Following a 5-2 board of directors vote, it took two months to officially schedule a meeting between the Ocean Pines Association and golf management company Landscapes Unlimited. That meeting will take place as a town hall today, Thursday, at 6 p.m. at the country club, with LU Regional Manager Scott Nissley fielding questions. One director… Read more »
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Maryland Coastal Bays team with Burley Oak
The Maryland Coastal Bays Program and the Lower Shore Land Trust are teaming up with Burley Oak Brewery in Berlin for a winter fundraiser on Monday, Jan. 25, from 6-9 pm. Darin Engh and Nate Clendenen from the Saltwater Stringband and Sean Loomis of Drymill Road are slated to perform, while Shelly Messick from West… Read more »
Five promotions announced at Taylor Bank
Raymond M. Thompson, president and CEO of Calvin B. Taylor Banking Company in Berlin, recently announced several promotions. Peggy Welsh has been promoted to executive vice president. Welsh has been with the bank for 37 years. During her career, she has primarily worked in the Ocean City market as a branch manager, and later, served… Read more »
Registration open for Delmarva Birding Weekend
Due to the popularity of the annual Delmarva Birding Weekend, organizers are now offering two of the celebrated birding extravaganzas in both January and April. “We enjoy such a big difference in bird species in winter and spring, it just made sense to open up two weekends,” said Worcester County Tourism Director Lisa Challenger. Now… Read more »
Winning lottery ticket sold in Berlin
While no one has yet won the more than $1 billion national Powerball prize, one lucky person did purchase a winning $1 million ticket from the Berlin Food Lion last week. The Maryland Lottery announced that the winning “second-tier” ticket was sold on Jan. 9 in Berlin to a 51-year-old Worcester County man, and a… Read more »
Bank of OC bond will fund Berlin’s ‘Tyson’ purchase
Following nearly two years of discussion, along with several communitywide meetings, an audit and studies on feasibility and environmental impact, Berlin finalized its plans to buy the former Tyson’s Chicken plant this week. On Monday, the Town Council voted unanimously to approve a 30-year, $3 million bond from the Bank of Ocean City to purchase… Read more »
Pines bank robber enters guilty plea
The Ocean Pines man who held up a branch of BB&T bank last March pleaded guilty last Friday, U.S. Attorney for Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein announced Monday. In a release from his office, Rosenstein said Jeff V. Hare, 53, pleaded guilty to armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. According… Read more »
Committee reviews FY’17 Ocean Pines budget
Work on the 2017 fiscal-year budget continued this week in Ocean Pines, as the budget and finance committee held a series of public meetings at the country club to review a draft released by General Manager Bob Thompson. The association last week got its first glimpse at the $13.6 million financial package, which includes capital… Read more »
Berlin Briefs
The Berlin Mayor and Council discussed the following items during a meeting at Town Hall on Monday, Jan. 11. Tennis court improvement Bohlen also introduced a motion to approve an engineering plan, developed by local firm Davis, Bowen & Friedel Inc., to improve several tennis courts at Stephen Decatur Park. The plan is essentially an… Read more »
jj Fish closing doors, but Fishers plan to keep creating work
For 15 years, husband and wife John and Judy Fisher have run the jj Fish Studio and Fine Craft Gallery shop on Main Street in Berlin. By spring, however, John and Judy plan to close the shop for good and – unofficially – retire, although they will continue making and selling original work to outside… Read more »