Posts belonging to Category 'Business'
August 9, 2010 | Posted by BJH
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 [...]
Categories: Business, Democracy, Life, OCEAN CITY, Politics | 
Tags: Beach, Boardwalk, Change, Democrats, Eastern Shore, Election 2010, John Hayden, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts, Summer, Wicomico County, Worcester County | 
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July 28, 2010 | Posted by BJH
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 cloudless [...]
Categories: Business, Economy, Life, OCEAN CITY, Travel | Tags: Beach, Boardwalk, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts, Summer, Weather | No Comments »
July 16, 2010 | Posted by BJH
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 Sept. [...]
Categories: Business, Economy, Life, OCEAN CITY, Work | Tags: Beach, Boardwalk, Election 2010, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts, Summer | 2 Comments »
June 22, 2010 | Posted by BJH
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 government. But what [...]
Categories: Business, Democracy, Economy, Leadership, Maryland, OCEAN CITY, Politics, Work | Tags: Barack Obama, Election 2010, Recession, Summer | No Comments »
June 8, 2010 | Posted by BJH
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 of scammers [...]
Categories: Business, OCEAN CITY, Travel | Tags: Beach, Condos, Hotels, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Scams, Vacation | No Comments »
May 29, 2010 | Posted by BJH
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 OC is [...]
Categories: Business, Life, OCEAN CITY, Travel | Tags: Beach, Boardwalk, Memorial Day, Motorcycle, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Photos, Resorts | No Comments »
April 19, 2010 | Posted by BJH
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 [...]
Categories: Business, Maryland, OCEAN CITY | Tags: Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Phillips, Phillips Crab House, Photos, Resorts, Restaurants | 1 Comment »
April 15, 2010 | Posted by BJH
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 beach [...]
Categories: Business, History, Life, OCEAN CITY | Tags: Beach, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Photos, Resorts | 2 Comments »
April 12, 2010 | Posted by BJH
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 a good economic [...]
Categories: Business, Economy, Life, OCEAN CITY, Travel | Tags: Beach, Boardwalk, Condominiums, Condos, Hooters, Jobs, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Real estate, Recession, Resorts, Tourism | No Comments »
March 4, 2010 | Posted by BJH
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.
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The post is entitled “Depression Amidst The Fun,” and as you might gather from the title, it paints a gloomy picture. The [...]
Categories: Business, Culture, Economy, Life, OCEAN CITY, Social Justice, Work | Tags: Condominiums, Condos, Cost of living, Eastern Shore, Employment, Housing, Jobs, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Poor, Recession, Rent, Resorts, Unemployment, Worcester County | 2 Comments »
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