(Jan. 4, 2018) The Coastal Association of Realtors is encouraging local teachers and students to participate in the annual Fair Housing Art Contest, which sends winning students to Annapolis for a meeting with the governor or other state official. Sponsored by the Maryland Realtors, the contest is a means for Realtors across the state to… Read more »
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Pines 50th celebration underway
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 4, 2018) A yearlong anniversary celebration begins Saturday in Ocean Pines with the dedication of a series of commemorative signs at association entryways. Signs celebrating the 50th anniversary of the community will go up on the north and south gate entrances, as well as on the corner of Route… Read more »
AGH receives ‘Best in Benefits’ award
(Jan. 4, 2018) This year, Atlantic General Hospital has been recognized with a Best in Benefits Award for providing its associates with superior benefits packages among employers in the mid-Atlantic region. Milliman, one of the world’s largest providers of actuarial products and services and the company that bestows the award, calculates the benefit value and… Read more »
Series of diabetes self-management classes in Berlin
(Jan. 4, 2018) The Atlantic General Diabetes Center at Atlantic General Hospital will be offering diabetes self-management education classes in January. The series of four, two-hour sessions will address blood glucose monitoring, foot care, nutrition, exercise and other self-management skills to help individuals better manage their diabetes. A family member is invited to attend. The… Read more »
Pocomoke’s progress
Pocomoke City Manager Bobby Cowger isn’t just managing the community’s government affairs, he’s doing things, things that could have been done long before this hometown boy got his hand on the tiller. Going back to his days in business, as a Worcester County Commissioner, and later as the head of the county’s Department of Liquor… Read more »
Tattoo committee to seek extension on Jan. deadline
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 4, 2018) A committee of three Berlin citizens and two councilmembers have been drafting a tattoo regulation for the town, but will likely ask for more time before to complete the job. The deadline to approve the measure is January, following the Berlin Town Council’s approval in September of… Read more »
Revitalization efforts intensifying
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 4, 2018) Pocomoke officials have a simple resolution for the New Year: get serious about revitalizing the town. Several projects designed to do that are already underway, including improving water quality throughout Pocomoke, addressing delinquent and dilapidated properties, creating incentives for new development, and cleaning up the downtown. To… Read more »
Hall faces meaty charges for theft
By Josh Davis & Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (Jan. 4, 2018) Former Berlin Councilwoman Lisa Hall, who is already scheduled to go to trial in Worcester County Circuit Court on February for writing bad checks, now faces a second set of charges related to her former business, the Berlin Butcher Shop. The new charges, filed… Read more »
Tyndall to seek county commissioner seat
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 4, 2018) Berlin Councilman Zack Tyndall announced this week that he is running for the District 3 (Berlin) Worcester County Commissioners seat currently occupied by four-term Commissioner Bud Church, a Republican. A former paramedic in his native Berlin, Tyndall was elected to the Town Council in 2016. He holds… Read more »
Berlin Restaurant Week starts this Sunday
By Kara Hallissey, Staff Writer (Jan. 4, 2018) The third annual Berlin Restaurant week kicks off Monday and runs until Sunday, Jan. 14, with more than a dozen restaurants offering discounted prices on select menu items. “It is a great opportunity to sample the offerings of the different restaurants,” said local realtor Cam Bunting, creator… Read more »