BERLIN — The one thing that Richard and Debbie Seaton agree on without question is that it is nice to have a little breathing space. As the owner and person primarily responsible for running Toy Town Antiques, Debbie is happy not to have to hold her breath every time more than three people are in… Read more »
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Town structure height changes change again
BERLIN — After weeks of debate and competing alternate solutions about how to best define a neighborhood, the Berlin Mayor and council this week changed the course of the debate by eliminating the finesse with which they’d been struggling and proposed a new building height standard altogether. In March members of the Town Planning and… Read more »
Berlin News Briefs April 26, 2012
BERLIN — Houses that have fallen into disrepair beyond hope of rehabilitation are often demolished by the Berlin Fire Company during a controlled burn. The controlled burns double as practice for firefighters. There are several houses in Town, however, that the BFC as been unable to burn and the owners have been put on notice… Read more »
Berlin Farmers Market ready to grow
BERLIN — Bill and Ginger Taylor have inarguably the shortest commute to the Berlin Farmers Market, where they set up their seafood stand each Wednesday and Friday. The Berlin couple live blocks away from the market and got into the seafood retail business as part of preparing for Bill’s imminent retirement. Bill, who has spent… Read more »
Take Pride in Berlin Day was a moderate success
BERLIN — Take Pride in Berlin Week, the inaugural expansion of what was formerly Take Pride in Berlin Day, began last Saturday with volunteers gathering in Stephen Decatur Park and Henry Park to clean up the area and restore local rain gardens. The project, organized by Grow Berlin Green and the Berlin Parks Commission, is… Read more »
New rules give Berlin businesses expansion room
BERLIN — As economists look for signs that the economy is well on the road to recovery they would do well to look at the Town of Berlin, which will be adding businesses and expanding businesses in fast succession over the next two months. The Mayor and Council cleared another hurdle for expanding business when… Read more »
May Day Play Day partner honored
BERLIN — Over the last few years, each new town-wide event is more surprising than the last, drawing well over the expected number of attendees. But even in that light, last year’s inaugural May Day Play Day was a notable success. This week, in anticipation of the upcoming event, Mayor Gee Williams cited WOCM-98.1, the… Read more »
Gadfly will seek OPA spot
OCEAN PINES — Marty Clarke is ready and willing to serve on the Ocean Pines board of directors for a second time. He compared his reason for being a candidate to the little Dutch boy. “Because when the little Dutch boy removes his finger from the dyke, it continues to leak,” Clarke said of unresolved… Read more »
Artist Rina Thaler makes a statement with ‘Israel’
BERLIN — There was so much to explain, and so many qualifications to the explanations that Rina Thaler moved into stream of consciousness mode discussing her newest show “Israel – Life in the Holy Land”, which opened at the Globe during 2nd Friday Arts Stroll and will remain open throughout the month. She’d recently returned… Read more »
Brown Box Theatre Project brings the hate to O.C.
OCEAN CITY — The Brown Box Theatre Project has never been afraid to rely on local audience support for new and sometimes challenging topics and they continue to push the dramatic envelope with their newest production “A Feeble Mind” opening at the Captain’s Table restaurant next weekend. On the surface, the play is about a… Read more »