BERLIN — David Lee Coiner, age 52, died Friday, April 6 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Ruth Bumgarner Dudley and the late Stephen Coiner. Coiner enjoyed reading, and traveling. He was a people person who loved life. Along with his mother he is… Read more »
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Courtland “Skip” Townsend
OCEAN CITY — Courtland “Skip” Townsend, 72, of Ocean City, formerly of Montgomery County, died Saturday, April 7. He was a trial lawyer for 46 years, and practiced for 20 years in Worcester County. He was known for his courtroom skill and sense of humor. He attended Randolph Macon Military Academy, was in the Marine… Read more »
Edwin Barringer Goodridge
BERLIN — Edwin Barringer Goodridge, age 92, died Tuesday, April 3, at the Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Batavia, N.Y., he was the son of the late Albert Monroe Goodridge and Leona V. Breese Goodridge. He was preceded in death by his wife Helen Aberle Goodridge. He is survived by his daughters; Janet… Read more »
Phyllis Clara East
BERLIN — Phyllis Clara East, long time Executive Secretary to the General Manager and Board of Directors of Ocean Pines, passed away at her home on Wednesday, April 4. She was 72 years old. Born in Chateauguay, N.Y., East was the youngest of 12 children born to the late Felix Tavernier and Clara A. Santimore… Read more »
Membership means more than just a ribbon cutting
BERLIN — The primary notion behind small town chamber’s of commerce is to promote their area not only as a retail destination, but also to develop business-to-business opportunities within their membership. Over the past several years, the Berlin Chamber of Commerce has become even more aggressive in conceiving and fostering opportunities and events that have… Read more »
Shorebirds are not just playing a game out there
SALISBURY — Les Moore settled into his seat, the last in the first row along the first base line at Arthur W. Purdue Stadium, munching peanuts, watching the Shorbirds exhibition game against the Salisbury University Seagulls, and giving minor league guff to the players who passed him on the way back to the locker room…. Read more »
Take Pride in Berlin expands scope
BERLIN — Take Pride in Berlin started as an annual event aimed, essentially at preparing two of the town’s parks for spring but is being repackaged and relaunched this year as a week of raising awareness and encouraging a community-wide cleanup and “greenup” movement. For the last three years, Grow Berlin Green (GBG) — a… Read more »
OPA may fight on in IRS suit
OCEAN PINES — By unanimous decision this week the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors elected to continue their fight against the IRS over the OPA’s tax liability for Beach Club parking revenue, as long as the proposition is fiscally reasonable. The decision comes on the heals of the US Court of Appeals most recent… Read more »
Polly Lee Phillips
BERLIN — Polly Lee Phillips, age 89, died Monday, April 2, at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. Born in Salisbury, she was the daughter of the late Lee Insley and Pauline White Insley Purnell. She is survived by her husband of 70 years, William P. “Bill” Phillips, Sr. and her daughter, Susan P. DeGroft and… Read more »
Francis Xavier Snoots
OCEAN CITY — Francis Xavier Snoots, “Frank”, age 48, died Thursday, March 29 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. Born in Washington, D.C. he is the son of Lawrence E. Snoots and Margaret Hagerhorst Snoots. Along with his parents he is survived by his brother, Lawrence E. Snoots, III, “Cory” of St. Petersburg, Fla; his… Read more »