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 »
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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 »
Berlin Town Council to honor Pop Warner Nat’l Champions
(Jan. 4, 2018) The Town of Berlin will recognize the national champion junior varsity Berlin Seahawks Pop Warner football team and its coaches during the Mayor and Council meeting on Monday, Jan. 8. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the Berlin Town Hall Council Chambers. The public is invited to attend. The junior varsity… Read more »
Hardwire helping to raise money for Pocomoke mayor
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 4, 2018) Pocomoke-based Hardwire LLC is leading fundraising efforts to help the family of Mayor Bruce Morrison pay for medical costs, following his traumatic brain injury in late November. Morrison was rushed to Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury on Nov. 29 with an apparent subdural hematoma, and then… Read more »
Cement no match for freezing temperatures
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 4, 2018) Several construction projects in Berlin suffered from weather-related snags last month and should resume shortly, if Mother Nature cooperates. Town Administrator Laura Allen said last Thursday the Baker Street repaving, the culvert installation on William Street and the installation of prefabricated bathrooms at Dr. William Henry Park… Read more »
Pines Budget and Finance Committee enjoy larger role
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 4, 2018) A year ago, under a different administration, members of Ocean Pines’ Budget and Finance Committee said they were left out of much of the budget process. That’s not the case this year, according to Committee Chairman John Viola. Viola, who briefly served as finance director, said new… Read more »
Museum resurrects manuscript from 1932
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 4, 2018) What arrived at the Julia A. Purnell Museum in Snow Hill last year as a stapled stack of yellowed pages is now the published children’s book, “In Make-Believe Land.” Julia Hartmann-Shockley wrote the text of the book, essentially a long poem, for her daughter, Rebecca Mae, in… Read more »