For the love of all that’s holy, someone get me a cup of coffee. Nay, bring me a tankard – a thermos of joe. Just load me up with one of those one-gallon carafes and I’ll be on my way. My body is buzzing, and I can’t figure out why I’m coming unraveled. I’m supposed… Read more »
News
Assateague impact on area $96M, per new Parks report
(May 19, 2016) A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 2,275,606 visitors to Assateague Island National Seashore in 2015 spent $96,705,600 in communities near the park. That spending supported 1,320 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $109,970,500. “Assateague Island National Seashore welcomes visitors from… Read more »
Berlin Little League competition: week six
(May 19, 2016) Last weekend, Berlin Little Leaguers continued into their sixth week of the season, including a slew of baseball and softball games. Major League Baseball standings Tigers (sponsored by Calvin B. Taylor Bank) 5 – 2, 0.714 Nationals (sponsored by Coates, Coates & Coates) 4 – 2, 0.667 Blue Jays (sponsored by Berlin… Read more »
Hunter Hudson Memorial Scholarship
(May 19, 2016) A scholarship in memory of Hunter Hudson of Ocean City has been established with plans to benefit graduates of Stephen Decatur High School. The 19-year-old, who loved the outdoors and hunting, passed away suddenly on March 24. Hudson’s family has established the memorial fund through the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore…. Read more »
Snow Hill fourth grader good example to all of us
Ellie Black, the Snow Hill fourth grader whose Little Library project at Byrd Park has been vandalized repeatedly, is learning a valuable lesson: some people take pride in being mean and stupid. Ellies’s Little Library is a small outdoors installation that holds a few books that anyone can borrow and return. It’s a kind and… Read more »
Community Briefs
Cecil graduates Earl T. Cecil of the Ocean City Police Department graduated in the 95th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury. He was among 19 jail and correctional officers from Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Dorchester, Talbot and Caroline counties who graduated. Wine tasting luncheon The Women’s… Read more »
Next Wor. Warriors meeting, May 24, to change venues
(May 19, 2016) The next meeting of the Worcester County Warriors Against Opiate Addiction, May 24 at 6:30 p.m., will have a change of venue. The meeting will move to the OC Worship Center, on 10736 Ocean Gateway in Berlin. Previously, plans were made to hold the meeting, the group’s second, in the Ocean Pines… Read more »
Pines Public Works sets bulk pickup
(May 19, 2016) Ocean Pines Public Works will hold a free bulk pickup day for Ocean Pines residents and property owners on Saturday, May 21 beginning at 6 a.m. Items that may be placed curbside for pickup include furniture, waste lumber, plastic chairs, electronics, large appliances and plumbing fixtures. Small items should be placed in… Read more »
Second annual arts race, Saturday
(May 19, 2016) The Worcester County Arts Council will hold its second annual 5K Race/Walk for the Arts on Saturday, May 21 in downtown Berlin. Designed to raise awareness for the arts, the event charges a registration fee of $25 in advance or $30 on the day of the event. The price includes a one-year… Read more »
Brooklyn Baking Barons cooking up new cake slate
(May 19, 2016) Berlin’s newest confectioners, the Brooklyn Baking Barons, hope to have their Main Street storefront open soon. Chris Poeschl and Tony Lanuza had been making their famous whiskey cakes at Crack of Dawn Bakery on Old Ocean Boulevard after running out of room in their original location in New York City. On Friday,… Read more »