By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Oct. 4, 2018) Catch A Lift, a nonprofit organization that assists wounded veterans, was the beneficiary of more than $6,000 in donations raised during a tournament hosted by the Ocean Pines Platform Tennis Association last Saturday. The foundation, which originated locally, was started to honor U.S. Army Spc. Christopher J. Coffland,… Read more »
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Mathias, Carozza spar over political ads
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Oct. 4, 2018) Call it “The Battle of the Caucuses.” Anyone with a mailbox in Senate District 38 has probably received campaign mailers about incumbent Sen. Jim Mathias and challenger Delegate Mary Beth Carozza. The most recent batch, mailed late last week, came from the Maryland Democratic Caucus Committee and the… Read more »
Berlin Briefs
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Oct. 4, 2018) The Berlin Mayor and Council discussed the following items during a Sept. 24 meeting at Town Hall: Audit incoming Finance Director Natalie Saleh said a rough draft of the annual audit of town finances was due in November. The finalized statement would then be reviewed during a December… Read more »
Community partnerships painted Germantown mural
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Oct. 4, 2018) Germantown was once “where we played, sang, we learned, we shared and we loved,” according to words written on a new mural installed at the Germantown School Community Heritage Center in Berlin. The mural is the product of more than a year of work and planning, and a… Read more »
Goose group leader lashes out at directors
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Oct. 4, 2018) The June euthanizing of several hundred Canada geese in Ocean Pines continues to be a contentious issue, with several board members weighing in this week ahead of a planned citizen group meeting, and the host going on a tirade that specifically targeted Association Vice President Steve Tuttle. On… Read more »
Local police popular as ‘academy’ teachers
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Oct. 4, 2018) The Citizen Police Academy in Ocean City is going strong after more than two decades, with signup generally doubling the amount of available space. The annual 10-week course, which this year started Sept. 11, is held in partnership with the Ocean Pines Police department, Worcester County Sheriff’s Office… Read more »
The Battle of the Caucuses
Gazette Editorial: Mathias, Carozza rivalry has nothing on D.C.
Given the increasingly bitter relationship between the major political parties these days, a rivalry so extreme that it’s destroying any sense of national unity by poisoning one half of the national population against the other, the argument between Sen. Jim Mathias (D) and Del. Mary Beth Carozza (R) about dirty advertising barely registers as a… Read more »
Obituary: Francis ‘Jocko’ Graye
Francis E. Graye, 85, of Bishopville, departed this life on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Joseph Gray, Sr. and Sarah Briddell. Graye served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a member of Curtis United… Read more »