Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Feb. 2, 2023) The Lower Shore Land Trust (LSLT) is looking for nature and wildlife lovers who want to become land stewards. And you don’t have to have any land to do it. “The LSLT has 135 conservation easements across the Eastern Shore, covering more than 23,000 acres of land,”… Read more »
Amy Romeo offers high-end furniture and home goods for shoppers at Amy’s Attic By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Feb. 2, 2023) Amy’s Attic is not your typical secondhand store — it’s upscale resale. This store has lots of merchandise that turn over each week. If you don’t get it today, it might not be there… Read more »
Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Feb. 2, 2023) In 2022, the Ocean Pines Volunteer Fire Department (OPVFD) responded to 345 fire and 1,888 EMS calls. The department serves approximately 6,000 homes and numerous businesses along 79 miles of roadways. The firefighters and EMS staff serving Ocean Pines and the surrounding area do what they must to… Read more »
Top partner, volunteer, idea and new business honored during commerce ceremony By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (Feb. 2, 2023) The Berlin Chamber of Commerce handed out four awards at its annual Installation Dinner at 410 Social last Thursday. Winners included Garrett Neeb for “Volunteer of the Year,” Jun & Juice for “Emerging Business,” D3Corp earned… Read more »
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (Feb. 2, 2023) The only constant in Berlin over the last few years is everything is changing, or at least that’s how it seems with the amount of development, revitalization and annexing the town has seen. To that end, Berlin Planning Director Dave Engelhart approached the Planning Commission during its… Read more »
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (Feb. 2, 2023) The Berlin Fire Company gave its final 2022 quarterly report — Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 — to the Mayor and Town Council during its meeting on Jan. 23. There were 39 in-town fire and rescue calls, accounting for 43 percent of all calls. There were 51… Read more »
Cartoon by Jim Adcock
Atlantic General Hospital should not be blamed for becoming the latest victim of the surge in ransomware attacks on thousands of businesses, agencies and hospitals in this country over the last two years. In 2022 alone, 250 U.S. health care institutions were extorted for ransom in exchange for the key to unlock their hijacked networks…. Read more »
Robert M. Allen Ocean Pines Robert M. Allen, 87, of Ocean Pines, Maryland, passed away peacefully on Jan. 27, 2023. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn (nee Eaton), and his brother, Raymond M Allen. He is also survived by his daughters, Cynthia Russell and Mary Hill, and her husband, Frederick, their daughter, Michelle (Stephanny), and son, Brian (Elizabeth), and Carol Clark… Read more »
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Good Lord, can we please get rid of this disease-plagued era? While COVID is finally weaning itself from the teat of most populations (I’m glad that we are not experiencing the patient crisis that some other nations are finally facing as we did in 2020), it is back with… Read more »