By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 10, 2018) Cynthia and Anthony Betterson of South Point breathed a sigh of relief last Thursday morning, when news was delivered their use of a historic home for commercial purposes in Berlin survived a bizarre approval hearing by the board of appeals the previous evening. Last Wednesday, both the Berlin… Read more »
Community
Tattoo group seeks public support
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 10, 2018) Seeking to update Berlin’s decades-old tattoo laws, the town’s Tattoo Ordinance Committee is asking supporters to attend the next Monday’s mayor and council meeting starting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall on 10 William Street. The committee was formed in response to discussion during a Town Council meeting… Read more »
Love story started on Flower Street
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 10, 2018) Just before former U.S. Air Force Airman First Class John Dale Smack was handed a microphone last Thursday during a ceremony honoring service members in Ocean City, his wife of more than six decades told him what to say: that it was a good experience and he learned… Read more »
‘Heroes’ program honors veterans
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 10, 2018) The Ocean City Elks Lodge #2645 last Thursday honored 40 service members as part of its 2018 Hometown Heroes Military Banner program. The fifth annual banner dedication ceremony, held near the Firefighter’s Memorial on the Ocean City Boardwalk, honored 31 local, living World War II and Korean War… Read more »
Reggae Playday bringing party to downtown Berlin
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 10, 2018) Ocean 98/Seacrets Irie Radio will host the first Reggae Playday in downtown Berlin Friday from 5-9 p.m. The event is an evolution of May Day Playday, an annual outdoor music festival offering free, family-friendly entertainment. Organizer Tom Sholtis, also known on air as Big Al Reno, said the… Read more »
OPA updates forensic audit process
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 3, 2018) Some community comment will be allowed during the upcoming forensic audit, although the majority of Ocean Pines Board members on Saturday opposed forming a committee to assist with the process. Director Slobodan Trendic said General Manager John Bailey, Finance Director Steve Phillips and three board members had an… Read more »
PRMC exclusive health care sponsor for OPA
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 3, 2018) “We just can’t thank PRMC enough,” Jennifer Cropper-Rines, chairwoman of Ocean Pines’ 50th Anniversary Committee, said at the outset of a press conference last Wednesday. Peninsula Regional Medical Center, based in Salisbury but also an anchor tenant of the Delmarva Health Pavilion in Ocean Pines, officially became a… Read more »
‘Pier’ review calls for replacing Pines sanctuary crab site
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 3, 2018) An assessment of the Ocean Pines sanctuary crabbing pier “showed the structure is in dire need of replacement,” according to an inspection by Snow Hill firm J Stacey Hart and Associates. General Manager John Bailey, reading for the report during a public meeting Saturday, said existing galvanized… Read more »
Ocean Pines Board rejects candidate ad ban
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 3, 2018) Candidates for office, including those standing for the Ocean Pines Board of Directors, may continue to purchase ads in association publications, following a board vote on Saturday. Director Slobodan Trendic had moved to amend the current policy and prohibit candidates from placing ads, but that was defeated… Read more »
Virtual suggestion box for Berlin Falls park
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 3, 2018) The Berlin Falls Park Committee is asking for citizen input through a new online suggestion box. The park, on Old Ocean City Boulevard across from Burley Oak Brewing Company, was formerly a Tyson chicken-processing plant. According to an online statement, “The land and buildings were purchased in… Read more »