Editor, I have been living in the Pines for over 15 years and continue to love the area, the people and the environment (recent cold notwithstanding). Seeing the local fauna – the squirrels, rabbits, deer, occasional fox, and the various birds – are part of this enjoyment. However, when the animals/birds become a problem to… Read more »
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Board efforts get A+
Sometime earlier this winter, we started seeing news articles and hearing reports that the snow we’d been experiencing might threaten to extend the school year into the summer. That was in January. Spring started today, March 20. Yet last Sunday night into Monday, a snowstorm caused dangerous travel even along main thoroughfares in Worcester County,… Read more »
Worcester County offers free 8-week CERT training
NEWARK–Worcester County Emergency Services invites the public to participate in a free, eight-session Community Emergency Response Team course. The training takes place at the Fire Training Center, located on Central Site Lane in Newark, on Wednesdays from 6:30-9:30 p.m., April 9 through May 21, with CPR training to take place during class on April 23…. Read more »
Austin Miller’s ode to cool Berlin
BERLIN–Sixth-grade students at Berlin Intermediate School have been studying poetry. While learning about different styles of poetry, Austin Miller chose to write a limerick about Berlin, the “Coolest Small Town in America.” Coolest Small Town There is a small town called Berlin that entered a contest to win. The coolest small town of any around… Read more »
George Royce White
Willards–George Royce White, age 74, of Willards died Friday, March 14, 2014 at home. He was born in Willards and was the son of the late Olen Lee and Esther Mae (Wilkins) White. Royce’s career of 39-plus years at Perdue took him from the hatchery to feed mill superintendent to assistant general production manager where… Read more »
Stephen William Dlubala, Jr.
Berlin–Stephen William Dlubala, Jr., 66, died on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Stephen William Dlubala, Sr., and Theresa Hohman Dlubala. He is survived by his beloved wife, Sharon Ensley Dlubala. Stephen was a graduate of Towson State College. He… Read more »
Gail Marie Pinney Farrell
Lansdale–Gail Marie Pinney Farrell, 77, of Lansdale and formerly of Ocean Pines, died Saturday, March 1, 2014 at Brittany Pointe Estates. She was the beloved wife of Michael J. Farrell, Jr. Born May 11, 1936 in Bridgeport, Conn., she was a daughter of the late George H. and Josephine M. (Hicks) Goddu. Mrs. Farrell graduated… Read more »
Lena Mildred Powell
Berlin–Lena Mildred Powell, 92, died peacefully with her daughter by her side, on Sunday March 9, 2014 at their home in Salisbury. Born in Gilmer County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Roy Burl Martin and Comellow L. Post Martin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles H. Powell, Jr. in… Read more »
John Chester Rayne
Powellville–John Chester Rayne, 62, died Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at his home. Born in Salisbury, he was the son of the late Chester West Rayne and Hazel Powell Rayne. He is survived by his brother, David Powell Rayne and his girlfriend, Terry Koshi. Also surviving is a niece, Megan Rayne Flick of Harrisonburg, Va…. Read more »
Regina Elena Moran
Berlin–Regina Elena Moran, 54, died Thursday, March 13, 2014 at her home in Berlin. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Adolph Smallwood and Joan Tomarchis Smallwood. She is survived by her husband, Steven Michael Moran and her two children, Christina Marie Truitt and her husband, Dell of Berlin, and Christopher… Read more »