…Especially checks for your small business. We don’t hold anything against the banks in Sussex County, but bank prices for checks are high, usually very high. Don’t be mislead by bank merchandising or other sales hype. There are only a handful of bank check printing manufactures in the United States and they all must meet American banking standards. Yes, thankfully, these items are still produced and consumed in the USA.

Well, anyway, your bank simply takes your order and then orders from a company like Harland-Clarke or Deluxe, which produce quality products – albeit at a high price. Then your bank tacks on a tidy profit and you pay (what some would think is) too much.

Try shopping for a price comparison at Business Checks (www.businesschecks.org) to see what you can get for less than half of bank-order pricing. For example, you can get an order of 300 manual checks (Accounts Payable, Payroll, or Multi-Purpose configurations) for only $22.95 (plus shipping). Or how about 1200 of these Blue Safety checks for only $60?

Blue Safety Business Checks

Where else can you get 1200 of these Blue Safety Business Checks for about $60? How many can you get from "your" bank for that price?

Check it out and try an order “direct from the factory.” BusinessChecks.org is not a middle man operation but they still manage to earn a profit on sales. Your online order goes directly into factory production and manages to save you up to 70% over bank-ordered check pricing. In these tough economic times it is a prudent thing to do.

If you need checks for your home or personal use you can also order factory-direct. Click here – Personal Checks – to choose from hundreds (literally) of fabulous designs.

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Can you imagine building new homes next to a swamp just off of Route 54 in West Fenwick, Delaware? We can’t imagine that one would intentionally put new construction right at the edge of a wetland area.

New home in a swamp in West Fenwick

Is this really a swamp? Probably not - this was shot on a Saturday following a Thursday that had rain all day.

So there must be more to this construction site than what meets the eye.

We can’t really tell if this is a swamp, but that large ditch has had water in it continually for the two-and-a-half years we’ve been using that road (to get back to higher ground where our home was built).

We’ll have to stop in at the sales office to ask what plans there are to dry out the areas around the construction site.  Meanwhile, we’ll just have to suppose that the swampy area will somehow be drained. Not saying that the summertime mosquitoes would be large enough to carry off small children or pets, but we would surely lay in a good supply of insect repellent. (Just kidding/just kidding.)

A view through the neighboring trees.

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Bethany Fenwick Chamber of Commerce

August 13, 2010

Sussex.org has joined the Bethany Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce to better coordinate articles, posts and information on this website with “happenings” and places in Lower, Slower Delaware (LSD) – Sussex County. Our Ocean City website, OCtheBeach.com, has been a member of the Ocean City, Maryland, Chamber of Commerce for over a decade and found [...]

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Crab Cakes at the Lobster Shanty in Fenwick on Rt 54

July 19, 2010

What’s a good way to judge the quality of a new seafood restaurant, or Seafood Bar, Market & Grill, as the case may be? Try a CRAB CAKE, of course. So, I did. I ordered the “Nanny’s Crab Cake,” which was described as: “The finest lump of crab with our secret blend of herbs & [...]

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Twinings Lobster Shanty in Fenwick Island on Rt 54

July 18, 2010

The Lobster Shanty Restaurant recently opened on Route 54 in West Fenwick Island, Delaware. It is billed as a Seafood Bar, Market and Grill. It fits the bill. The new (July, 2010) Twining’s Lobster Shanty is conveniently located on Rt 54 – just west of the hustle and bustle of Ocean City’s and Fenwick Island’s [...]

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