By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Nov. 2, 2017) While the Ocean Pines Association does have a conflict-of-interest policy, it has no procedures other than the removal of the offending party. That was an issue when, prior to the August election, the board considered removing Director Slobodan Trendic from office for allegedly trying to coerce association… Read more »
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Snow Hill Rotary to celebrate 75th anniversary this Tuesday
By Greg Ellison, Staff Writer (Nov. 2, 2017) The Snow Hill Rotary Club will commemorate 75 years of civic engagement with a celebratory dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 7 at the Blue Dog Café, 300 North Washington Street, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The international service club, which avoids political or sectarian connections, was founded in 1905… Read more »
Police Briefs
Hit and run Berlin Police were dispatched to Route 50 and North Main Street Friday night at about 8 p.m. to investigate reports of a motor vehicle collision, with one vehicle ending up overturned in a pond with three people trapped inside. Berlin Fire Department workers rescued the three occupants, who were then transported to… Read more »
Snow Hill to look at zoning regs for adult-oriented biz
By Greg Ellison, Staff Writer (Nov. 2, 2017) The Snow Hill Council agreed Monday that Annette Gibbons-Tarr can host private parties featuring adult intimacy items in commercially zoned locations. Tarr, a sales consultant with the network marketing business Pure Romance, had asked the council three months ago whether she might be able to rent commercial… Read more »
Mears touts real estate showcase
By Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (Nov. 2, 2017) Available commercial properties in Pocomoke City, Snow Hill, Berlin, West Ocean City and Ocean City were pitched to about 50 developers and business representatives last Thursday as part of a revitalization tour to potential, investors last offered in 2013. Although no one opted-in immediately, Merry Mears, director… Read more »
Snow Hill artist heads to Ireland
By Greg Ellison, Staff Writer (Nov. 2, 2017) Snow Hill artist Christie Taylor will hop the pond to Ireland next week to commence a five-week fellowship awarded by the Ballinglen Arts Foundation. Taylor was selected to receive a 2017 Fellowship from the nonprofit arts foundation, based in Ballycastle, Ireland. After earning an art degree from… Read more »
Pines site reverts to old namesake as ‘the yacht club’
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Nov. 2, 2017) Once, again, the yacht club in Ocean Pines will be called “the yacht club.” General Manager John Bailey announced the change during a regular board meeting last Friday. On Jan. 3, following an interior remodeling, the association issued a press release to announce a rebranding campaign at… Read more »
More treats than tricks for Berlin Halloween
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Nov. 2, 2017) Halloween night in downtown Berlin was a success, judging by the thousands of costumed children who descended on the downtown, accompanied by thousands more adults. Hundreds of Disney princesses, Wonder Women, and Power Rangers of all colors and sizes stood in line for a haunted house at… Read more »
‘If I can make vegan food taste delicious…’
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC3 After a wild night of vegan food with a good friend and a couple of bourbons with my brother, it’s time to sit down and go through my great-grandfather’s distillery glasses. As the proprietor of the largest glass factory the East Coast (it covered about six blocks in Cumberland,… Read more »
Bruder Home, sweet home in Berlin
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Oct. 26, 2017) Shelly Bruder and Larnet St. Amant opened Bruder Home on 18 North Main Street in Berlin last Wednesday. It was a soft opening with little fanfare after the friends worked feverishly for two days to get the space in order. Bruder has operated the boutique Bruder Hill,… Read more »