Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
(Oct. 12, 2017) After months of discussion, the Berlin Town Council on Tuesday appointed 11 men and women to the Berlin Falls Park Advisory Committee. David Deutsch, hired in January, was officially named project coordinator and council members Troy Purnell and Zack Tyndall were also named to the committee. Other members of the committee are… Read more »
By Greg Ellison, Staff Writer (Oct. 12, 2017) Four suspects were arrested and face multiple charges for allegedly running a drug distribution ring from several locations in Pocomoke. The Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team, along with a slew of other departments, executed search and seizure warrants at four residences in Pocomoke on Sept. 27. The… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Oct. 12, 2017) Ocean Pines resident Anna Foultz will release her book, “Two Steps Forward, A Memoir,” later this month. Foultz, 91, co-wrote the book with her daughter, Shirley Isbell. According to the publisher, Cranberry Marketing Associates, the book “recounts the inspiring story of this vivacious, loved and lauded spicy… Read more »
By Katie Tabeling Staff Writer (Oct. 12, 2017) Baked Desert Café in Berlin and Uber Bagels & Deli in Ocean City will offer customers a free coffee next week, courtesy of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. “We’re very excited that Chesapeake Utilities Corporation has been named a ‘Top Workplace’ six years in a row, and we’re ‘paying… Read more »
Sometimes you experience something that is so simple, revolutionary and delicious that it truly boggles the mind. It’s almost as though time stands still for oh, so short a period of time and you just want to figure out what in the hell just happened to you. Recently, I had this moment with yet another… Read more »
(Oct. 5, 2017) The 28th annual Chesapeake Celtic Festival at Furnace Town Living Heritage Village will revive, at least for the weekend, numerous ancient cultures. The event is scheduled to return this Saturday and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. This year’s gathering is dedicated to the memory of Cheryl Blackman, who… Read more »
Baker Street update Baker Street bids were due last Friday. The Berlin Town Council in April approved the first phase of an estimated $120,000 project to restore the road. Town Administrator Laura Allen said bids could be discussed during the next Town Council meeting, on Oct. 10. Police department update Construction of the new Berlin… Read more »
(Oct. 5, 2017) The Pocomoketoberfest, scheduled for this Saturday, has been cancelled. Pocomoke Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Michelle Hickman said after analyzing the level of pre-ordered tickets, organizers opted to abandon plans for the sud-soaked event. “The numbers just weren’t there,” she said. The cost for admission was $30 and included a commemorative glass,… Read more »
(Oct. 5, 2017) Tomorrow’s Snow Hill Arts on the River First Friday provides a perfect opportunity to savor the quickly descending autumn weather while perusing art, browsing street vendors and listening to music, all while enjoying food and drinks from 5-8 p.m. Kate Patton, executive director of the Lower Shore Land Trust on 100 River… Read more »
Editor, We raised our children for 18 years; instilling in them a sense of responsibility, morals, industriousness, charity, kindness, and love for this country. Then they are off to college. They come home with those character traits that you, as a parent, worked so hard to inculcate in them – greatly distorted. Parents are finding… Read more »