By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (Sept. 15, 2022) The Berlin mayor and Town Council discussed the following items during their Sept. 12 meeting: Worcester Arts Council Officials from the Worcester County Arts Council gave a presentation on its programs, including Summer Arts Camp for Children, grants for arts, art scholarships and various exhibitions. The group… Read more »
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Polarizing Pines ex-GM charges with employment tax violations
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (Sept. 8, 2022) Former Ocean Pines Association director and general manager Brett Hill has been charged with 16 counts of willful failure to collect, account for and pay employment taxes to the IRS, acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney… Read more »
Janasek, OPA working on closing arguments in ban lawsuit
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (Sept. 8, 2022) An evidentiary hearing in Snow Hill last month ended with presiding Judge Beau Oglesby setting a 25-day window from Aug. 26 to rule whether the Ocean Pines Association had the legal power to enforce a 90-day amenity ban on former director Tom Janasek. If the ruling goes… Read more »
Small Town Throwdown back Saturday
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (Sept. 8, 2022) It’s going to be a certifiable hootenanny on the streets of Berlin with the fifth installment of the Small Town Throwdown on Saturday. The Nashville-themed, country music festival, which started in 2017, will feature musical artists Red Dirt Revolution and the Lauren Calve Band. Admission is free… Read more »
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Directors had to act in confrontation case
The legal question notwithstanding, the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors’ decision to punish former director Tom Janasek for his outburst at the Yacht Club in May was something it had to do. When one member of the association accosts another in a community-owned facility and unleashes an unrelenting verbal assault on that individual, the… Read more »
Donna Lee Fitzgibbon
Donna Lee Fitzgibbon Ocean Pines Donna Lee Fitzgibbon, age 65, passed away from complications of COPD at Atlantic General Hospital on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Born Oct. 17, 1956 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Michael Mackanin and the late Lois Thompson. She is survived by her husband, Edward N. “Ted”… Read more »
Toni Lyn (Berhosky) Atkins
Toni Lyn (Berhosky) Atkins Newark Toni Lyn “Jessie” (Berhosky) Atkins, 54, of Newark, Maryland, passed away on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, after a brief illness, surrounded by family members. She is survived by her loving husband, Tom Atkins; mother, Donna (Berhosky) and stepfather, Edward Stover (Thomson, Georgia); brother, Brian Berhosky and his wife, Linda Range,… Read more »
Enjoy candied salmon cold or hot smoked
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 You know that I love smoking fish. I love eating smoked fish, and I especially love opening the smoker at that magical moment, knowing that the deed is done. There is something absolutely stunning about a properly smoked chunk of fish. When I was a wee lad of only… Read more »
Anniversary celebration set for Oct. 7
(Sept. 1, 2022) Worcester County GOLD (Giving Other Lives Dignity), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, will host its 25th anniversary gala at the Ocean City Fontainebleau Resort on Oct. 7. Honorees include past and present GOLD board members; Community Impact Award recipient Worcester County Bar Association; Volunteer Engagement Award winner the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean… Read more »