BERLIN– Tourism directors and representatives from Main Streets and Arts and Entertainment districts from more than a dozen different municipalities in two states gathered at The Globe in Berlin last Wednesday, to discuss an innovative new way to promote arts and entertainment in their areas. The Tourism, Arts and Downtown Development collective are developing a… Read more »
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Murder mystery dinner set for next Wed. in OP
OCEAN PINES–The Ocean Pines Yacht Club will be the scene for an evening of murder, mayhem and marinara at “Mafia Murders Mystery,” a murder mystery dinner theatre to be held on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. This interactive performance by Ovation Dinner Theatre of Ocean View, Del. will have audience members trying to solve… Read more »
Elks to present banners
OCEAN CITY–The Ocean City Elks Lodge #2645 announces the culmination of the 2014 Ocean City Elks Hometown Heroes Military Banner Program. Local active duty military service personnel from Worcester County were honored by having their banners on display along the Ocean City Boardwalk from the amusement pier along the beach to Fourth Street since early… Read more »
Debate continues over Yacht Club biz model
OCEAN PINES– Is it a business? Is it a community center? Why didn’t this group or that group book its event here? A week after the direction of the new Yacht Club became an issue during an OPA Board meeting, the questions have continued and three leading members gave varying takes on the exact direction… Read more »
Day honored to have been a participant
BERLIN – Members of the town staff, merchants and residents met on Wednesday, Oct. 1 to extend their best wishes to retiring Economic and Community Development Director Michael Day, who nevertheless was surprised by the fanfare. “It’s very nice, it’s embarrassing, but I’m glad people wanted to do it,” said Day, who announced his retirement… Read more »
Forget ‘ick’ factor, this is a nice facility
NEWARK–More than 600 sprinklers sputter thousands of gallons of water into the woods at Five Mile Branch Road, in Newark, each day. It isn’t a water-wasting operation, but a sponge for Berlin’s treated effluent that would otherwise flow from the wastewater treatment plant into local streams and other waterways. Visitors at the open house at… Read more »
‘Sticker’ shock fades, foreclosures disputed
OCEAN PINES– A week after a mild panic erupted in the community following allegations of fraud, activity appears to have died down surrounding suspicious stickers placed on homes by foreclosure firm Mortgage Contracting Services. A suspicious locksmith, called to change the locks on an Ocean Pines home, reported an offending sticker to an agent at… Read more »
OP’s Parke schedules yard sale
OCEAN PINES–The Parke at Ocean Pines is holding its fall community yard sale on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the driveways of its residents. The Parke is an active 55+ Adult community of 503 homes. Parke residents are selling their treasures, which include clothes, lamps, artwork, household items, electronics and… Read more »
Bertino, Wilson: Part 2
OCEAN PINES – The two Worcester County District 5 Commissioner candidates clashed on Route 589 expansion and the role of Annapolis in local politics during a political forum at The Clubhouse on Friday, Oct. 3. Democrat Tom Wilson, president of the board of directors at Diakonia and Republican Chip Bertino, editor and publisher of The… Read more »
Custom cars to cruise into Berlin, Sat.
BERLIN– The town’s final car show of the year will take place Saturday, when hundreds of classic cars motor into town and take up position in the downtown area. Registration for Berlin Fall Cruisers will begin at 8 a.m., with the main event kicking off at 10 a.m. Organizer Tanya Giles said the fall auto… Read more »