Town support still exemplary Editor, The following letter was sent to Berlin Mayor Gee Williams in appreciation for the support the town provided for the recent Cruisers event held on Sept. 8.  Mayor Williams: Once again we received excellent support from town employees and the town itself during the fall Cruisers event. Despite the weather,… Read more »

One more ‘thank you’ for Warriors benefit Editor, So … in last week’s thank you letter we forgot to mention a very important Warrior who worked hard not only at the Rock for Recovery fundraiser, but is always pitching in, in some way. She organized the Warriors to work at the inlet for Bike Week… Read more »

Thanks for fundraiser Editor, On Sept. 25 the Worcester County Warriors Against Opiate Addiction were the proud beneficiaries of a fabulous fundraiser at Trader Lee’s Live – the first annual Rock for Recovery. We would like to take this opportunity to personally thank a number of remarkable people. To start, Mike Chester of The Messengers… Read more »

‘No’ to second Bay Bridge Editor, Response to: letter by Rob Etgen, Eastern Shore Land Conservancy I agree with much of what you have said regarding traffic and public transportation. We retired to the Eastern Shore about 10 years ago from New York and didn’t give much thought to the lack of public transportation. We… Read more »

Bad decisions Editor, Four years back the Worcester school board spent $50,000 to import a new school super from Portland with the required suitcase of diplomas and titles.   And, for $200,000 a year, he showed us rednecks how to cope with Obama’s Common Cure continued destruction of American philosophy, or what’s left of it…. Read more »

Second opinion on second Bay Bridge Editor, While it is admirable to hear the governor’s concerns about traffic at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, an announcement focusing on a shiny new bridge lacks any real discussion about cost, impact on communities and the understanding that a sprawling flood of people, traffic and pavement can detract from… Read more »

Suicide Prevention Month observance Editor,     September is World Suicide Prevention Month, a time to become aware of the high rates of suicide on the lower Eastern Shore, to remember those who lost their lives to what the National Institute of Mental Health calls one of the most preventable public health crises in America, and… Read more »

‘New majority’ Editor, To say I was shocked when the “new majority” (oh yes, there’s always going to be a split) moved so quickly to fire the GM, particularly without doing their due diligence, is an understatement. Rather than exercising the option to renegotiate the GM’s contract, which his contract permitted, and using the time… Read more »

Defense of ‘HRC’ was subjective Editor, Response to: letter by Caroline Furnari, Ocean Pines Ms. Furnari’s article defending Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (HRC) record consists of the usual rhetoric repeated time and again by liberal Democrats in their attempt to change people’s negative opinions of HRC. The justifications for support of HRC provided by Ms. Furnari… Read more »

Process flawed Editor, The election process [in Ocean Pines] was a bunch of garbage. As I said in an open meeting, Joe Reynolds brings [ballot counting] up every year to get people fired up and get people to his website. Then he doesn’t say a word about it until the next year and waits until… Read more »