(Jan. 19, 2017) This year, the Winter Waterman’s Festival is scheduled a little later than normal, moving from December to January to give both the participants and audience a little time to breathe. “There [were] too many things already going on in December. People are jammed up with things to do,” Delmarva Discovery Center President… Read more »
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Coffee house gone, but not forgotten as old friends meet
(Jan. 19, 2017) On an unseasonably warm Thursday last week, a small group of about a dozen old friends gathered at Crush N Crab in Berlin over coffee and breakfast. They sat together in a booth with a handful of extra chairs pulled to the side of the table. The sun was still coming up… Read more »
OPA budget draft: assessments flat
(Jan. 19, 2017) If Brett Hill gets his way, homeowners in Ocean Pines will not see an increase in assessments or membership fees during the next fiscal year. Hill, the interim general manager, presented his first budget draft during public meetings last week. That document was also posted online as of Jan. 9. The total… Read more »
Bacon jam, horsey sauce play well together
One and only one snowfall has occurred, and it was a blasted blizzard! What in the world is going on around here? To top it off, my family and I had to make a trip from here to DC on Saturday during the storm. Needless to say, it was a hair-raising ride. I… Read more »
Program to raise awareness of heroin problem
(Jan. 12, 2017) Atlantic General Hospital is partnering with the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office and New Castle County Delaware’s Heroin Alert program, “The Heroin Trap,” to offer a free program, “Addiction Hurts: Struggles Facing our Families and Community.” Free and open to the community, the goal of this event, held Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 6… Read more »
Thrift store gets major makeover, supports Diakonia
(Jan. 12, 2017) After about a week and a half of renovations, the new and improved “Used to be Mine Thrift Store” opened back up last Wednesday morning to a line of expectant customers that wrapped around the small parking lot in West Ocean City. The store, an extension of Diakonia that opened in 2009,… Read more »
‘The Lion King Jr.’ performed in OC
(Jan. 12, 2017) The Ocean Pines Children’s Theater announces its upcoming production of Disney’s Broadway blockbuster, “The Lion King” Jr,” Jan. 13-14 in Ocean City. With music and lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice, this enchanting show was introduced to the Broadway stage in 1997, and was the recipient of 70 awards, including the… Read more »
Enterprise Zone Tax Credit Seminar at Berlin Town Hall
(Jan. 12, 2017) Worcester County Economic Development (WCED), in partnership with the Maryland Department of Commerce, Pocomoke City, and the towns of Berlin and Snow Hill, will host an Enterprise Zone Tax Credit Seminar on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 11 a.m. at the Berlin Town Hall. The seminar is open to entrepreneurs whose businesses are… Read more »
Berlin art stroll moves into The Globe, gets ‘monstrous’
(Jan. 12, 2017) Berlin’s 2nd Friday is getting “Monstrous” this month, as the fourth annual Arts & Entertainment Committee collaborative art show comes to The Globe on 12 Broad Street, upstairs, from 5-8 p.m. Show organizer Brian Robertson, who also runs the Berlin Printery on 16 North Main Street, explained the fearsome name. “The opening… Read more »
Big turnout during ribbon cutting for Royal Farms store
(Jan. 12, 2017) The mood was noticeably light during the official ribbon cutting for the new Royal Farms at the corner of Route 50 and Stephen Decatur Highway in Berlin, which drew about 100 people last Friday, including several local officials and many members of town staff. They were there for the free chicken, but… Read more »