(Aug. 3, 2017) Tomorrow’s Snow Hill Arts on the River First Friday event brings another evening filled with artist receptions at area galleries, special deals from local merchants and ample food, libations and musical entertainment from 5-8 p.m. The Lower Shore Land Trust, 100 River Street, will feature artist Geo McElroy’s Eastern Shore inspired landscape… Read more »
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Berlin to get extra peachy with Saturday fest
(Aug. 3, 2017) Live music, pie-baking and pie-eating contests, vendors and plenty of peach-themed desserts will be available during the ninth annual Berlin Peach Festival, Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the lawn of the Calvin B. Taylor House Museum on 208 North Main Street. During the 1920s, Berlin was home to Harrison’s… Read more »
Letters to the Editor
Somerset Economic Impact Scholarship Editor, It’s always good to see how quickly government can work for our people. One of my initiatives for the 2017 Maryland General Assembly session was to procure monies to begin the Somerset Economic Impact Scholarship program, the goal of which is to make a Wor-Wic Community College education more affordable… Read more »
Miller became a symbol
The board of directors’ skirmish this week over an attempt to remove Gary Miller from his assignments on the clubs and aquatics committees is the product of the turmoil that has enveloped the board in recent months. Ordinarily, no one would blame any elected body for removing one of its appointees after he or she… Read more »
DeNovo’s opens ice cream shop in Ocean Pines
(Aug. 3, 2017) Last month, DeNovo’s owners Bob and Kelli Beck got word the building next to their restaurant on 11310 Manklin Creek Road in Ocean Pines was available. This week, that space, a former Rita’s Italian Ice, is expected to reopen as DeNovo’s Ice Cream Bar. “That location has been there since the building… Read more »
Berlin Briefs
(Aug. 3, 2017) Town of Berlin briefs William Street Construction on William Street is likely to start within the next two to three weeks, according to Town Administrator Laura Allen. A preconstruction meeting occurred last Thursday. William Street is the site of the next phase of stormwater improvements in the town. Allen said the town… Read more »
Berlin spray paint vandal cases over; some fines paid
(Aug. 3, 2017) At the third violation of probation hearing for Jordan Denton and Nicholas Bonser, on July 21, District Court Judge Gerald Purnell made them an offer: pay the remaining $500 in supervision fees assessed by the state that day, and the cases would be closed. According to the State’s Attorney’s office, Bonser made… Read more »
National Night Out draws big crowd in Berlin
(Aug. 3, 2017) Free hamburgers and hotdogs, playgrounds and inflatable bounce houses, were only a part of the annual National Night Out celebration Tuesday night at Dr. William Henry Park in Berlin. Also greeting scores of Berlin residents, friends and family members were at least a dozen different arts and crafts projects, live music and… Read more »
OPA Briefs
(Aug. 3, 2017) With Director Doug Parks absent from the meeting, the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors discussed the following items during a public meeting in the community center last Friday: Assessments Board President Dave Stevens said Ocean Pines attorneys recouped more than $80,000 in unpaid assessments since Jan. 1. Interim General Manager Brett… Read more »
Pines country club renovations land in rough
(Aug. 3, 2017) A July 5 news release from the Ocean Pines Association announced renovations to the second floor of the county club were about to “tee off.” The release went on to say, “The Ocean Pines Association makes a ‘forward swing’ toward renovation to the second floor of the Ocean Pines Golf Club. ‘Fore!’… Read more »