(June 16, 2016) For the second summer, the Berlin Parks Commission and Arts & Entertainment Committee join together to host a series of outdoor movie nights starting Saturday, June 18 and continuing until Aug. 27. Movies will be screened on alternating Saturdays downtown and in Stephen Decatur and Dr. William Henry Parks. “Last year… Read more »
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Please, leave out dye in your Key lime pie
The first time that I ever ate Key lime pie was at a restaurant in Annapolis where I worked in 1984-5, a beautiful spot replete with wood-stoked fireboxes and a smoker large enough to cook 500 pounds of product with the single flip of a switch. I learned a great deal while working here. Although… Read more »
Kathy Hill named Pine’eer club’s crafter of the month
(June 16, 2016) The Pine’eer Craft Club of Ocean Pines has selected Kathy Hill as crafter of the month for June. Hill has lived in Ocean Pines for four years and hopes to retire there. She is currently a teacher in the Family and Consumer Science Department, specializing in Child Development at Carroll County High… Read more »
Berlin Briefs
(June 16, 2016) The Berlin Mayor and Council discussed the following items during a public meeting in Town Hall on Monday evening. Purnell absent Councilmember Troy Purnell did not attend the meeting. The body still maintained a quorum, with four of the five members present. Summer movies Berlin’s Movies on Main Street program, a collaboration… Read more »
Ocean City Air Show flies back to beach Saturday, Sunday
(June 16, 2016) Ocean City’s ninth annual Air Show takes off this weekend, bringing combat aircrafts, World War II bomber planes and numerous other acrobatic displays to the resort. “Air shows are exciting. It’s so fun to be able to see the skill and talent that these pilots demonstrate in their airplanes,” said Cathy Bassett,… Read more »
Letters to the Editor
OPA’s proposed food truck purchase Editor, My letter is in reference to the OP Board’s recent 3-3 split vote on the purchase of a food truck. I do not intend to question directors’ individual votes or their decision to purchase or not to purchase a food truck. I am here to suggest that their votes… Read more »
Voting for boating goating
As turbulent and divisive as the national circumstance is these days, it’s nice to see a healthy appreciation of silliness still exists. That would be in reference to, of course, the idea that goats — they’re not just for lawn maintenance anymore — could be a vital ingredient in the economic resurgence of the Town… Read more »
New boutique shop Patty Jean’s opens in downtown Berlin
(June 16, 2016) After operating an online business at home for several years, Megan Cosman last Friday officially opened the doors of her brick-and-motor shop Patty Jean’s Boutique at 116 Broad Street in Berlin. The contemporary boutique was named for Cosman’s mother, Patty Jean O’Toole, whom she called a key inspiration. O’Toole worked as a… Read more »
Anglers Club hosts Teach a Kid to Fish this Saturday in OP
(June 16, 2016) The Ocean Pines Anglers Club will host the annual Teach A Kid To Fish event on Saturday, June 18, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the South Gate Pond near the Sports Core pool. Children of all ages are invited to “test the waters” and learn fishing skills and techniques with the members of… Read more »
Corner Shoppe destination for new flavors in Snow Hill
(June 16, 2016) Before the Corner Shoppe opened in 2013, the town was abuzz with the possibilities with few only really knowing what was going in the neglected downtown building on the corner of Green Street and Snow Hill Road. What was immediately apparent was that the place had a special meaning to the owners,… Read more »