By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 12, 2018) A communitywide “coming together” on Sunday will conclude several days of celebration marking the 163rd anniversary of New Bethel United Methodist Church in Berlin. “The church was established in 1855 as Bethel Methodist Church by a group of colored people who were then part of a white… Read more »
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Historic home in Berlin? Town now offering plaques
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 12, 2018) Berlin is proceeding with plans to offer custom residential home plaques for historic homes in or near the historic district. The Historic District Commission last Wednesday voted unanimously, 3-0, to approve the signs, which must be 15.75 by 10 inches and made of aluminum and featuring antique… Read more »
Puzzle over This offers varied escape rooms
By Kara Hallissey, Staff Writer (April 12, 2018) A zombie carnival, Edgar Allen Poe and an apartment crime scene are few of the escape room options offered at Puzzle over This on Old Ocean City Boulevard in Berlin. “It is a challenge, but it’s also a lot of fun and something different,” owner Deborah Ennis… Read more »
Miller to feature paintings, donate to AGH Foundation
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 12, 2018) Ocean Pines artist Gary Miller will display paintings influenced by the colors, moods and sounds of the islands during a 2nd Friday exhibition at Burley Oak Brewing Company in Berlin this week. Adding a fundraising component, Miller will donate 10 percent of sales from the show, which… Read more »
Audit like a physical …
In some respects, a forensic audit, such as the Ocean Pines Association is about to undergo, is like an autopsy and executive physical rolled into one: the autopsy shows what went wrong, while the comprehensive physical determines whether that same thing is likely to happen again … if left untreated. But also like the executive… Read more »
Swiss apple cake to soothe a chilly spring
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 (April 12.18) The older I get, the more I appreciate a stark departure from chocolate desserts and venturing into fruit-laden sweets. I grew up with Strawberry Shortcake with whipped cream and cobblers of all sorts, but for most of my meager existence on this rock I have taken a… Read more »
OPA selects forensic auditing firm
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 12, 2018) The Ocean Pines Association Board last Thursday voted 6-0 to hire Baltimore firm Gross, Mendelsohn & Associates to conduct a forensic audit. Director Colette Horn was absent from the meeting. Association President Doug Parks said the firm was notified of its selection last Friday. “We had five… Read more »
OPA GM purchases do not add up
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 12, 2018) The rules of depreciation and gravity are similar: what goes up must come down, which was the case with a huge surge in capital purchases in the 2016-17 business year in Ocean Pines followed by the similarly sized thud of deprecation that dwarfed the write-downs of the… Read more »
Morrison swears in Nock, Troast
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 12, 2018) As expected, Pocomoke Mayor Bruce Morrison was present on Monday during the swearing in at City Hall of newly elected District 4 Councilman Todd Nock and reelected District 5 Councilwoman Esther Troast. It was the first time Morrison sat on the council since suffering a hematoma that caused… Read more »
Berlin Fire study released, but differences remain
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 12, 2018) The Town of Berlin on Tuesday released the full text of a 90-page study on the Berlin Fire Company, which was performed independently by the Matrix Consulting Group and designed to help inform future funding requests to the town. Despite the report, both sides are already questioning some… Read more »