CWDI Board Highlights: Legal Costs Higher than Expected and Director Contact Renewed
The Cambridge Waterfront Development board paid little attention to the ceremony on Wednesday and focused more on a growing concern: legal costs. While reviewing routine financial reports, board members recognized that legal expenses are exceeding the budget as lawyers work to finalize the complicated regulatory framework for future waterfront development. Executive Director Tracy Ward explained […]
Cambridge Time Machine: Oakley Beach Burns
On December 6, 1954, the half-century old Oakley Beach Hotel burned to the ground. The Choptank riverfront establishment was owned by Harold and Celia Ashmore, who had bought it in 1947. Local newsboy Sewell Frey, Jr., spotted smoke in back of the building around 7am. He ran in, yelled “fire,” phoned the police, and went […]