(July 6, 2017) After three months of renovations, the former Berlin Coffee House on 17 Jefferson Street reopened on Friday as the Burley Café, operated now by Burley Oak Brewing Company owner Bryan Brushmiller and the Brooklyn Baking Barons, also known as Chris Poeschl and Tony Lanuza. It was a soft opening, unannounced on social… Read more »
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Chesapeake Silver Cornet Brass Band coming to Berlin
(July 6, 2017) The Chesapeake Silver Cornet Brass Band will perform during the Berlin Heritage Foundation’s second concert on the lawn this season on Sunday, July 9 at 6 p.m. This concert is co-sponsored by Berlin Main Street and the Town of Berlin. The Chesapeake Brass Band, founded in 1996, is one of the few… Read more »
Second candidate forum, July 22
(July 6, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association Elections Committee is gearing up for a second candidate forum on Saturday, July 22, and is asking for homeowners’ help in developing a line of questions. The first forum was held on Wednesday, June 21, when four candidates for two seats on the board, Dr. Colette Horn, Nicole… Read more »
Three Berlin Falls studies pending
(July 6, 2017) The Town of Berlin is still waiting on the results of three studies related to Berlin Falls Park. Town Administrator Laura Allen said some preliminary information was received on a microbiological hazard analysis conducted by volunteer scientists from the Thriving Earth Exchange and Dr. Ellen Silbergeld, a professor of environmental health science… Read more »
Ocean Pines’ law firm to fill human resources needs
(July 6, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association is using Bethesda-based law firm Lerch, Early & Brewer to assist with its human resources needs, according to interim General Manager Brett Hill. Several board members advocated bringing in human resources support during a public meeting on June 23. Director Slobodan Trendic called for the hiring of a… Read more »
Laura Allen weighs in on annexation
(July 6, 2017) Members of the Berlin Planning Commission and residents who attended a commission meeting last month did not have favorable reviews of a discussion on the potential annexation of a parcel of land at the corner of Route 346 and Route 50 owned by Ernie Gerardi under M&G Properties. Berlin Councilman Zack Tyndall… Read more »
From housing coordinator to Baptist pastor
(July 6, 2017) Rev. Harvey Davis appreciates there are some calls you simply have to answer. After spending several decades as housing and zoning coordinator in Pocomoke City, Davis, 63, is stepping away to become the fulltime pastor at Shiloh Baptist Church in Atlantic, Virginia. “What I plan to do now is solely ministry,” he… Read more »
Medical marijuana greenhouses being erected in Showell
(July 6, 2017) Though the state legalized medical marijuana in 2012, not a single dispensary has opened, no patients have been treated and both the licensees and the regulators have remained quiet on the subject. Three types of licenses are available: growers, processors and dispensers. In Showell near Route 113, however, the first of the… Read more »
Projects in Berlin coming along
(July 6, 2017) Construction of the new headquarters for the Berlin Police Department at the corner of Flower Street and Route 376 is ahead of schedule, according to Town Administrator Laura Allen. Workers are currently putting a roof on the building, which is about three times larger than the current structure, adjacent to Town Hall,… Read more »
Snow Hill home rehabbers kicking up dust in Pocomoke
(July 6, 2017) After investing nearly a decade of sweat equity rehabbing an old home in Snow Hill, John Linton and Preston Reed are ready to tackle a comparable project in Pocomoke City. Earlier this year, Linton jumped at the chance to purchase the old Winter Quarter, alternately known as the “Cowley” or “Hearne House,”… Read more »