By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 26, 2017) The Berlin Tattoo Ordinance Committee wants Worcester County to provide health inspection services for any parlors that open in the town. First, however, they will seek Town Council support to help lobby the Worcester County Commissioners on that point. According to a staff recommendation provided by Town Administrator… Read more »
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Snow Hill election, mayoral showdown, Tues.
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 26, 2018) Snow Hill residents will chose between two mayoral candidates in the town election on Tuesday, May 1. The polls, at the old train station on Belt Street, will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Incumbent Snow Hill Mayor Charlie Dorman, 76, was the director of public… Read more »
Liquor board delay cuts off Pocomoke American Legion
By Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (April 26, 2018) Along with issuing several fines and letters of reprimand to local businesses for selling alcohol to undercover, underage police cadets, the Worcester County Board of License Commissioners held a lengthy hearing about the Pocomoke American Legion’s request to renew its license, a move protested by neighbors, the Pocomoke… Read more »
‘Tens of thousands’ worth of bad food tossed
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 26, 2018) One of the first things personnel with the Matt Ortt Companies have had to do as they take over operations of the Ocean Pines yacht and beach clubs is dispose an excess of inventory, apparently bought at season’s end last year. Making that job worse, much of the… Read more »
Talks continue, but numbers don’t add up for Berlin, BFC
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 26, 2018) The Town of Berlin and Berlin Fire Company are far apart on budget numbers for fiscal year 2019, although both sides appear to be working together better than during recent years. Last week, the town unveiled a general fund budget draft that included $250,000 for the Berlin Fire… Read more »
Residents rally against poultry farm
By Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (April 26, 2018) Besides an overwhelmingly negative attitude toward a proposed concentrated feeding operation off Peerless Road in Showell that received preliminary approval from the Maryland Department of Environment in March, residents of Ocean Pines and Bishopville also had complaints about notification and the location of the meeting. The Assateague Coastal… Read more »
Ortt, DeAngelus pledge fresh start for OP restaurants
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 26, 2018) A full house at the Ocean Pines Community Center last Thursday ate up much of what new food and beverage consultant Matt Ortt Companies had to say. The Berlin based company was recently hired to oversee operations at the yacht and beach club. Matt Ortt spoke first, joking… Read more »
Board, Bailey meet with ownership
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 26, 2018) Questions during a first of its kind Ocean Pines Association town hall meeting last Thursday took on a wide range of tone and topics, as General Manager John Bailey and several board members fielded inquiries for just over an hour. One of the more heated exchanges of the… Read more »
Berlin blaze damages downtown
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 26, 2018) A fire in downtown Berlin on Monday devastated a local business and shut down portions of Main Street for several hours. Fire alarms sounded at about 8:25 a.m. and multiple agencies responded to a fire at the former Donaway Furniture Building on 11 South Main Street. The blaze… Read more »
A.M. mindfulness program targeted by Berlin pastor
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 26, 2018) A “mindfulness” program at a Worcester County school has drawn the ire of a local church, whose pastor has condemned the yoga-based exercise as a product of Satan. SonRise Church Pastor Daryl McCready stated his case against the Buckingham Elementary School morning ritual during his March 26 service… Read more »