Governor Larry Hogan announced late last month that more than $11 million in grant money had been awarded to local jurisdictions through three state programs: Community Legacy, the Strategic Demolition fund and the Baltimore Regional Neighborhoods Initiative. Locally, Worcester County received $275,000, including $50,000 for facade improvement in both Berlin and Ocean City, $50,000 for… Read more »
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jj Fish closing doors, but Fishers plan to keep creating work
For 15 years, husband and wife John and Judy Fisher have run the jj Fish Studio and Fine Craft Gallery shop on Main Street in Berlin. By spring, however, John and Judy plan to close the shop for good and – unofficially – retire, although they will continue making and selling original work to outside… Read more »
Berlin Briefs
The Berlin Mayor and Council discussed the following items during a meeting at Town Hall on Monday, Jan. 11. Tennis court improvement Bohlen also introduced a motion to approve an engineering plan, developed by local firm Davis, Bowen & Friedel Inc., to improve several tennis courts at Stephen Decatur Park. The plan is essentially an… Read more »
Committee reviews FY’17 Ocean Pines budget
Work on the 2017 fiscal-year budget continued this week in Ocean Pines, as the budget and finance committee held a series of public meetings at the country club to review a draft released by General Manager Bob Thompson. The association last week got its first glimpse at the $13.6 million financial package, which includes capital… Read more »
Pines bank robber enters guilty plea
The Ocean Pines man who held up a branch of BB&T bank last March pleaded guilty last Friday, U.S. Attorney for Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein announced Monday. In a release from his office, Rosenstein said Jeff V. Hare, 53, pleaded guilty to armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. According… Read more »
Bank of OC bond will fund Berlin’s ‘Tyson’ purchase
Following nearly two years of discussion, along with several communitywide meetings, an audit and studies on feasibility and environmental impact, Berlin finalized its plans to buy the former Tyson’s Chicken plant this week. On Monday, the Town Council voted unanimously to approve a 30-year, $3 million bond from the Bank of Ocean City to purchase… Read more »
Winning lottery ticket sold in Berlin
While no one has yet won the more than $1 billion national Powerball prize, one lucky person did purchase a winning $1 million ticket from the Berlin Food Lion last week. The Maryland Lottery announced that the winning “second-tier” ticket was sold on Jan. 9 in Berlin to a 51-year-old Worcester County man, and a… Read more »
Et tu Brute? Try this recipe for Caesar salad
Caesar salad. Wow. Where to begin? It was November, 1984. It wasn’t long after I earned my license and started working my first job in Annapolis, the Chart House. But it was the first time that I had experienced one of the truest food-loves of my life; the salad eponymous with the man stabbed on… Read more »
Manklin Meadows reports should not cause concern
There’s no point in jumping to conclusions, which would seem to be the case with reports that the Manklin Meadows project has gone over budget. It hasn’t gone over budget for one simple reason: no work has been done, outside of the creation of a site plan for an overhaul of the complex, so not… Read more »
New Year’s Day Penguin Swim successful
Approximately 1,035 participants ran into the warmer-than-usual 52-degree Atlantic Ocean on New Year’s Day during the 22nd annual Penguin Swim, a fundraiser for Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, recording the largest crowd to date. “It was a great day all around,” AGH Event Coordinator Alli Justice said. “We were fortunate to have superb weather for… Read more »