BEST BOUTIQUE STORE & BEST GIFT STORE — Worcester County
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The husband-wife team of Chris and Amie McCaslin opened their first retail store, A La Mode Boutique, in downtown Sykesville in 2011. They parlayed its accomplishments into a second location in Ellicott City just four years later. Shortly thereafter, tragedy struck when two devastating floods hit Ellicott City,

BEST ROOFING & BEST SIDING COMPANY — Sussex Co.
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In 2017, the Morses returned to their roots on the Delaware coast after traveling the country extensively as insurance catastrophe adjusters. “We were a rope-and-harness team, so we would climb buildings that no one else would climb,” said Tomie Kay Morse, co-owner with husband Tom Morse of Morse Roofing &

BEST VEIN TREATMENT CENTER — Wicomico County
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Vascular disease is remarkably prevalent. In fact, 60% of adults over the age of 50 will have some level of arterial disease related to aneurysm or atherosclerosis. Mid-Atlantic Surgical Group has been caring for the patients of the Eastern Shore for over 45 years,

BEST ACCOUNTANT — Wicomico CountyBEST ACCOUNTING FIRM — Wicomico & Worcester Co.
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PKS & Company, P.A., Certified Public Accountants and Advisors to Business, bridges the gap between generations with an ever-evolving approach to managing clients’ accounting and financial-planning needs.
“We are proactive advisors and business partners, versus historians,” said Daniel M. O’Connell, CPA/PFS, CVA,