(July 23, 2015) When Jack Burbage, owner of Blue Water Construction, was named the recipient of the 2015 Hal Glick award, he wasted no time in naming Diakonia, a nonprofit emergency housing shelter and service provider, the beneficiary of his share of the prize money. The Hal Glick award is a five-year-old program to reward… Read more »
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‘Suspicious’ fires strike Berlin area
(July 23, 2015) Although the investigation continued at the beginning of the week, arson has not been ruled in a series of small fires on the outskirts of Berlin last Thursday morning. According to a press released issued last Friday by the Worcester County Fire Marshal’s office, the incident centered on a single-family home on… Read more »
Two summer art exhibits announced at OP library
(July 23, 2015) The Friends of the Ocean Pines Library announces two art exhibits for the coming months. In the main common areas of the library, July artist of the month is watercolorist Marcy Snyder. She discovered her love and passion for the arts in high school. She attended Colorado Women’s College and graduated… Read more »
Quips come out during LESMA dinner
(July 23, 2015) Berlin Mayor Gee Williams and Pocomoke Mayor Bruce Morrison relived their recent High Heel Race rivalry, exchanging several playful jibes – and challenging another local leader – during the July meeting of the Lower Eastern Shore Mayor’s Association, held at Leaky Pete’s in Berlin last Thursday. In June, the pair faced off… Read more »
Vendors brief board, public on Ocean Pines reserve study
(July 23, 2015) Ocean Pines continued to move toward a formal study of how to build and maintain its reserve fund, along with how much that fund should be, as it met last Friday with representatives of three companies that perform that service for homeowners Each company provided a roughly 30-minute presentation on how it… Read more »
Judge rejects Berlin Fire Dept. motion
(July 23, 2015) The Berlin Fire Company’s motion for a partial summary judgment in the Zackary Tyndall case that alleges that he was harassed was denied last Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander. Hollander’s rejection of the motion came just short of two years after Tyndall, a former fire company employee, filed… Read more »
Town of Berlin comes up big in bathtub races
(July 23, 2015) It says something about a small town when three grown men wearing bathrobes and shower caps can lead a parade of makeshift bathtubs down Main Street on a Friday evening and not one of the hundreds of people in attendance seemed at all fazed. Such was the scene during the 2015 Bathtub… Read more »
Fresh chips and salsa go great with summer
Reprinted from Bayside Gazette July 17, 2014 As voices echo through our little street, a feeling of summer, fun and family runs through me like an electric current. It’s a wonderful thing as a parent to have a flash of memory back to the days of my own childhood; a prevailing feeling of worth as… Read more »
Pines Boat Club parade returns Saturday, July 25
(July 16, 2015) The Ocean Pines Boat Club will present its annual boat parade, Saturday, July 25. Participants do not need to be a member of the club to join the parade, which will begin and end at the Swim and Racquet Club, on Seabreeze Road in North Ocean Pines. Boats will line up at… Read more »
Heritage arts activities set for Julia A. Purnell Museum
(July 16, 2015) The Julia A. Purnell Museum has just begun its most popular summer offering for children: a series of heritage arts activities where youngsters will learn about the area’s history through hands-on projects. The activities are offered every Wednesday through Aug. 12 from 1-3 pm. Throughout the summer, participants will create handmade Victorian… Read more »