GOOD NEWS in Crisfield – August 2017 Newsletter

Hello, again, good people,

I apologize for being late with this newsletter. There was a bad storm in Crisfield, which knocked out my Internet, and it took a week for the cable company to get to me for the repair. In any case, there’s a lot of Good News to report, and more coming…
WEBCAM:

• Crisfield’s first webcam launched on August 2nd, with WBOC-TV doing live broadcasts and special features about Crisfield in several broadcasts that day. The Greater Crisfield Action Coalition (GCAC) signed a two year contract for a WBOC-TV webcam to broadcast views of Crisfield during the news and weather reports. A different business or organization will sponsor the webcam each month, starting with Water’s Edge Cafe. Set atop Captain’s Quarters condominiums, the camera takes in views of the Tangier Island Cruise Boat at dock, the Crisfield water tower, the waterfront, buildings, and boats around the marina in addition to the horizon and water traffic leading to the City Dock. The camera will take in sunsets and sunrises too. The WBOC engineers were impressed with the views of the Crisfield waterfront, and they weren’t the only ones. When they called Spectrum tech support to get the final connections for high speed Internet that would enable the engineers to remotely control the camera, the lady from Spectrum in NC who could also see the views the camera was capturing said, “Oh, it’s beautiful there. Where is this…?!” Meteorologist Dan Satterfield said he has been wanting a camera in Crisfield for a long time. He said storms come from the direction of the camera, and he’ll be able to watch the clouds roll in as storms approach Delmarva. Chet Cornman, WBOC Media Consultant, said the broadcasts are not only viewed by WBOC’s 500,000 viewers, but many people outside the area view the webcams online, and this will help promote Crisfield beyond the Delmarva region.

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