BERLIN–When Mayor Gee Williams raised his glass at the Burley Oak Brewing Company during those first clock ticks after midnight into Tuesday morning, it was to toast Berlin’s becoming Budget Travel Magazine’s Coolest Small Town in America, 2014. While it might have signaled the end of the contest, the toast was unarguably marking the beginning… Read more »
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Learning to cook requires practice, patience
(Reprinted from Feb. 21, 2013 issue) Bram Stoker wrote that “we learn of great things by little experiences” and you would be hard pressed to find any aspect of life to which that philosophy doesn’t apply. In the kitchen, we often find ourselves overwhelmed by learning how to cook, a concept that is further removed… Read more »
EPA updating wood-burning stove standards
MARYLAND—The Environmental Protection Agency is updating its emission standards for wood-burning stoves with stricter manufacturing guidelines, which industry representatives say are too aggressive and with un-vetted testing methods they said could result in an unnecessary decrease in products. On Jan. 3 EPA Administrator, Gina McCarthy, signed a proposal to update air emissions standards for wood-burning… Read more »
OPA homeowners to pay slightly less for member dues
OCEAN PINES—A public meeting to discuss Ocean Pines Association General Manager Bob Thompson’s proposed 2014-2015 budget was a sparsely attended affair on Feb. 15, but did not lessen the significance of what was being discussed—the first assessment reduction in in recent years. An obviously pleased OPA President Tom Terry, said later he was “Absolutely thrilled… Read more »
Flat iron steak for a successful dinner
Plans do not always come together; that is the way of it. Eventually things always seem to get done. Whether it’s getting the kids off to school or trying to knock out schoolwork, there’s always that one phone call. That one friendly stop in the supermarket where you end up talking to an old friend… Read more »
Annette Theresa Vollmer
nette Theresa Vollmer WILLARDS – Annette Theresa Vollmer, age 74, died on Wednesday Feb. 5, 2014 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. Born in Englewood, N.J. on Nov. 17, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Amelia Morris. Annette is survived by two children; daughter, Jean Marie Vollmer of Florida, and… Read more »
Anne C. Wolfsheimer
Berlin–Anne Conroy Wolfsheimer, age 86, died Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 at Atlantic General Hospital. Born in Norfolk, Va., she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Anna Grady Conroy. She was preceded in death by her husband, Col. Nelson Joseph Wolfsheimer, Sr. She is survived by her admiring children; Dr. Nelson Joseph Wolfsheimer,… Read more »
Beverly V. Beckman Lauder
Berlin – Beverly Virginia Beckman Lauder, age 87, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Jan. 27, 2014 in Berlin. She was preceded in death by her husband of nearly 60 years, Calvin E. Lauder. Like her husband, she was born in Cumberland, Md. and lived there until they moved to Rochester, N.Y., where… Read more »
Flap results in delay of vote on nomination for Joseph Gill
MARYLAND— A dust up between the Maryland Waterman’s Association and Department of Natural Resources Acting Secretary Joseph Gill over a bill proposing changes to the rules governing the state’s fishery management policy has apparently led to the withdrawal of the legislation and the delay of a vote on Gill’s nomination for secretary of the agency…. Read more »
Tim Lawrence honored to be of help
In later summer of 2003, my neighborhood was part of an area losing power as a result of Tropical Storm Isabelle. It was still hot and sticky, and after about two days of outages, it was getting to us. We were just way too used to turning on the lights, opening the fridge, enjoying air… Read more »