BERLIN —The Christmas season kicked off on last week with the 41st annual Berlin Christmas Parade. As usual, it demonstrated "great small town charm," according to spectator Glenn Irwin. Dozens of colorful and festive floats proceeded along Main Street to bring the Christmas spirit to hundreds of spectators. Wayne Cannon, who works at radio station… Read more »
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WEST OCEAN CITY — Somewhere there is an old photograph of a very young Chuck Dondero messing with the display in his family’s Boardwalk shop. While it’s not, strictly speaking, a point of dispute, Dondero claims he was showing his budding talent as a stock boy, arranging the items for sale. His wife, Linda, claims… Read more »
Town Considers New Street Closure Parameters
BERLIN — Over the last several years as the various events and street fairs have become popular enough to draw hundreds or even thousands to town regular street closures have become commonplace and Berlin has settled into a pattern for cordoning off specific streets for designated amounts of time. The process has become nearly automated… Read more »
Dorothy R. Melcher
SELBYVILLE, Del. — Dorothy Raum Melcher, age 89, died on Sunday, Nov. 25 at her Arrington Woods home in Selbyville. Born in Chester County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Ervin H. Raum, Jr. and Mary Werner Raum. She is survived by her daughter Bonnie Piperno and her husband Dominic of Ocean City… Read more »
Thomas Moore Quigley
OCEAN PINES — Thomas Moore Quigley, age 83, died Tuesday, Nov. 22 at his home. Born in New York he was the son of the late William Quigley and Julia Moore Quigley. He is survived by his wife Irmalee A. Quigley. Quigley was a United States Navy Veteran. He had worked for many years as… Read more »
Robert Walsh Watts
OCEAN CITY — Robert Walsh Watts, age 79, died Tuesday, Nov. 22 at his home. Born in Washington, D.C. he was the son of the late George Watts and Olga Sarton Watts. He is survived by his wife, Bernadette L. Watts. Watts was a United States Navy Veteran. He had worked as a bus… Read more »
Jennifer “Louise” McCabe
SNOW HILL —Jennifer “Louise” McCabe, known to all as “Mom-Mom”, departed her life on Nov. 10 after a long illness. She is survived by her loving husband of 43 years, Ralph McCabe and their children; Brenda (Arthur), their daughter Kayelynn, Eva and her son Andy, Chubby and his son DeShawn, all of Snow Hill. Tasha… Read more »
James Edward Kopper
BERLIN — James Edward Kopper, age 65, died Tuesday, Oct. 18 at Atlantic General Hospital. Born in Baltimore he was the son of the late John Bernard Kopper and Elsie Wirts Kopper. Kopper is survived by his wife, Janice A. Kopper; a daughter, Linda Zorn and her husband Jeff of Baltimore; a son, John… Read more »
Tough Guy Baked Brie
I’ve been eating like an animal since Sunday afternoon. My body needs the reparative subsistence as it overcomes our wrecked weekend. No, my self-demise was not a punishment for self-destructive Pub-style drinking. Well, there were a few beers involved, but stop…you’re throwing me off track. This past weekend I was part of a team that… Read more »
OPA Golf Woes Continue
OCEAN PINES — Getting the golf course in shape is no longer merely a priority of OPA General Manager Bob Thompson. This week the board of directors officially gave Thompson license to prepare a detailed plan for fixing up the course and pitching it to them. Thompson caused a bit of a stir last… Read more »