BERLIN — The Mayor and Council this week finalized a resolution aimed at giving both developers and the Planning and Zoning commissions a little more leeway when it comes to deciding on whether or if to suspend height restrictions on new properties and additions. Last month members of the planning and zoning board appealed to… Read more »
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Good things flow from wastewater
BERLIN — Although it was a long fought and often heated debate, the controversial decision to give the go-ahead to build a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant it looked, at the time, as if the Town might not be able to afford is paying off more quickly than had been anticipated. At this week’s meeting the… Read more »
Town has big plans for Henry Park walking trail
BERLIN — On the heels of proclaiming April 21-28 Take Pride in Berlin Week, the Mayor and Council took the first steps toward having a walking path installed in Henry Park similar to the one that is now so popular in Stephen Decatur Park. The Atlantic Group, a local design firm, will design a walking… Read more »
David Lee Coiner
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 »
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 »