Ocean City doesn’t seem the same without George

By TOM WILLIAMS In a column six months ago, we reflected on 25 people who had died and in whose absence Ocean City just doesn’t seem quite the same. Add George Thomas to that list (which can be found HERE). George grew up in Pennsylvania and attended Lower Merion High School, a decade after my …

Ocean City is not quite the same without these people

By TOM WILLIAMS Ocean City has a lot to offer – award-winning beach, Boardwalk, bay, entertainment, sports, amusements. Its a little short right now on movie theaters (none) and gas stations (one) and has an abundance of banks and real state offices. But the Ocean City people are a big part of its appeal. Like …

Ex-WOND host Mike Elliott dies

Tom Williams AT LARGE Radio has changed a lot in the last four decades. Today people can listen to personalized music on Pandora, Sirius-XM and other streaming sources in their car or right on their cellphone. Broadcast radio stations need now, more than ever, to find ways to attract listeners. Mike Elliott would have found …

Things that aren’t there anymore

Tom Williams AT LARGE: It’s been nearly eight years since these flashbacks began appearing here. An attempt is made regularly to spend at least one week remembering the places we all used to visit that are no longer there. Probably the biggest absences recently are J.C. Penney and Sears in the Hamilton Mall, leaving Macy’s …