(Oct. 27, 2016) The Town of Berlin’s residential fall bulk trash pickup is scheduled for Nov. 16 and 30. The bulk pick up dates are based on residential garbage service. “If your normal trash day is a Tuesday or a Wednesday, your bulk pick up day is Wednesday, Nov. 16th. If your normal trash day… Read more »
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Tour highlights improved storefronts
(Oct. 27, 2016) Berlin helped kick off Community Development Week last Thursday, welcoming representatives from the Community Development Network of Maryland (CDNM) and touring several businesses that had recently used façade grants to improve their storefronts. CDNM Executive Director Odette Ramos, speaking outside the Berlin Visitor’s Center, described her group as “a statewide nonprofit organization… Read more »
United States to join case against city, county, state
(Oct. 27, 2016) The failure of state and local officials to attend a reconciliation meeting after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission determined reasonable cause existed that those officials engaged in unlawful employment practices resulted in an amended complaint by the plaintiffs Kelvin Sewell, Lynell Green and Franklin Savage alleging Title VII violations, which ultimately attracted… Read more »
Vacant building registry working
(Oct. 27, 2016) The most recent evidence of the effectiveness of the vacant building ordinance the Town of Snow Hill passed in July, can be seen in the identification of at least 63 structures, some of which have been registered or are awaiting response from their owners, according to Town Manager Kelly Pruitt. Letters were… Read more »
Facing lawsuit, OPA buys new golf cart fleet for $319,936
(Oct. 27, 2016) Funding for new golf carts and roof repairs at the Ocean Pines Golf & Country Club, as well as possibly retaining an executive recruiting firm to hire a general manager and financial controller were voted on at the Ocean Pines Association meeting on Saturday at the Ocean Pines Community Center. The board… Read more »
Berlin Coffee House closing as owner decides to retire
(Oct. 27, 2016) After seven years of running what was, for many in Berlin, the coffee shop where “everybody knows your name,” 68-year-old Peggy Hagy is retiring at the end of this year. When it opened in 2009, the Berlin Coffee House on 17 Jefferson Street filled a major void in a town that had… Read more »
Spare goose, but don’t spoil appetite
This column originally ran in an Oct. 16, 2014 edition of the Bayside Gazette. It was a scene out of “Rambo IV,” or maybe I’m thinking “Terminator.” I rolled up to Route 589 just as those geese and ducks – those dreaded monsters – started waddling their way into incoming traffic. What ensued was nothing… Read more »
Coastal Hospice adds two to provider relations team
(Oct. 20, 2016) Coastal Hospice welcomes two new provider relations associates as members of its outreach team. Provider relations associates go out into the four Lower Shore counties that Coastal Hospice serves to provide physicians and heath care facilities with the proper tools to give them a full understanding of hospice and the services the… Read more »
Lauer named SHHS ‘Teacher Champion,’ foundation liaison
(Oct. 20, 2016) The Worcester County Education Foundation recognizes Pamela Lauer, Snow Hill High School’s Teacher Champion. Lauer grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Central High School. She earned a Bachelor in Science from Salisbury University, a Masters in Science (Microbiology Concentration) from Virginia Tech and a Masters of Arts in Teaching (Biology)… Read more »
Pocomoke Rotary to raise ‘Heroes’ flags
(Oct. 20, 2016) The Pocomoke City Rotary Club is sponsoring the Flags for Heroes program again this year, on Saturday, Nov. 5, just in time for Veterans Day, Nov.11. Anyone can nominate a hero (living or deceased) for recognition. It may be a soldier, a fireman, emergency personnel, teacher or anyone who is held… Read more »