The recent announcement that the Maryland Board of Public Works has designated Worcester County one of three fund managers to oversee distribution of casino monies set aside to provide loans to small, minority and woman-owned businesses, is great news for small businesses locally that have had trouble getting traditional loans to expand or modernize in… Read more »
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Letters: Need to keep approved sign
(The following letter was sent to Berlin Mayor Gee Williams and to Bayside Gazette for publication.) Dear Mayor, I have heard rumors in town regarding the removal of all “sandwich board” signage for downtown business per the request of the Berlin Historic Committee. I would like to express my disapproval and disappointment in even the… Read more »
Letters: Told sign not up to par
Editor, I’m a merchant in the downtown area of Berlin, and have been for many years. I am a past president of the chamber and have done lots of community works for our lovely town. I wish to take issue with some of the recent events a few overzealous members of our community are spearheading…. Read more »
Letters: Sandwich sign vital for business
Editor, This letter is in response to the article concerning the tables and signboards in Berlin. My business, the Berlin Coffee House, is located behind the Atlantic Hotel on Jefferson Street. Because we are off Main Street, we do not have the advantage those merchants have when visitors come to town. Our sandwich board is… Read more »
Myrtle A. Jackson
BERLIN — Myrtle Anne Patey Jackson, 85, died Monday, May 6, 2013, at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. Born in Willards, she was the daughter of the late John Daniel Patey and Mary Pearl Phillips Patey. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Emory Jackson, in 2003. Surviving is her daughter, Geneva J…. Read more »
Howard Robert Lauer
OCEAN PINES — Howard Robert Lauer, 80 of Ocean Pines, died Friday, May 3, 2013, at his home. Born in Kirkwood, Mo., he was the son of the late Theodore E. Lauer and Lolita Posey Rambo. He was preceded in death by a brother, Ted E. Lauer Jr., in 2012. He is survived by his… Read more »
Dolores Flynn
OCEAN CITY — Dolores Flynn, 74, died Friday, May 3, 2013, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in New York City, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Salvatore Dalli and Catherine Law Dalli. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, William S. Flynn; sons, William “Bill” Christopher Flynn and… Read more »
Jerry Edward Powell
OCEAN PINES — Jerry Edward Powell, 81, died Thursday, May 2, 2013, at his home. Born in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Clarence Edward Robert Powell and Ethel Marguerite Boswell. He was preceded in death by his wife, Louise, in 2012. He is survived by his son, Glenn Norman Powell of… Read more »
Albert P. Costa
OCEAN PINES — Albert Paul Costa, 78, died on Thursday, May 2, 2013, at his home. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Denny and Concetta Barbetti Costa. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Patricia May Costa, and children, Jeffrey Costa and his wife, Kathleen, of Bel Air, Md.,… Read more »
Shooter’s Sports Pub opens doors on Route 589
OCEAN PINES — Shooter’s Sports Pub on Racetrack Road opened just in time for Kentucky Derby weekend last Friday. The venture attracted 200 customers in its maiden run and is the brainchild of pub owners Charles Blake, Chris Ward and Vincent Wood, who have freshened up the former Steer Inn site with boldly painted walls… Read more »