Archive for the ‘Eastern Shore’ Category
-
Need to get somewhere? Catch the ferry
Last night was The Daily Record’s 14th annual Top 100 Women event, a program designed to honor those Maryland women who have had a positive impact in their communities.
Several weeks ago, I traveled to the Eastern Shore to a small town called Oxford to interview Judy Bixler, a ferry boat captain, who was honored with [...] -
Be a turtle for the DNR! Carry your house where you go!
Anybody got a really big truck?
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is offering (.pdf) a 5,000-square-foot house outside of Cambridge for free, to the first shmoe who comes along willing and able to move it from the site. Known as the Linthicum House for its builders and owners (full disclosure: Daily Record editor Tom Linthicum [...] -
Multimedia: The White Marlin Open
The 35th Annual White Marlin Open in Ocean City kicked off Monday and runs through the final weigh-in this afternoon.
High gas prices and the shaky economy nipped participation in the popular fishing tournament, with 300 boats registered for this year’s event compared to nearly 400 last year.
Registered boats paid either $950 or $1,050, depending on [...] -
Embracing cell phones at the beach
When I’m out hiking or enjoying the great outdoors in some form, I tend to scoff when I see people out in nature yacking on their cell phones. But at Assateague Island National Seashore, the park is making your cell phone part of the whole nature experience.
The park announced Thursday that visitors can now use [...] -
The value of ocean air
While doing the reporting for today’s story on Ocean City’s summer tourism expectations, I learned about — and experienced — something I’ve come to call the “ahhhh” phenomenon.
It’s that feeling you get when you cross the Bay Bridge and get to the Eastern Shore. (That is, unless you are sitting in beach traffic, in which [...] -
Smith Island cake wins over Senate
Smith Island layer cake got a sweet deal from the Maryland Senate on Monday; the body voted 44-1 to make the Eastern Shore’s creation our official state dessert.
The only senator to vote against the cake was Republican Sen. Alex Mooney, who told the AP he voted in jest because his county, Frederick, grows apples and [...] -
Battle for state dessert designation
Delegate Page Elmore, R-Somerset, is hoping to win a sweet victory in the legislative session: to pass his bill that proposes naming Smith Island’s 10-layer cake the official state dessert. (In the newsroom, we’re wondering: what about Baltimore’s Berger cookies?)
On Tuesday, Elmore sought to win the hearts of lawmakers through their stomachs when he had [...]