Directors could negotiate with consulting group after budget hearing on Saturday By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 8, 2018) Ocean Pines officials indicated during budget meetings on Tuesday that a decision could be made later this week as to whether the yacht club and beach club would be managed in-house, or by an outside consulting… Read more »
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Kent, Oglesby take bench on Circuit Court
By Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (Feb. 8, 2018) During the past two weeks, Gov. Larry Hogan’s choices to fill the two vacancies on the Circuit Court bench, Mary M. “Peggy” Kent and Beau Oglesby, were invested as judges, with her leaving a spot as a family magistrate and him vacating the office of state’s attorney…. Read more »
Worcester Technical High School open house
By Kara Hallissey, Staff Writer (Feb. 8, 2018) Worcester Technical High School will host its fourth annual open house on Saturday to introduce potential students, their families and the community to 29 programs in addition to a SkillsUSA competition, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., on the campus in Newark, Maryland. “It is a great… Read more »
Optimist Club to sponsor WCAC exhibition
Worcester County students to feature work in show, art on display until end of Feb. (Feb. 8, 2018) The Worcester County Arts Council presents an annual high school art competition and exhibit featuring entries submitted by Worcester County students. This competition is sponsored annually by the Berlin/Ocean City Optimists Club. The exhibit will be showcased… Read more »
Widgeon given DAISY nursing award
(Feb. 8, 2018) Atlantic General Hospital presented the DAISY Award for excellence in nursing to Nettie Widgeon, RN, during a recent presentation. Widgeon has worked at the Berlin hospital for 13 years. She was hired as a CNA on med-surg. Widgeon then became a tech and transferred to the emergency department. While working in the… Read more »
Rumors of our demise …
Print is dead … until it makes a mistake, criticizes a public figure or releases an uncomfortable set of facts. Then, the phone rings and the letters flow. Clearly, someone is reading local newspapers or this uncomfortable circumstance wouldn’t occur, which is why the dead-print assertion by a member of the Ocean Pines Board of… Read more »
In bloom: Burley Florist opens shop in downtown Berlin
By Kara Hallissey, Staff Writer (Feb. 8, 2018) Mike Vadella officially opened Burley Florist on Pitts Street in Berlin last Monday, just in time for Valentine’s Day. “The reception from the Town of Berlin has been fantastic and I am so happy to be back downtown,” said Vadella, who previously co-owned Rainbow Florist in Berlin and… Read more »
Firm specializing in elder law expands to Berlin
(Feb. 8, 2018) Procino-Wells & Woodland, LLC opened a third office in Berlin on Thursday to better serve clients on the Eastern Shore. “We have been serving clients in Maryland for the last two years,” Leslie Case DiPietro, a partner at the firm with Michele Procino-Wells and Amber Woodland, said. “We found to better serve… Read more »
Heady recipe for Cantonese Steamed Fish
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 During a week of unseasonably warm weather and a fair amount of rain, it’s hard to motivate myself to take care of the myriad chores set before me. However, with the semester well on its way, I now have the time to reflect on the various dinners and special… Read more »
Live, original music part of Berlin art stroll
The Globe to feature acts as part of 2nd Friday; Sean Loomis will perform Feb. 9 (Feb. 8, 2018) Kasey Briggs, the new booking manager at The Globe in Berlin, is working to bring original music to the monthly 2nd Friday art strolls, sponsored by the Berlin Arts and Entertainment Committee. Joey Harkum, former frontman… Read more »