OCEAN PINES—As the Ocean Pines Association began to review General Manager Bob Thompson’s fiscal year 2014-2015 budget, which was presented on Jan. 6, two items are already facing resistance—a proposed $15 increase in annual membership assessments and a promotion to offer members a $25 coupon for the upcoming new Yacht Club. The net increase in… Read more »
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Scholarship funds available
SNOW HILL–The Jesse Klump Memorial Fund has opened nominations for its annual scholarship, to be awarded to a member of the 2014 class of Snow Hill High School. The potential amount of the scholarship is $12,000. “Candidates for the Jesse Klump Memorial Scholarship are young people who have demonstrated, without any expectation of reward, a… Read more »
Wind turbine installation set for Berlin by month’s end
BERLIN—If all goes well, the initial prototype of Berlin’s long-awaited innovative wind turbine design will be installed at the Rayne’s Sand and Gravel Co. property on Old Ocean City Blvd by the end of January, the exhausted inventor, Doug Richards of DDU Magnetics, Inc., predicted during a Jan. 10 interview. It could prove to be… Read more »
Stormwater runoff an issue for lawmakers as session opens
MARYLAND—As the General Assembly convened on Jan.8, Eastern Shore legislation watchers seemed focused on legislation to modify a new regulation on chicken waste, the so-called “rain tax” intended to curb stormwater runoff, and a possible new “chicken tax” on commercially produced poultry. Del. Addie C. Eckardt (District 37B), who chairs the Eastern Shore Delegation, is… Read more »
Stormwater tax an issue for Berlin’s hospital
BERLIN—In a letter to inform other town businesses, Michael A. Franklin, president and CEO of Atlantic General Hospital, told members of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce that the hospital’s Board of Trustees had filed a declaratory judgment complaint to seek an exemption from the Town of Berlin’s new stormwater management tax. Franklin noted that AGH… Read more »
Council approves retail liquor sales within city limits
BERLIN—The Town Council voted to support a proposal to allow retail liquor sales within the town limits and to ratify a settlement agreement designed to resolve a challenge to the way electric utility customers are charged for the town’s power grid membership, during a Jan. 13 meeting. Joseph Moore, a partner with the Ocean City… Read more »
Cook your dinner from scratch, Suplee says
We were watching television the other day as my wife and I had a little kid-free down time to enjoy some random shows. Truth be told, we didn’t have the remote, weren’t in any hurry to get up and weren’t really paying attention to the telly since we were talking. I made the comment that… Read more »
Phillips’ home wins contest
OCEAN PINES – The Ocean Pines Association has announced the winners of its annual “Light up the Pines” outdoor display contest. This year, area residents were given the chance to vote for all of the winners in the contest’s four categories. The home of Lee and Barb Phillips, located at 76 Ocean Parkway, received… Read more »
Military group considered
BERLIN—The Berlin Parks Commission discussed at their Jan. 7 meeting, a proposal to invite the 229th Maryland Army National Guard Band to perform a free concert in Stephen Decatur Park later this summer, Deputy Administrator Mary Bohlen said. The preliminary date for the event is July 15. The Parkville, Md.-based band, which is also known… Read more »
Tri-County Council’s citizenship award goes to Hudsons
EASTERN SHORE–The Hudson family, targets of a lawsuit alleging a non-existent pile of chicken manure on their Berlin-area farm polluted waterways, received the Citizenship Award from the Tri-County Council of the Lower Eastern Shore last month. “I was shocked,” Alan Hudson said Monday. “Shocked and amazed. It was the last thing I expected. They surprised… Read more »