By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Sept. 13, 2018) By opining that county laws can’t be tailored to just one community but must apply countywide, the Worcester County Commissioners have blocked the effort to allow tattoo businesses to operate Berlin. Nevertheless, the town’s Tattoo Ordinance Committee on Wednesday night vowed to keep pushing for change. The catch… Read more »
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Community effort brings back ‘Briddletown’
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 30, 2018) Call it Briddletown (rhymes with “riddle”) or the more formal-sounding Brid-dell´-Town (rhymes with “well”). Either way, the re-designation of a portion of Flower Street in Berlin on Tuesday afternoon was clearly meaningful to a large segment of the population. According to new interpretive signs unveiled on Tuesday near… Read more »
Berlin LL All-Star team has a ball in Bristol
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 16, 2018) It took a perfect game to keep the Berlin All-Stars from a return trip to the Little League World Series, and that’s exactly what the Mid Island Little Leaguers from Staten Island, New York got from their starter during the Mid-Atlantic championship game on Sunday in Bristol, Connecticut…. Read more »
Tuttle, Daly, Moroney and Diller elected to Ocean Pines Board
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 10, 2018) Based on preliminary vote totals on Friday, Steve Tuttle and Frank Daly have each earned three-year terms on the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors. Tuttle was the leading vote getter, with 2,322, and Daly finished second with 2,048 votes. Director Ted Moroney, the lone incumbent in the… Read more »
Planning commission backs Gerardi’s ‘Berlin Gateway’ proposal
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 10, 2018) A proposed new gateway into Berlin took a crucial step forward Wednesday night, as the town planning commission voted 5-1 to recommend adding two parcels of land at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 and Old City Boulevard to growth area three of the Town of Berlin… Read more »
Berlin Little League 2-1 in regional tourney
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 9, 2018) The Berlin Little League All-Stars stayed alive on Tuesday, slugging out an 18-7 win over Mamie Johnson Little League of Washington, D.C. in the 12-year-old division of the Little League Mid-Atlantic Tournament in Bristol, Connecticut. The tournament is the last stop before heading to the 2018 Little League… Read more »
Experts weigh in on goose control
By Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (July 19, 2018) While some considered Ocean Pines’ resident Canada goose population to be unofficial mascots, outside-only pets or a welcome sight upon returning home, experts said maintaining such a population can stress systems that people spent a long time in getting just right. “The lawns, parks and golf courses we… Read more »
Berlin library opens new chapter
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (July 12, 2018) It was supposed to be a soft opening for the Berlin branch of the Worcester County Library, but about 400 people showed up within the first hour and a half on Tuesday to welcome the new library to town, according to county library Director Jennifer Ranck. The $6.25… Read more »
Pick four: ballots sent out for OPA Board election
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (July 12, 2018) Ocean Pines voters will select four of seven board members this August for the first time since 2007. The unusually high number is because two directors resigned before their terms expired: Brett Hill last September and Pat Supik last month. Both were elected to three-year terms in 2016…. Read more »
Five take part in candidate forum
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (July 5, 2018) Five of the seven remaining candidates for the Ocean Pines Board participated last Wednesday in the only scheduled public forum. Held at in the upstairs ballroom of the yacht club and hosted by the elections committee, it included Steve Tuttle, Frank Daly, Greg Turner, Paula Gray and Ted… Read more »