BERLIN — When Frank Gunion of South Moon Under first contacted solar energy company Flexera, it was just part of his company’s environmentally friendly thinking. South Moon Under has been a supporter of sustainable practices since long before the notion came into vogue. From the site work upon which their local offices rest to their… Read more »
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OPA Tightens Up
OCEAN PINES — Over the last half-decade at least, the meeting procedures of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors meetings have waxed and waned from a rigid format to close to free form. With the institution this month of a focused goals and objectives document, board President Tom Terry hopes to find the middle… Read more »
Margaret Elizabeth Berney
PRINCESS ANNE — Margaret Elizabeth Berney, age 91, died Thursday, Sept. 29 at Somerset Gardens Assisted Living in Princess Anne. Born in Parkers Landing, Pa., she was preceded in death by her father, James Smiley Wightman and mother, Helen Latshaw Wightman. She was preceded in death also by her husband Samuel Sondheim Berney. She is… Read more »
James “Jim” F. Watts
BERLIN — James “Jim” F. Watts, age 89, died September 28, 2011 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. He is survived by his wife Evangeline Dyson Watts of Ocean City and formerly of Baltimore, daughters, Sandy VanWestenberg, and her husband Mike of Fairfield, Pa., and Beverly Dearing and her husband John of Fruitland, a step… Read more »
John Carl Deck Jr.
OCEAN CITY —John Carl Deck Jr., 97, died September 26, 2011 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. He was born in Washington D.C. and was married for 66 years to his beloved wife, the late Catherine S. Deck. As a young man he apprenticed with an uncle who was an optician. Prior to WWII, he… Read more »
Bertha B. Brittingham
OCEAN CITY — Bertha B. Brittingham, age 83, died Saturday, Oct. 1. Born in Ocean City she was the daughter of the late Harry B. Birch and Laura Davis Birch. She was preceded in death by her husband Walter L. Brittingham. Brittingham had worked for Acme Market as a cashier and baker for many years…. Read more »
Walter Buckner Mitchell
OCEAN CITY — Walter Buckner Mitchell of Ocean City died Sept. 25, 2011 at the Berlin Nursing Home. Born in Baltimore, on Dec. 20, 1932, Mitchell graduated from St. Paul’s School and Johns Hopkins University. He was an outstanding athlete, named to the Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a 3-time All American Lacrosse player and… Read more »
Getting ready for fall feasting with toasty dinner rolls
“Good god I ate a lot of food.” Not a moment had elapsed from the muttering of these words that I realized that it’s not even October yet; that we’re just practicing for the Thanksgiving feast and yet the words are there. My stomach is stretched beyond capacity. Having just supped at our in-laws’ house… Read more »
MidFin Offers Art as a Service
BERLIN — What separates Amy Wood’s from the other artists in the Chamber of Commerce gallery is that there is nothing on her gallery walls for sale. Wood’s specialty is creating business centered art including web and logo design so for her, art is a service rather than a product. Wood owns and operates MidFin,… Read more »
Washington Street Work May Be Postponed
BERLIN — The residents of Washington Street could have to wait months or even years to see the scheduled road repairs, but many of those who turned out for this week’s council meeting on the matter said they didn’t have a problem with an indefinite delay. One resident who was not in favor of the… Read more »