Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 11, 2018) Pocomoke Mayor Bruce Morrison was moved to a rehabilitation facility last week and friends of the family said signs for his recovery are encouraging. Morrison was rushed to Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury on Nov. 29 with an apparent subdural hematoma, and then transferred to Christiana… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 11, 2018) The Winter Quarters Golf Course, a fixture in Pocomoke City for more than 70 years, is closing because of financial losses and declining membership, following 3-1 City Council vote Monday. The course was built during the early 1940s and deeded to the town in 1949. Councilwoman Esther… Read more »
By Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (Jan. 11, 2018) Without being aware of the events of the final Berlin council meeting of 2017, where a video set to promote the town’s downtown area was criticized for a lack of racial diversity, it’s difficult to contextualize the first meeting of 2018. Without mentioning the video specifically, Mayor… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 11, 2018) With many of the surrounding streets and sidewalks still covered in snow and ice, Ocean Pines officials on Tuesday unveiled a new entrance sign on Cathell Road commemorating the 50th anniversary of the association. The ceremony was rescheduled from its original date of last Saturday. The sign… Read more »
(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 »
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 »
(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 »
(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 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 »
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 »