After restoring two “ghost murals” from the 1950s on the sides of Pitts Street Treasures earlier this year, local artist Olga Deshields now has her sights set on the J.E. Parker building.
There will be some of the same agricultural exhibits, petting zoos, carnival games and more at this weekend’s Worcester County Fair, but a new location and organizer is also bringing some activities the event has not had in the past.
Two new speed cameras, which will be activated on Monday, have been installed in Berlin to catch and fine drivers traveling over the limits on Flower Street and Seahawk Road.
This year’s Worcester County Fair will feature some of the same agricultural exhibits, petting zoos, carnival games and more when it returns to a new location next week, but will also bring some new offerings.
The annual Berlin Peach Festival, set for this weekend on the lawn of the Calvin B. Taylor House Museum, was not always the bustling, widely attended event it is today.
The Berlin Mayor and Council unanimously voted this week to enter extended negotiations with Palmer and Sandy Gillis of Coastal Ventures Properties to purchase and redevelop Heron Park’s parcel 57.
Members of the Worcester County Bike and Pedestrian Coalition hope to include a bike and trail along Route 589 among a series of short- and long-term projects.