Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Nov. 19, 2020) Although the ribbon cutting for the Showell Elementary replacement school was postponed because of covid-19, Worcester County Public Schools invited local media outlets to tour the 102,409-square-foot facility last Friday. Bill Moschler, project manager for Oak Contracting, led the tour with Brad Hastings of Becker Morgan Group… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Nov. 19, 2020) Worcester County Arts Council is conducting an online auction until Dec. 12 to raise funds for its arts scholarship program. “We are hoping to raise about $2,000 from the auction,” said Anna Mullis, the executive director of the Worcester County Arts Council. Students graduating from Worcester County… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Nov. 12, 2020) Since hitting the brakes on meetings following the coronavirus outbreak, the Ocean Pines Association Communication Committee is looking to develop an online “virtual resident’s academy.” Committee Chairwoman Jenny Cropper Rines said the group discussed the matter during its last in-person gathering in March. “When covid happened, things got derailed,”… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Nov. 12, 2020) Looking to maintain a nearly three-decade-old New Year’s Day tradition during the coronavirus pandemic, Atlantic General Hospital Foundation’s annual Penguin Swim in 2021 will involve a larger outdoor footprint and no inside activities. OC Ravens Roost #44 Penguin Swim team member Gary Miller, who has taken the icy dip… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Nov. 12, 2020) Supporters of two Worcester County nonprofit endeavors will be able to get outdoors for fresh air and exercise before tying on the holiday feedbag when the inaugural Thanksgiving “Family Gobble Wobble” stroll takes place around the South Gate Pond in Ocean Pines starting at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Nov…. Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Nov. 12, 2020) Looking to encourage humane treatment of resident Canada geese propagating at the South Gate Pond, the Ocean Pines Environmental and Natural Assets Committee is proposing enhanced signs to discourage people from feeding the growing flock. Environmental Chairman Ken Wolf said the committee has developed language to outline the importance… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Nov. 12, 2020) Before hearing annual reports from committee representative last week, the Ocean Pines Association Executive Council discussed revived attempts at strategic planning. The executive council, which is comprised of advisory committee chairs, opened its meeting last Wednesday by examining progress on the reestablished Strategic Planning Committee. Strategic Planning Chairman Moe… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Nov. 12, 2020) The Atlantic Hotel dumpster can remain behind the hotel’s warehouse on Gay Street, the Berlin Historic District Commission decided last Wednesday. Hotel manager Laura Stearns, a member of the commission, recused herself from all aspects of the consideration. A wooden fence that replicates The Globe’s fence would… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Nov. 12, 2020) The Berlin Mayor and Council on Monday agreed to extend the town’s current tattoo moratorium to Nov. 18, 2022 and to reconvene the Tattoo Ordinance Committee. Town Attorney David Gaskill said in 2017 town officials learned they had no regulations for a tattoo parlor in the Berlin… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Nov. 12, 2020) A heating oil tank at 107 West Street in Berlin spilled on Oct. 30, causing damage to the driveway of 105 West Street and the surrounding area. JeriLyn Holston Andrews, the homeowner of 107 West Street, said the house has been a rental property for nearly a… Read more »