gold Badge Member Frank Christopher. Frank retired after 38 years of service for Verizon and the C & P Telephone Company on Dec. 31, 2006.
(April 28, 2023) There is nothing like waking up at the beach and indulging in a big breakfast.
(April 28, 2023) I received unexpected news recently that a good friend of mine passed away.
(April 28, 2023) A wetland delineation is the fieldwork that determines or outlines the boundary between uplands and wetlands on a property.
(April 21, 2023) This week in the “Volunteer Spotlight” we recognize Gold Badge Member John H. “Jack” Fisher. Jack is a Vietnam War Veteran, having served four years of active duty as a U.S. Marine. He then returned to the Berlin/Ocean City area to work for 14 years in the restaurant and mot…
(April 21, 2023) This week, 80 years ago, the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto were fighting, and killing, their German oppressors.
(April 21, 2023) This time of year is a rather strange one for this area, referring specifically to the beach.
(April, 21, 2023) Anyone who sells a property in Maryland, but is a “non-resident” of the state of Maryland, must pay a withholding tax.
(April 21, 2023) The philosophy of time suggests we live in the present, but have a sense of the temporal distinctions from the past.
(April 14, 2023) A mortgage assumption takes place when a buyer takes over the seller’s existing mortgage at closing in lieu of getting a new loan.
(April 14, 2023) How does one define the term “wealth?”
(April 14, 2023) This week we recognize Past volunteer assistant fire chief and current Gold Badge Member Kevin M. Kirstein. Chief Kirstein also served our community as an officer in the Ocean City Police Department.
(April 14, 2023) This week 80 years ago, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Military approved a plan known as “Operation Underworld” that called for the assistance of the America Mafia during the Allied invasion of Sicily. This “relationship” had begun with an inquiry from the Na…
(April 7, 2023) This week we recognize Gold Badge Member, Randolph “Randy” Sherman.
(April 7, 2023) Today, 80 years ago, the Allied Eighth Army, commanded by Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery (“Monty”), was assaulting the First Italian Army, commanded by Gen. Giovanni Messe, near Gabès, in Tunisia. Today, Gabès is a city of 153,000 located on the Gulf of Gabès, on the east side o…
(April 7, 2023) Another birthday has come and gone. I would be telling a fib if I said I fancy the thought of adding another year to my repertoire of adulthood.
(March 31, 2023) This week 80 years ago, the United States Army Air Force’s Ninth Air Force, commanded by Maj.-Gen. Lewis H. Brereton, launched a bombing raid on Naples, Italy from its base at Soluch Air Field in Libya, now known as Benina International Airport, located in a suburb of Benghazi.
(March 31, 2023) It is my privilege to recognize current Deputy Chief/Volunteer Fire Chief James L. “Jay” Jester in this week’s OCVFC Spotlight.
(March 31, 2023) As of Jan. 1, 2015, all residential rental properties constructed prior to 1978 must comply with Maryland’s Lead Risk Reduction in Housing Act.
